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y separately published work icon The Australian Melodist anthology   lyric/song  
Issue Details: First known date: 1869... 1869 The Australian Melodist
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'Containing the words only of the songs of Weston and Hussey Minstrels and other popular melodies' (inside back cover of The Weston and Hussey Minstrels Book of Songs : No 2).

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      1869 .
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      • Publication date: 21 August 1869.
      Series: y separately published work icon The Australian Melodist No 11 Clarson, Massina & Co. (publisher), Melbourne : Clarson, Massina & Co. , 1866-1892 8005162 1866 series - publisher anthology lyric/song

      A series of pocket-sized booklets containing the words to popular songs, The Australian Melodist was an imprint of the Melbourne printing and publishing firm Clarson, Massina and Co (also the proprietors the Australian Journal among other periodicals). It's early covers typically described the series as 'containing the most popular songs, as sung at the theatres and concert halls, by the several minstrel troupes which have visited the colonies.' No 11 (1869) was devoted largely to the songs performed by Weston and Hussey's Minstrels.

      [Source: Australian Variety Theatre Archive]

             Number in series: 11
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