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A checklist of Australian sheet music prints, 1834-c.1850
Dr GRAEME SKINNER (University of Sydney)
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To cite this:
Graeme Skinner (University of Sydney),
"A checklist of Australian sheet music prints, 1834-c.1850",
Australharmony (an online resource toward the early history of music in colonial Australia):
https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/checklist-sheet-music-1834-c1850.php; accessed 9 June 2026
Page directory
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Publishers/printers first active musically 1830s (chronological)
AUSTIN, John and John INNES (Sydney, 1834)
ANON. (Perth, 1834)
ELLARD, Francis (Sydney, 1835-47; as engraver to 1853/4)
FERNYHOUGH, William (Sydney, c.1836-37)
TEGG, Samuel (Hobart, 1838)
ELLISTON, William Gore (Hobart Town, Courier office, 1839)
BAKER, William (Sydney, 1838-47; also Hibernian Press)
Publishers/printers first active musically 1840s (chronological)
NICHOLAS, William (Sydney, 1841)
DUNCAN, William Augustine (Sydney, Chronicle office, 1842)
PROUT, John Skinner (Sydney, 1842; Australian Lithographic Establishment)
ROLFE, Thomas (Sydney, 1842-44; Hobart)
LILEY, Thomas (1842, Sydney)
BLUETT, Thomas (Sydney, 1842- ; Hobart Town, 1844- )
ANON. (Sydney, 1843)
THOMSON, J. A. (Hobart Town, 1843)
ROLWEGAN, George (Hobart Town, 1843- )
Mercury Office (Maitland, 1843)
RICHARDS, J. (? before 1844, Pitt Street North)
HUDSON, George (Sydney, by 1844 or earlier, to 1853)
MASON, Albert (Sydney, 1845- )
JERVIS, Harry Cooper (Sydney, 1845- )
MOFFIT, William (Sydney, 1845- )
COHEN, S. J. (Sydney, 1845- )
ANON. (Hobart Town, 1845)
WALLACE, Spencer Wellington (Sydney, 1846)
ANON. (? Sydney, 1846)
FORD, William (Sydney, 1846- )
BROWNE, Thomas (Hobart Town, 1847- )
SMYTH, Lucy Fernandez (Sydney, 1847)
BAKER, William (Sydney, July 1847)
GROCOTT, James Turner (Sydney, by 1847/8, to May 1851)
DANIELL, Jonah / WILSON, William (engraver) ? (Sydney, 1848)
GIBBS, John (Sydney, 1850- )
TROOD, Printing Office (Sydney, 1850)
ANON. (? Sydney, ? c. 1850)
British editions of colonial Australian musical works
Prints issued during 1850 by publishers/printers the rest of whose output was later
Introduction
This is register of all extant or otherwise documented musical prints issued in the Australian colonies by printers and publishers mostly active before the end of 1851.
For extant items, titles are live linked to TROVE entries for catalogue records and digitised exemplars, or in a few cases to repositories whose holdings are not currently listed in TROVE.
The page also serves as a register of prints otherwise documented but for which copies are not currently known to survive.
A few words-only song prints published and sold separately are also listed here, but there appear to have been relatively few of these (compared, for instance, to the mass of song published in homeland Britain as broadsides); in the colonies most such local songs were instead published in newspapers, magazines, and occasionally books (local and UK), and these are not included here but may be found in the main checkists. British broadsides on Australian colonial subject matters (convicts, emigrants) are not included here in the absence of persuasive evidence that they actually circulated here at the time.
Prints only are included here; acccordingly, a few instances of local compositions "published" in manuscript are not included, but can be found in the main checklists. Also not included are "Published" manuscript copies of imported titles produced and sold by local music sellers, such as those sold by Francis Ellard now in the Dowling Songbook, e.g. and (Neukomm)
Lithography / engraving / typesetting
In a small number of sheet music editions on this page, the music pages were originally drawn directly onto lithographic stones, or transferred to stones from handwritten exemplars.
From the early and mid 1840s, William Duncan and Isaac Nathan's typeset music editions are the earliest Australian examples of that method.
However, in common with most British sheet music in the first half of the 19th-century, the majority of Australian music pages were either printed directly from engraved plates, or page images from engraved plates (or from printed exemplars) were put onto stones by transfer lithography.
Twyman (1996, 501 and following) warns of the considerable difficulties of identifying the method used from the printed results alone, and outlines some helpful procedures for doing so. It is even more difficult to do so reliably from digitised images, however useful they are in almost all other contexts.
In the case of the fairly small number of Australian editions dating from before the 1850s that have illustrative covers, the cover was more likely to have been printed lithographically, entirely independent of the method used to print the music pages. Where an engraver or lithographer's name appears in the cover design, it should not necessarily be assumed that the same artisan was involved in music engraving.
In the case of reprintings in the 1850s, or reissues of the remains of extant print runs under different covers, the later covers are in some cases printed from moveable type. It does not always follow, therefore, that a printer whose name appears on the cover was necessarily responsible for printing the music pages.
Where several print editions by the same or other publishers/printers used the same plates/stones, or by some means tranferred the original page images to new stones for printing later editions, this is noted (for simplicity in the listings below, the word "plates" is used, regardless of the method).
In some cases the later editions are actual reprints; while, in other cases, the remains of an earlier print run were simply given a new titlepage and/or cover, and often also a new publisher identification (as, for example, where Francis Ellard's editions were reissued, successively, by Woolcott and Clarke, and J. R. Clarke).
At least in some cases, early colonial publishers probably also imported cheap mass-produced printed editions from Britain, and merely reissued them locally under their new own titlepages (a method much more common toward the end of the 19th century).
br />A supplementary page, covering publications of the 1850s (printers and publishers first active between 1852 and 1860) is planned for the future. A working list of those borderline printer/publishers, first active during 1850, but who will be included in the later page is given at the foot of the page.
KEY
The entries are grouped together by printer or publisher's names, in chronological order of that person's first publication; links to further information also appear under the individual's heading.
Editions are listed under separate headings, first dated or datable prints (in chronological order), followed by undated and so far undatable prints (in alphabetical order by title).
All entries are formatted as follows: Title / composer, arranger / place, publisher or printer / date where known / notification of those prints for which "NO COPY IDENTIFIED" / any further relevant information or links to information
Australian original works (musical composition or arrangements) are shown in gold, and the entry ends with a hyperlink to the Main entry for that item in the chronological checklist; for example:
The parting / [Mary Hely] / Dublin: Ellard for Ellard, Sydney / [Sydney, December 1835] / NO COPY IDENTIFIED / see also Main entry
Colonial editions of imported musical works or arrangements are shown in black; for example:
Prince Albert's band march / Stephen Glover / Sydney: T. Rolfe, 4 Regent terrace, Hunter Street, [by May 1842] / NO COPY IDENTIFIED ...
In both cases above, no copies of the print has been identified, and the title is simply bolded.
Where a copy or copies of the print are extant and in the bibliographic record, the titles are hyperlinked to a relevant TROVE record, for example:
For an Australian work:
/ William Vincent Wallace / Sydney: Printed by J. G. Austin ...
For a local edition of an imported title:
/ [various] / Sydney: F. Ellard / [1843]
AUSTIN, John (Sydney, 1834-37)
On John Gardner Austin (1812-1884), see entry in Biographical register
See all tagged music (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)
Dated/datable (chronological):
/ John Lhotsky / Sydney: Sold by John Innes; "Sydney, J. G. Austin, lithographer" / [November-December 1834] / see also Main entry
/ William Vincent Wallace / Sydney: Printed by J. G. Austin, No. 12 Bridge Street / [February 1837] / see also Main entry
ANON. (Perth, 1834)
Dated/datable (chronological):
Jackets of green / [Anon.] / [Perth: Anon.] / [November 1834] / NO COPY IDENTIFIED (probably words only) / see also Main entry
ELLARD, Francis (Sydney, 1835-47; as engraver to 1853/4)
On Francis Ellard (c.1802-1854), see Main entry
See all tagged music (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)
Dated/datable (chronological):
/ William Ellard / Dublin: Ellard, for Ellard, Sydney / [Sydney, December 1835] / see also Main entry
The parting / [Mary Hely] / Dublin: Ellard for Ellard, Sydney / [Sydney, December 1835] / NO COPY IDENTIFIED / see also Main entry
The minstrel waltz for 1836 / Thomas Stubbs / Sydney: F. Ellard / [January 1836] / NO COPY IDENTIFIED / see also Main entry
/ Paolo Spagnoletti et al. / Sydney: F. Ellard / [16 August 1839] / see also
/ Henri Herz / Sydney: F. Ellard / [16 August 1839] / see also
/ arr. W. Cunningham / Sydney: Published at F. Ellard's Music Saloon, George St. / probably late 1839 early 1840 / cover engraved by "Wilson, York St." / same plates reused by / see also
/ [Philippe Musard] as played at the Victoria Theatre, Sydney, by J. P. Deane, leader, and dedicated by permission to Miss Gibbs / Sydney: Published at F. Ellard's Music Alson, George Street / Where may be had the celebrated Lancers and Red coat quadrilles / probably late 1839 or early 1840
/ Isaac Nathan / Sydney: For the proprietor by F. Ellard / [June 1841] / see also Main entry
("sung ... by Miss [Jane] Selina Nathan at the Sydney concerts" [October 1841]) [ / Alexander Lee / Sydney: Published by F. Ellard, George Street / "Price Sc." (cover) [John Price died 30 July 1844] /
/ Stephen Hale Marsh / Sydney: F. Ellard / [? March 1842] / see also to Main entry
/ Stephen Hale Marsh / Sydney: F. Ellard / [ ? March 1842] / see also Main entry
/ [arr. G. Herbert Rodwell] arr. Frederick Ellard / Sydney: F. Ellard / [? by March 1842] / see also Main entry
/ Frederick Ellard / Sydney: F. Ellard / [March 1842] / see also Main entry
What is love? / John Deane junior / Sydney: F. Ellard / [October 1842] / NO COPY IDENTIFIED / see also Main entry
/ George William Worgan / Sydney: F. Ellard / [December 1842] / see also Main entry
/ Frederick Ellard / Sydney: F. Ellard / [December 1842] / see also Main entry
/ [various] / Sydney: F. Ellard / [1843]
CONTENTS: 1. Sir Roger de Coverley; 2. Rory O More; 3. Such a getting up stairs (American); 4. Jim Crow (American); 5. The college hornpipe; 6. The tank; 7. The Campbells are coming; 8. Garyowen (Irish); 9. Drops of brandy (Irish); 10. The white cockade (Scotch)
/ [various] / Sydney: F. Ellard / [1843]
CONTENTS: 11. The fairy dance; 12. Haste to the wedding; 13. Money musk; 14. The __ among the tailors; 15. Miss Johnstone's reel; 16. Oh, rare, country bumkin (danced in "Love in a village"); 17. Over the water to Charlie (Scotch); 18. Hornpipe; 19. Kinloch (Scotch); 20. Well gang nae mair to yon town (Scotch)
/ [various] / Sydney: F. Ellard / [1843]
CONTENTS: 21. O dear, what can the matter be; 22. Speed the plough; 23. Woo'd and married and a' (Scotch); 24 The recovery; 25. La belle Catherine; 26. Corn rigs (Scotch); 27. Hey dance to the fiddle; 28. Nora Creena; 29. The quaker's wife; 30. The honey moon
/ [various] [? arr. Ellards] / Sydney: F. Ellard / [1843] / includes 9 dances named for ladies of Sydney
CONTENTS: 1. Lady Gipps; 2. Lady Franklin; 3. Lady O'Connell; 4. Lady Wilmot; 5. Lady Dowling; 6. Lady Forbes; 7. Lady Mitchell; 8. Mrs. E. D. Thompson; 9. Mrs. Riddell.
/ [various] [? arr. Ellards] / Sydney: F. Ellard / [1843] / includes 2 dances named for ladies of Sydney
CONTENTS: 10. Mrs. Burton; 11. Mrs. Stephens; 12. The pavilion; 13. The fairy dance; 14. Enrico; 15. The carnival of Venice; 16. Le petit tambour de la Garde Nationale
/ [Jewish liturgical, Matthew Moss] arr. James Henri Anderson / Sydney: Published at F. Ellard's Music Saloon, George Street / [September 1844] / see also Main entry
CONTENTS: 1. Psalm 91; 2. Psalm 24; 3. Awake! Awake!; 4. Come my beloved
("as sung by Mrs. Stirling in the opera of The Bohemian girl") / Michael Balfe / Sydney: Published by F. Ellard, George Strt. / [c.1845] (Theodosia Stirling married and became Mrs. Guerin in 1846) / same plates reused by / see also
/ Philippe Musard / Sydney: published by F. Ellard, music seller / J. Allan, zinc printer, Bridge Street / [cover illustration] "On zinc by A. Torning" / late 1845 or early 1846 [Torning and Allan shared premises at 6, Bridge street, from September 1845]
/ Florentine Dudemaine / Sydney: Published by F. Ellard Music Seller & Musical Instrument Maker, George Street / [June 1846] / see also Main entry
[Railway galop] / [? Jullien] / Sydney: Published by F. Ellard, George St. / [] / "J. Allen, Zinc Printer, Sydney" (cover) / same plates reused by / see also
(from the German of Goethe) / Frederick Ellard / [titlepage and final page missing, but uses Ellard's stamps and layout] / [? between December 1846 and February 1847] / only known copy at Historic Houses Trust of NSW is blind stamped with Francis Ellard's shop stamp; unusually for a published colonial composition there is neither an advertisment nor review for this edition, though the work itself was advertised to be sung by Eliza Wallace Bushelle on 9 December 1846; see also Main entry
Undated/undatable numbered series:
The Caledonian wreath: a selection of favorite Scotch melodies / arr. Francçois Bernard / Sydney: Published by F. Ellard
No. 1 of the Caledonian wreath / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
No. 2 of the Caledonian wreath / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
/
The Hibernian wreath: a collection of favorite Irish melodies / arr. Francçois Bernard / Sydney: Published by F. Ellard
/
/
/ see also
Family hymns selected and newly arranged for the voice and piano forte by J. F. Burrowes / Sydney: Published at F. Ellard's Music Saloon, George Street
[Burrowes's Family hymns originally published by Chappell, London, c. 1838; see later ]
Book 1:
/ copy at HHT/SLM (Throsby collection) / engraver's stamp "[?] Ellard Sydney" / see
/ copy at HHT/SLM (Throsby collection)
("Awake my soul and with the sun") /
("Glory to thee my God this night") / [Thomas Tallis] arr. Burrowes /
Through all the changing scenes of life / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
Luther's hymn / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
Easter & Portuguese hymns / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
Book 2
Sicilian [Mariners] & Haydn's hymns / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
Lord of all pow'r / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
The Lord my pascure [23rd psalm] / copy at HHT/SLM (Throsby collection)
Vital spark of heavenly flame / copy at HHT/SLM (Throsby collection)
In innocence I wash my handas / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
All people that on earth do dwell {100th psalm, Old hundredth] / copy at HHT/SLM (Throsby collection)
My soul praise the Lord / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
Undated/undatable unnumbered series:
A selection of Irish melodies with symphonies and accompaniments by Sir John Stevenson and characteristic words by Thomas Moore / Sydney: Published at F. Ellard, Music Seller, George Street / "Carmichael Sc." (cover) /
/ ? same plates reused by
The harp that once thro' Tara's halls / [Sydney: F. Ellard] NO COPY IDENTIFIED / ? same plates reused by
The valley lay smiling before me / [Sydney: F. Ellard] NO COPY IDENTIFIED / ? same plates reused by
/ same plates resued by ; Hudson's newly engraved edition (see below) was apparently copied from Ellard's; see
[] (? compilation of several titles) / ...
A selection of modern melodies arranged as piano forte duetts / Sydney: Published by F. Ellard, George Street
/ Henri Herz /
Undated/undatable (alphabetical by title):
/ arr. Louis Leo / Sydney: F. Ellard
/ Samuel Lover / Sydney: F. Ellard, Music Seller, George St. / ? same plates reused by
/ Henry R. Bishop / Sydney: Published at F. Ellard's Music Saloon, George Street / same plates reused by Grocott, and Woolcott and Clarke / see also / see from which Ellard copied
/ arr. R. Schroeder / Sydney: Published at F. Ellard's Music Saloon, George Street
/ arr. Charles E. Horn / Sydney: Printed & sold at F. Ellard's Music Saloon, George Street /
/ Franz Brixi / Sydney: F. Ellard, George St. / "J. Carmichael, Sc." (cover) / same plates reused by , and
/ Francis Panormo / Sydney: Published at F. Ellard's Music Saloon, George St.
/ Michael Balfe / Sydney: F. Ellard
/ Adrien Boieldieu / Sydney: Published by F. Ellard, George Strt.
/ W. H. Montgomery / Sydney: Published by F. Ellard, George St.
[sic] (a favorite Scotch air) / arr. Philip Knapton / Sydney: F. Ellard, George Street / same plates reused by / see also
/ Various, including arr. Frederick Ellard / Sydney: Published by F. Ellard, George Street / [? 1842 or earlier ] / see also Main entry
/ Alexander Lee / Sydney: F. Ellard, George Street
/ Charles Sloman / Sydney: Published by F. Ellard, George St.
(quadrilles, new series 1st set) / Duarte J. Dos Santos / Sydney: Published at F. Ellard's Music Saloon, George St.
(from La Sonnambula) / Vicenzo Bellini / Sydney: Published at F. Ellard's Music Saloon / ? same plates reused by
("to which is added the popular Venetian barcarolle ... or Italian air") / [Johann Strauss I] arr. Henri Herz / Sydney: Published by F. Ellard, Music Seller, George St. / same plates reused by
/ arr. F. Muzard [P. Musard] / Sydney: F. Ellard / ? same plates reused by and ?
/ Samuel Lover / Sydney: Published by F. Ellard, George St.
/ Daniel Auber / Sydney: Printed and sold by F. Ellard, Music Seller, George Street
/ Carl Maria von Weber / Sydney: Published by F. Ellard, George Street / same plates resued by Woolcott and Clarke (copy in music collection at Rouse Hill farm, R74/23:30, Sydney Living Musuems)
(a set of quadrilles) / Henri Herz / Sydney: Published by F. Ellard, George Street / "Fourth edition"
/ Henry R. Bishop / Sydney: F. Ellard, Music Seller, George St. / ? same plates later reused by Grocott / see also
/ Samuel Lover; Joseph Binns Hart; arr. Charles Hart / Sydney: Published at F. Ellard's Music Saloon, George Street
/ Joseph Hart / Sydney: F. Ellard, Music Seller, George St. / "J. Carmichael Sc." (cover) / same plates reused by
/ Henry R. Bishop / Sydney: Published by F. Ellard, Music Seller, George Street / "Thirteenth edition"
/ Charles E. Horn / Sydney: Published by F. Ellard, George St. / same plates reused by / see also
/ Pio Cianchettini / Sydney: F. Ellard / ? same plates reused by and
(from Maritana) / William Vincent Wallace / Sydney: Published by F. Ellard, Music Seller, George St. / "Chapman Sc." (cover) / same plates reused by / see also
(a celebrated scotch song) / arr. R. Schroeder / Sydney: Published by F. Ellard, George Street
("as sung by J. Howson at the Victoria Theatre, Sydney") / Henry Russell / Sydney: Published at F. Ellard's Music Saloon, George Street
/ F. N. Crouch / Sydney: Printed and sold at F. Ellard's Music Saloon, George Street / same plates later reused by
/ Samuel Lover / Sydney: Published at F. Ellard's Music Salloon [sic] / plates signed "F. Ellard, Sydney" / plates reused by and / see also and
/ Rodolphe Kreutzer / Sydney: Published by F. Ellard, George Street
/ J. T. Craven / Sydney: Published by F. Ellard, George Street / "T. Robinson Sc." (cover)
(or, Near the lake where droop'd the willow) / Charles E. Horn / Sydney: Published by F. Ellard, Music Seller, George Street / "T. Robinson Sc." (cover)
/ John Blockley / Sydney: Published by F. Ellard, George Street / same plates later reused by and [1] and [2] / see also
/ T. Cooke / Sydney: Published by F. Ellard, Music Seller, George Street / "Carmichael Sc." (cover)
("as sung by Mrs. Bushelle with rapturous applause at the Sydney concerts") / Sydney: Published at F. Ellard's Music Saloon, George St. / [? 1829/40]
/ Matthew Peter King / Sydney: Published by F. Ellard, Music Seller, George St. / same plates retouched and reused by / see also
/ Sydney: Published by F. Ellard, George St.
/ Philip Knapton / Sydney: F. Ellard, George Street
/ Samuel Lover; arr. Charles E. Horn / Sydney: Published by F. Ellard, George Street / same plates reused by
/ Henry R. Bishop / Sydney: Published by F. Ellard, George Street / same plates reused by ? and / see also
/ John Parry / Sydney: Published by F. Ellard, Music Seller, George Street
/ T. Latour / Sydney: Published at F. Ellard's Music Saloon, George Street / same plates reused b
/ Henri Herz / Sydney: Published by F. Ellard, George Street
/ George Alexander Hodson / Sydney: Published by F. Ellard, George Street / "Fifteenth edition"
/ Harriet Waylett / Sydney: Published by F. Ellard, George Street
(Punch quadrilles) / ? / Sydney: F. Ellard, George Street / same plates reused by ; see also
/ John Barnett / Sydney: Published by F. Ellard, George St. / "T. Robinson Sc." (cover) / same plates reused by
/ Samuel Lover / Sydney: Published at F. Ellard's Music Saloon, George Street
/ Johann Strauss I / Sydney: Published at F. Ellard's Music Saloon, George Street / same plates reused by
(piano duet) / arr. Ernest Kollman / Sydney: Published by F. Ellard, Music Seller, George St.
/ Louis Jullien / Sydney: Published by F. Ellard, George Street / "Carmichael Sc." (cover image) / ? same plates reused by
(Oh! the moment was sad) / arr. Sidney Nelson / Sydney: F. Ellard, George Street / "T. Bluet Print" (cover image) / same plates reused by
/ Joseph Mazzinghi / Sydney: Published by F. Ellard, George Street / same plates later reused by / see also
("sung with acclamation by Mr. J. Bushelle at the Sydney concerts" / Sydney: Published by F. Ellard, music seller, George Street / [? 1839-42]
/ Bellini (La sonnambula) / [under cover: "A selection of english ballads by various authors"] / Sydney: Published by F. Ellard, George Street / same plates reused by / and later by / see also
/ Nicolo Zingarelli, arr. Henry R. Bishop / Sydney: Published by F. Ellard, George Street
/ R. Schroeder / Sydney: Published at F. Ellard's Music Saloon, George St. / see also
/ arr. Charles W. Glover / Sydney: Published by F. Ellard
/ arr. Edward J. Loder / Sydney: Published by F. Ellard, George Street / same plates reused by
(Der Abschied, a celebrated Swiss air) / Franz Stockhausen / Sydney: Published at F. Ellard's Music Saloon, George Street
/ John Braham / Sydney: Published by F. Ellard, George Street / see also
/ B. Hime / Sydney: Published by F. Ellard, George Street / "Third edition"
/ G. Herbert Rodwell / Sydney: Published by F. Ellard, George Street
Uncertain:
[from Der Freischütz] / [Weber] arr. G. Kiallmark / [? Sydney: F. Ellard]
Titles engraved by Ellard for other printer/publishers (mostly dateable):
Francis Ellard was still being referred to in the press as a music-seller, as late as October 1851; however, in the course of insolvency proceedings which commenced in February 1847, his Music Saloon and stock were taken over by James Turner Grocott by March 1847, or slightly earlier, and in late May Ellard advertised that he was visiting Windsor in his reduced capacity as a "Pianoforte Tuner and repairer". On 11 February 1848, Ellard advertised another forthcoming tuning tour to the metropolitan hinterland (Liverpool, Campbelltown, Appin, Wollongong) but describing himself more fully as a "Music Puncher, Musical Instrument Maker, Pianoforte Tuner and Repairer". This was the first time he advertised his services as an engraver ("music puncher"); he did so again, for the last time, in September 1850, but he nevertheless probably continued to engrave music for publication by others until close to the time of his death. Titles he engraved and signed, so far identified, are listed below:
Undated/undatable
/ [various] / Sydney: Grocott / engraved: "F. Ellard Sydney" (? i.e. after March 1847; Ellard had almost certainly published from these same plates himself, unsigned)
/ F. N. Crouch / Sydney: J. R. Clarke / from same plates as
/ Sydney: Grocott / but see also above, from same signed plates issued previously
Datable
For Henry Marsh (1851)
/ Otho Fitzgerald / Sydney: H. Marsh / [] / also later by / "Engraved by F. Ellard", "125 S.P.W." / see also
Marguerite polka / Emma Sengel / Sydney: H. Marsh / "Engraved by F. Ellard", "126 S.P.W."; copy NZ, Canterbury Museum (my thanks to Dr. Elizabeth Nichol, 2018-19, for bringing this item to my attention)
For Stephen Marsh (1851)
/ S. H. Marsh / Sydney: [author], 1851 / "PUNCHED BY F. ELLARD SYDNEY" / first impression April 1851 / same plates for July 1851
For Woolcott and Clarke (1851-53)
/ Charles W. F. Stier / Sydney: Woolcott and Clarke / [] / "Engraved by F. Ellard, Sydney" / see also Main entry
/ Charles William Glover / Sydney: Woolcott and Clarke / [] / "F. Ellard 3.5.8 Sydney" / see also
/ Louis Jullien / Sydney : Woolcott and Clarke / [] / "Engraved by F. Ellard, Sydney" / see also
[in G, op. 31 no. 1] / Henri Rosellen / Sydney: Woolcott and Clarke / [] / "Engraved by F. Ellard, Sydney" / see also
/ Stephen Glover / Sydney: Woolcott and Clarke / [] / "Engraved by F. Ellard, Sydney" / see also
/ Sydney: Woolcott and Clarke / [] / "Engraved by F. Ellard, Sydney." / see also
/ Stephen Glover / Sydney: Woolcott and Clarke / [] / "Engraved by F. Ellard, Sydney."
/ George Linley / Sydney: Woolcott and Clarke / [] "Engraved by F. Ellard, Sydney." / see also
/ Frederick Ellard / Sydney: Woolcott and Clarke / [] / "Engraved by F. Ellard, Sydney"
/ Charles William Glover / Sydney: Woolcott and Clarke / [] / "Engraved by F. Ellard, Sydney" / see also
/ Sydney: Woolcott and Clarke / [] / "Engraved by F. Ellard Sydney"
[The young lady's dream] / ? / Sydney: Woolcott and Clarke / [] / "Engraved by F. Ellard, Sydney"
[Les rats quadrilles] / G. Redler / Sydney: Woolcott and Clarke / ["Third edition" ] / "Engraved by F. Ellard" / see also
/ Louis Jullien / Sydney: Woolcott and Clarke / [] "Engraved by F. Ellard" / see also
/ George Barker / Sydney: Woolcott and Clarke / [] / "Engraved by F. Ellard, Sydney" / same plates later reused by / see also
/ Charles D'Albert / Sydney: Woolcott and Clarke / first advertised as forthcoming , "F. E." / first two pages only also reused in , issued / same plates later reused by
Titles probably engraved and published by Ellard before 1847, reprinted by other printer/publishers (mostly undateable):
/ G. Herbert Rodwell / Sydney: Woolcott and Clarke / see also
/ F. N. Crouch / Sydney: Woolcott and Clarke / see also
/ arr. Samuel Lover / Sydney: Woolcott and Clarke
/ arr. John Stevenson / Sydney: Woolcott and Clarke / ? from Ellard's "A selection of Irish melodies" (above)
/ arr. John Stevenson / Sydney: Woolcott and Clarke / ? from Ellard's "A selection of Irish melodies" (above)
/ Joseph Mazzinghi / Sydney: Woolcott and Clarke / see also
FERNYHOUGH, William (Sydney, c.1836-37)
See entry in Biographical register
See all tagged music (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)
Dated/datable (chronological):
/ [Johann Strauss I], arr. William Vincent Wallace / Sydney: W. H. Fernyhough / [est. mid to late 1836, or early 1837] / see also Main entry and
/ Thomas Stubbs, arr. William Vincent Wallace / Sydney: W. H. Fernyhough / [January 1838] / see also Main entry
TEGG, Samuel (Hobart, 1838)
See entry in Biographical register
Dated/datable (chronological):
The first set of the Van Diemen's Land quadrilles / unidentified composer ("The late music master of H.M S. Wellesley and Alfred") / Hobart: Tegg and Dowling, Launceston / [July 1838] / NO COPY IDENTIFIED / see also Main entry
ELLISTON, William Gore (Hobart Town, Courier office, 1839)
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Dated/datable (chronological):
The vow that's breathed in solitude / Maria Logan / Hobart Town: ? / [April 1839] / NO COPY IDENTIFIED / see also Main entry
/ [various], edited by John Dickson Loch / Hobart Town: Elliston, printer / [April] 1843 / see also Main entry
BAKER, William (Sydney, 1838-47; also Hibernian Press)
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Dated/datable (chronological):
The Australian psalmist, no. 1 [? A selection of Psalm tunes ... in use amongst Presbyterian congregations] / [? ed. George Swinnerton Yarnton] / [Sydney: W. Baker] / [November 1843, February 1844] / NO COPY IDENTIFIED / see also Main entry
(from Merry freaks in troublous times) / Isaac Nathan / Sydney: W. Baker, Hibernian Press / [July] 1845 / see also Main entry
(from Merry freaks in troublous times) / Isaac Nathan / Sydney: W. Baker, Hibernian Press / [July] 1845 / see also Main entry
The grand fancy ball / [Anon.] words by David Burn / [Sydney: William Baker] / [September 1845] / NO COPY IDENTIFIED / see also Main entry
/ Isaac Nathan / Sydney: W. Baker, Hibernian Press, King-street east / [September] 1845 / see also Main entry and
(from The queen's love) / Isaac Nathan / Sydney: Published by W. Baker, 101, King-street / [November 1845] / see also Main entry
/ Isaac Nathan / Sydney: Published by W. Baker, Hibernian Press, King-street / [October] 1845 / see also Main entry and s
/ Maria Hinkesman / W. Baker, lithographer, in Heads of the people / Sydney: W. Baker / 10 July 1847 / see also Main entry
Undated/undatable (alphabetical by title):
/ [Johann Strauss I] arr. William Vincent Wallace / Sydney: W. Baker, King Street East / clearly pirated/copied from, but not using the same plates as, Fernyhough's edition above / see also Main entry
First active 1840s
NICHOLAS, William (Sydney, 1841)
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Dated/datable (chronological):
The sacred minstrel no. 1 / [Mozart, Gluck, Pergolesi, haydn, et al.] arr. William Augustine Duncan / Sydney: W. Nicholas / March 1841 / NO COPY IDENTIFIED / see also Main entry
The sacred minstrel no. 2 / [Haydn, Cramer, Mozart, Gluck, Pergolesi, et al.] arr. William Augustine Duncan / Sydney: W. Nicholas / April 1841 / NO COPY IDENTIFIED / see also Main entry
DUNCAN, William Augustine (Sydney, Chronicle office, 1842)
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Dated/datable (chronological):
/ [Rossini] arr. William Augutsine Duncan / Sydney: [Chronicle office] / [April 1842] / see also Main entry
/ [Karl Heinrich Graun] arr. William Augutsine Duncan / Sydney: For the editor [? Chronicle office] / [April-May 1842] / see also Main entry
NOTE: These are the two earliest published colonial editions to use moveable music type. Isaac Nathan later used the same set regularly, doing so for the first time in 1845 for .
PROUT, John Skinner (Sydney, 1842; Australian Lithographic Establishment)
On Prout (Stephen Hale Marsh's brother-in-law), see Biographical entry; also (person) and (organisation)
(written by Charles Dickens) / John Hullah; / Sydney: Australian Lithographic Establishment / [] / "Australian edition of popular songs selected by S. H. Marsh" / see also
ROLFE, Thomas (Sydney, 1842-44; Hobart, 1844-45; Launceston, 1845-47; Melbourne, 1847)
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Dated/datable (chronological):
Prince Albert's band march / Stephen Glover / Sydney: T. Rolfe, 4 Regent terrace, Hunter Street, [by May 1842] / NO COPY IDENTIFIED / cf.
