The British Musical Biography

[E] Nathan, Isaac, composer and writer, was
born at Canterbury of Jewish parents, 1792.
He was educated at Cambridge, and studied
music under D. Corri. He sang at Covent
Garden Theatre, and afterwards emigrated to
Melbourne, Australia, in February, 1841.
He was killed in Sydney, January 15, 18G4.

[W] Works. — Operas : Sweethearts and Wives,
1823 ; The Alcaid, opera, 1824 ; The Illustrious
Stranger, musical farce, 1827 ; Merry freaks
in troublous times, Sydney, 1851 ; Musurgia-
Vocalis, an Essay on the History and Theory
of Music, and on the qualities, capabilities,
and management of the human voice [1823] ,
illustrated ; 2nd edition, 1836 ; Life of Madame
Malibran de Beriot, interspersed with original
anecdotes, and critical remarks on her musical
powers, London, 1836. The King's Fool,
drama. The Southern Euphrosyne and
Australian Miscellany, containing Oriental
moral tales, original anecdotes, poetry and
music ; an historical sketch, with examples,
of the native aboriginal melodies, etc., Sydney
[1846] . Hebrew Melodies (from Byron), with
Braham, 1822 ; also 1861. Let's bow to
Solomon, glee, Bristol [1819]. Songs : Beauty's
bower ; Come kiss me, said Colin ; Fair

[+] Haidée ; Lady-bird ; Long live our monarch
(with chorus) ; When I roved a young High-
lander, etc. Six new dances [1812] .

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