This fascinating blogpost about Isaac Nathan appealed to me because his Hebrew Melodies were very popular in their day. (I know – people were borrowing them from St Andrews University Library!)
A gift from Australia from one music librarian to another.
Sometimes you don’t always end up writing what you intended…This started out as a post for Australia Day 2018; but ended up as a rather different story. So how did MusiCB3 manage to travel from Poland to Sydney, via Canterbury and Cambridge, in the company of aristocrats, an intelligent woman, a notable disaster, and a superstar? Stopping off at London en route, and bumping into an expedition that went wrong, although it turned out right. Welcome to the sometimes topsy-turvy world of Isaac Nathan.
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Karen McAulay, Musicologist 
Thanks for bringing this blogpost to my attention. We also have a copy of the Hebrew Melodies at Rouse Hill House & Farm. It is likely that this acquisition pre-dates Nathan’s arrival in Australia. It was also lovely to see the two videos of Leichhardt-related songs included from the concert I organised for Sound Heritage Sydney: https://sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/stories/here-and-there-music-home-sydney-and-london-1830–1845
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