/ Isaac Nathan / Sydney: For the composer [by ? T. Rolfe ] / by April 1842 / see also Main entry
/ Isaac Nathan / Sydney: Isaac Nathan, Ada Cottage, Prince Street [by ? T. Rolfe] / by April 1842 / see also Main entry
A sensitive plant (from The mock Catalani) / Charles Nagel / Sydney: T. Rolfe / [May 1842] / NO COPY IDENTIFIED / see also Main entry
It was but a dream (from The mock Catalani) / Charles Nagel / Sydney: T. Rolfe / [May 1842] / NO COPY IDENTIFIED / see also Main entry
(from The mock Catalani) / Charles Nagel / Sydney: T. Rolfe, Regent Terrace, Hunter St. / [May 1842] / see also Main entry
Wellington (from The mock Catalani) / Charles Nagel / Sydney: T. Rolfe / [May 1842] / NO COPY IDENTIFIED / see also Main entry
The Australian musical bijou, no. 1 / [various] / Sydney: Rolfe / June 1842 (see ) / NO COMPLETE COPY IDENTIFIED / contents:
[1] She wore a wreath of roses (Knight)
[2] (Russell)
[3] Still so gently o'er me stealing (Bellini, La Somnambula)
/ arr. George Coppin / Sydney: Published by Thomas Rolfe, music-seller, 26, Pitt Street / 1843 / see also Main entry
Dos Santos's 5th set of original quadrilles Les etoilles / Duarte J. Dos Santos; arr. A. C. Whitcombe / Sydney: Published by T. Rolfe, Hunter Street / / copy at University of Sydney Library
Les Portugaises, 2nd set of original quadrilles and a waltz / Duarte J Dos Santos / Sydney: Published by T. Rolfe, Hunter Street / / copy at University of Sydney Library
Prince Albert quadrilles, the Royal Eleventh Hussars / arr. John Weippert / Sydney: T. Rolfe, George Street / / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
I'll speak of thee, I'll love thee too / Maurice M. C. Dowling / Sydney: T. Rolfe, George Street / / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
Undated/undatable (chronological by address; alphabetical by title):
Sydney, NSW, O'Connell Street, until March/April 1842
Sydney, NSW, 4 Regent Terrace, Hunter Street, from April 1842 until November/December 1842
Sydney, NSW, 26 Pitt Street, November/December 1842 until July 1843
/ John Blockley / "Second edition" / Sydney: Published by Thos. Rolfe, Pitt Street [and Wm. Rolfe, King Street, Manchester]
Sydney, NSW, 4 Regent Terrace, Hunter Street, from July 1843 until December 1843/January 1844
/ Charles E. Horn / Sydney: Published by T. Rolfe, Hunter St.
Sydney, NSW, George Street, from December 1843/January 1844 until August/September 1844, whereafter Tasmania
Dos Santos's 3rd set of original quadrilles, La reine d'ocean / Dos Santos; arr. A. C. Whitcombe / Sydney: Published by T. Rolfe, George Street / NOT IN TROVE / copy at University of Sydney Library
/ John Rogers / Sydney: Published by T. Rolfe, George Street /
/ Henry R. Bishop / Sydney: Published by T. Rolfe, George Street
/ Alexander Lee / Sydney: Published by T. Rolfe, music seller, George Street /
Second set of Royal Irish quadrilles / Louis Jullien / Sydney: Published by T. Rolfe, music seller, George Street / copy at University of Sydney Library
/ Charles E. Horn / Sydney: Published by T. Rolfe, Hunter Street
Hobart Town, VDL (TAS), Elizabeth Street, by September
/ from Balfe's opera The Bohemian girl / in Tasmanian musical miscellany / Hobart Town: T. Rolfe, music-seller / ?
LILEY, Thomas (1842, Sydney)
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Dated/datable (chronological):
/ [Indigenous], arr. Isaac Nathan / Sydney: Printed by T. Liley, Litho. &c, 13 Brougham Place / [July 1842] / see also Main entry
/ Isaac Nathan / Sydney: For the composer ... printed by T. Liley, Litho. &c, 13 Brougham Place / [July 1842] / see also Main entry
/ Isaac Nathan / Sydney: Printed by Thos. Liley, Litho. &c. &c., Brougham Place / [August 1842] / see also Main entry
BLUETT, Thomas (Sydney, 1842-43; Hobart Town, 1844- )
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Dated/datable (chronological):
/ Isaac Nathan / Sydney: published by the composer, Elizabeth St. Sth.; T. Bluett, lithographer, Brougham Place / [December 1842] / see also Main entry
/ Indigenous; arr. Isaac Nathan / Sydney: T. Bluett, Litho[grapher], Brougham Place / [January 1843] / see also Main entry
Josephian hymn / Joseph Gautrot / Hobart Town: T. Bluett, Lithog., Liverpool Street / [March-April] 1844 / see also Main entry
Note also that the cover image for Ellard's edition of is signed "T. Bluet Print"
ANONYMOUS (Sydney, 1843)
Dated/datable (chronological):
The Irish volunteers / [new words by Eliza Hamilton Dunlop] "the music composed by a professor in Dublin, in 1780" / [? Sydney, ? ] / [April 1843] / NO COPY IDENTIFIED / see also Main entry
THOMSON, James Alexander (Hobart Town, 1843)
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Dated/datable (chronological):
/ John Howson / Hobart Town: Printed For the author by J. A. Thomson / [July 1843] / see also Main entry
/ John Howson / [? Hobart Town: For the author by J. A. Thomson] / [November 1843 / see also Main entry
ROLWEGAN, George (Hobart Town, 1843- )
Dated/datable (chronological):
The psalmist, part 1 / ed. Anon. / [Hobart: Sold by Rolwegan and Tegg] / [July 1843] / NO COPY IDENTIFIED / see also Main entry
Mercury office (Maitland, 1843)
Dated/datable (chronological):
Billy Barlow in Australia / [new words by Benjamin Pitt Griffin] / [Maitland: Mercury Office] / 1843 / NO COPY IDENTIFIED, probably words only / see also Main entry
Though no publication details have been found for the following, it derives from the same year and area, and is filed here for convenience
/ "Rigdum Funnidas" / [n.p.: ?, 1843] /
see also Main entry
RICHARDS, J. (? before 1844, Pitt Street North)
Nothing certain is known about Richards; Low's City of Sydney directory for 1844-45 lists 277 [sic] Pitt Street North as the premises of Hudson & Dolan (late Richards) (Neidorf 1999, 181); ? was he )
Undated/undatable (alphabetical):
/ Henri Herz / Sydney: Published by J. Richards and Co., Pitt Street North
/ (from La sonnambula) / Vincenzo Bellini, arr. Henry R. Bishop / Sydney: Published by J. Richards and Co., Pitt Street North / pub. no. "19" (same plates as Hudson) / see also
HUDSON, George (Sydney, by 1844 or earlier)
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G. W. Hudson, music seller (formerly Richards's), 377 Pitt Street, West side; from Joseph Fowles's Sydney in 1848
(DIGITISED)
Dated/datable items (chronological)
/ William Cleary / Sydney: Hudson & Co. / [August 1844] / / see also Main entry
/ Charles Nagel / Sydney: Published for the author by G. Hudson / [August] 1845 / / see also Main entry
/ Arthur Silvester Hill / Sydney: Published for the author by G. Hudson / [1848] / see also Main entry
/ / Sydney: Published by G. Hudson, music-seller, 377, Pitt Street / probably / see also edition under series cover below
/ Montague Levey / Sydney: G. Hudson / [July 1851] see of same edition but without Hudson's imprint / see also Main entry
/ George Strong / [1853] / A selection of favourite polkas ... (see below) / Sydney: Published by G. Hudson, 377 Pitt St. North / see also Main entry
/ George Strong / Sydney: Published by G. W. Hudson, music seller, Pitt-street North / [January 1854] / see also Main entry
Dated/datable series under single cover (1848)
A selection of favourite songs arranged for the piano forte, as sung by Madlle. Jenny Lind / Sydney: Published & sold by G. Hudson, No. 377 Pitt Street North, and Mr. A. Emanuel Teacher of the Pianoforte at his Musical Repository 22 Hunter Street /
1 / ("I know that the hour") / Gaetano Donizetti
2 / Fatherland ("Farewell my fatherland") / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
Ordered lists
A selection of favourite polkas arranged for the piano forte by Jullien &c. &c. / Sydney: Published by G. Hudson, 377 Pitt St. North
1 / / Louis Jullien
2 / ("Parisian polka") / Jacques Offenbach / Sydney: Printed & sold by G. Husdon, No. 377 Pitt St. North
3 / Brecon polka / copy with bound under one cover
4 / Bohemian polka / copy with bound under one cover
5 / / see also
6 / /
7 / /
8 / Jeannett and Jeannot polka / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
9 / Beaufort polka / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
10 / Willoughby polka / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
11 / Bridal polka / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
12 / ("Jenny Lind's nightingale polka") / see also
13 / Der Schottische [? polka] / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
14 / /
[15] / /
16 / /
20 / /
[?] / / Madame Oury / see also
[?] / / Henry W. Goodban / see also
[?] / /
[?] / /
Undated (under series cover)
A selection of favourite quadrilles ... / Sydney: Printed & sold by Hudson & Co., 377, Pitt Street North
/ pub. no: "29"
/ pub. nos: "17", "41"
/
/ Louis Jullien /
/
A selection of favourite songs ... / Sydney: Published by Hudson & Co., 377, Pitt Street North
/ arr. J. T. Surenne /
/​ John Barnett
/ Edward F. Rimbault
/ Michael Balfe / Sydney: Hudson & Co. / see also
/ Maria B. Hawes
/ arr. Alexander Lee
/ Samuel Lover
/ [?]
(from The daughters of St. Marks) / Michael Balfe
/ Michael Balfe
/ Juliet Bellchambers
/ Michael Balfe / see also edition with different cover below
/ See also edition under separate cover below
A selection of favourite waltzes, composed & arranged for the piano forte by Strauss, Labitzky, &c / Sydney: Printed & sold by Hudson & Co., 377, Pitt Street North
/ ?
[] / Gabrielen waltz; Rosa Waltz; Sonnambula waltz; The British Lion waltz; Valse a la Strauss
[] / 10. Echo waltz; 11. Royal star waltz; 12. The minstrel's waltz; 13. Sunset waltz; 14. The troubador's waltz; 15. Tic e tic waltz
A selection of national melodies from the celebrated composers of Italy, Germany, France, &c., arranged for the piano forte by Henri Herz / Sydney: Printed & sold by Hudson & Co., 377, Pitt Street North
/ Vincenzo Bellini
/​ Henri Herz
[] 1. Tu Vedria, cavatine du pirate; [2] The woodland call; [3] Non piu mesta; [4] My lodging is on the cold ground; [5] March from Otello
/ arr. John Stephenson / pub. no. "49" / compare
Undated (under individual covers)
/ Joseph Philip Knight / Sydney: G. Hudson & Co., 377, Pitt St. North
/ John Blockley / 3rd edition / Sydney: G. Hudson & Co.
(from La sonnambula) / Vincenzo Bellini, arr. Henry R. Bishop / Sydney: Published by G. Hudson & Co., Pitt Street North / pub. no. "19" (same plates as J. Richards above) / compare
/ Michael Balfe / Sydney: G. W. Hudson, music seller and publisher, 377, Pitt Street North / "F. Cunninghame, printer" (cover)
MASON, Albert (Sydney, 1845- )
Dated/datable (chronological):
Australia, the land of my birth / [Anon.] words by Edward Geoghegan / [Sydney: Albert Mason] / [April 1845] / NO COPY IDENTIFIED (at the price of 1d, almost certainly words only) / see also Main entry
JERVIS, Harry Cooper (Sydney, 1845- )
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Dated/datable (chronological):
Hail to thee mighty one! / Stephen Hale Marsh / Sydney: Engraved & printed by H. C. Jervis, Pitt St. / [August 1845] / see also Main entry
/ Thomas Stubbs [arr. Isaac Nathan] / Sydney: Engraved, printed & published by H. C. Jervis, Pitt St. N. / [September 1845 ] see also Main entry
MOFFIT, William (Sydney, 1845- )
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Dated/datable (chronological):
/ Isaac Nathan / Sydney: Published by W. Moffitt, Pitt-street / [February] 1845 / see also Main entry
/ Nathan / Sydney: Published by W. Moffitt, Pitt-street / [March] 1845 / see also Main entry
COHEN, S. J. (Sydney, 1845- )
Dated/datable (chronological):
The mayor's tea party / [tune borrowed, words Anon., ? Cohen] / Sydney: "the cigar wrapper of Mr. S. J. Cohen, tobacconist, of 99, King-street" / [1845] / NO COPY IDENTIFIED (words only) / see also Main entry
ANON. (Hobart Town, 1845)
Dated/datable (chronological):
Tasmanian Total Abstinence song book / [ed. Anon.] / [? Hobart Town, ?] / [September 1845] / NO COPY IDENTIFIED (probably words only) / see also Main entry
WALLACE, Spencer Wellington (Sydney, 1846)
Dated/datable (chronological):
In happy moments / William Vincent Wallace / [Sydney: ? for S. W. Wallace ] / [September 1846] / NO COPY IDENTIFIED / ? query same plates as either or Hudson; see also
Notice of this edition, see [Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (7 September 1846), 1
ANON. (? Sydney, 1846)
Dated/datable (chronological):
Old England I live but for you / Henry John Witton / [? Sydney: ? ] / [January 1846] / NO COPY IDENTIFIED / see also Main entry
FORD, William (Sydney, 1846- )
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Dated/datable (chronological):
/ Isaac Nathan / Sydney: Published by W. Ford, Lower George-street / [January 1846] / see also Main entry
(Leichhardt's return) / Isaac Nathan / Sydney: Published by Wm. Ford, George Street / [May 1846] / see also Main entry
/ Isaac Nathan / Sydney: Published by W. Ford, George Street / [October 1846]
(literary and musical collection) / Isaac Nathan / Sydney: By the editor and sole proprietor [? largely printed by W. and F. Ford; only the last 4 sheets printed by Thomas Forster] / [? January 1848]
(to Don John of Austria) [off-print from The southern Euphrosyne] / Isaac Nathan / Sydney: Published by W. and F. Ford, George Street / [? 1848] / see also Main entry
(from Don John of Austria) [off-print from The southern Euphrosyne] / Isaac Nathan / Sydney: Published by W. and F. Ford, George Street / [? 1848] / see also Main entry
(from Don John of Austria) [off-print from The southern Euphrosyne] / Isaac Nathan / Sydney: Published by W. and F. Ford, George Street / [? 1848] / see also Main entry
(from Don John of Austria) [off-print from The southern Euphrosyne] / Isaac Nathan / Sydney: Published by W. and F. Ford, George Street / [? 1848] / see also Main entry
(from Don John of Austria) [off-print from The southern Euphrosyne] / Isaac Nathan / Sydney: Published by W. and F. Ford, George Street / [? 1848] / see also Main entry
The people's tune book, a collection of . . . original church music / [Sydney: W. and F. Ford / advertised
BROWNE, Thomas (Hobart Town, 1847- )
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Dated/datable (chronological):
/ [Jewish traditional] arr. Joseph Reichenberg / Hobart-Town: Thomas Browne, lithographic printer / [April 1847] / see Main entry
/ Francis Hartwell Henslowe / Hobart Town, V.D.L.: Printed by Thos. Browne, 31 Macquarie Street / [June 1849] / see also Main entry
/ Francis Hartwell Henslowe / Hobart Town, V.D.L.: Printed by Thos. Browne, 31 Macquarie Street / [September 1849] / see also Main entry
/ Francis Hartwell Henslowe / Hobart Town, V.D.L.: Printed by Thos. Browne, 31 Macquarie Street / [1849/50] / see also Main entry
/ Francis Hartwell Henslowe / Hobart Town, V.D.L.: Printed by Thos. Browne, 31 Macquarie Street / [1849/50] / see also Main entry
/ Francis Hartwell Henslowe / Hobart Town, V.D.L: Printed by T. Browne, 31 Macquarie St. / [July 1849] / see also Main entry
/ Francis Hartwell Henslowe / Tasmania: Thomas Browne, Lithographic Printer, Hobart Town / [January 1850] / see also Main entry
Tasmanian quadrilles / Julius Imberg / [lithography by Thomas Browne] / [December 1850 / January 1851] / see / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
SMYTH, Lucy Fernandez (Sydney, 1847)
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Exercises and studies for the pianoforte selected, arranged, and fingered expressly for the use of her pupils, by Mrs. Smyth / [no details, probably lithograph] / [] / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
BAKER, William (Sydney, July 1847)
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/ Maria Hinckesman / in The heads of the people (10 July 1847) [Sydney: W. Baker], plate facing page 106
GROCOTT, James Turner (Sydney, by 1847/48, to May 1851)
See in Grocott main page
See all tagged music (TROVE tagged by Australharmony) CURRENTLY 56 ITEMS
Trading as "publisher, stationer, printseller, picture frame maker, printer", at 476 George Street (until March 1847); there is no certain evidence that he published any music before taking over Ellard's busines and premises.
Grocott's music saloon (formerly Ellard's), 486 George Street, with Skinner's Hotel, at corner of Hunter Street, on the left; from Joseph Fowles's Sydney in 1848
(DIGITISED)
Trading as "printer, stationer, and music seller", at 486 George Street (formerly Francis Ellard's premises, from March 1847, at which time he appears also to have acquired Ellard's plates, until May 1851, at which time Grocott appears to have ceased trading; he never returned to music publishing and his/Ellard's plates were in turn acquired by Woolcott and Clarke, and later J. R. Clarke)
See Grocott's February 1850 advertisement:
See Grocott's (August 1850)
Dated/datable (chronological):
/ John W. Hobbs / Sydney: Published by Grocott, Late Ellard, George Street / [? 1847]
/ John Howson / Sydney: Published for the Composer by J. T. Grocott / [1 January 1848] / see also Main entry
Farewell my fatherland (as sung by Jenny Lind) / [] / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
Jenny Lind polka / [] "incorrect from first to last, in fact a perfect disgrace as a musical colonial production, published by a certain printer in George-street" / NO COPY IDENITIFIED
There's a good time coming, boys / Henry Russell / [] / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
/ James Henri Anderson / Sydney: Published by J. T. Grocott, 486, George Street / [by September 1850] / see also Main entry
("sung by Mrs. Guerin, in the opera of Matilda of Hungary") / William Vincent Wallace / Sydney: Grocott, Publisher, 486, George Street / []
("sung by Miss Sarah Flower at the Royal Hotel" [] / Henry Russell / [Sydney]: To be had at Grocott's Music Saloon, 486, George Street / [? May-June 1850] / compare
("sung by Miss Sarah Flower, on Friday evening, May 3, 1850, at the Royal Victoria Theatre" / Jules Benedict / [Sydney]: Printed and published by J. T. Grocott, music saloon, 486, George Street / [May 1850] / pub. no: "563" /
/ William Stanley / Sydney: Printed and published for Mr. Stanley by J. T. Grocott ... 486, George Street / [June 1850] / see also Main entry
Ordered series:
A selection of favorite polkas, arranged for the piano-forte by Jullien, &c. / Sydney: Published by J. T. Grocott, 486, George Street
? Final list of 50 (? c. 1851) on cover of
1 / Jullien Original Polka / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
2 / Parisien polka / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
3 / / Louis Jullien
4 / Bohemian polka / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
5 / / Louis Jullien / compare
6 / Hyacinthen polka / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
7 / Her majesty's court polka / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
8 / Jeanette & Jeanott polka / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
9 / / Louis Jullien
10 / Willoughby polka / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
11 / Bridal polka / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
12 / / Louis Jullien / compare
13 / / Louis Jullien
14 / / Louis Jullien
15 / Sheffer polka / se e copy with separate titlepage below
16 / Jenny Lind polka / NO COPY IDENTIFIED / but datable to March 1848, see above
17 / / Louis Jullien
18 / Old Dan Tucker polka / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
19 / Lucy Neal polka / NO COPY IDENTIFIED but ?
20 / Annen polka / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
21 / Victoria polka / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
22 / / [Anon.]
23 / La branche d'accacia polka / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
24 / Rhine polka / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
25 / Rage of Berlin polka / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
26 / American polkas (a set) / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
27 / