• Title
  Isaac Nathan music manuscript of E flat clarinet part from the overture to his opera 'Merry freaks in troublous times', 1843.
• Creator
  Isaac Nathan, 1792-1864
• Call number
  MLMSS 7932
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1843
• Type of material
  Manuscript Notated Music
• Reference code
  879309
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder) - 4 pages of music manuscript
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Isaac Nathan (1792-1864) emigrated to Australia from England in 1841 and quickly dominated the Australian musical scene as a composer, teacher, organist, conductor and publisher. He composed the comic opera 'Merry freaks in troublous times' in 1843 to a libretto by Charles Nagel on the life of Charles II. Written just two years after Nathan’s arrival in Australia, this opera was the first to be composed in Australia, although never performed publicly. Nathan published the complete vocal score of 'Merry freaks in troublous times' in Sydney in 1851.
  
  References:
  Library correspondence file.
  The Oxford Companion to Australian Music / edited by Warren Bebbington. Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1997.
• Collection history
  Micaela Nathan is the great great granddaughter of the composer by his second wife, Henrietta Buckley
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment - Original not to be issued due to fragility
• Copying Conditions
  Copyright status:: In copyright
  Research & study copies allowed
• Related Material
  Series 01: Alfred Nathan - music manuscript by Isaac Nathan, ca.1843 (120127)
• General note
  
  The Mitchell Library holds two copies of the complete vocal score of 'Merry freaks in troublous times' (Sydney: published by the composer, [1851]) at Q782.8/N and DSM/Q782.8/N. The latter is part of David Scott Mitchell’s bequest and is available in digitised format through the online Catalogue.
  Digital order no:Album ID : 899479
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  The manuscript bears Nathan's signature at the bottom of each page
• Date note
  
  Dating is based on contemporary reviews of the opera published in the New South Wales Monthly Magazine in July 1843 (pp.347-351) and October 1843 (p.565)
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Nathan, Isaac, 1792-1864. Merry freaks in troublous times
  
• Subject
  Composers--Australia--19th century.
  Music--Manuscripts.
  Music--Australia--19th century.
  Operas--Excerpts--Parts.
  Clarinet music.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE574963

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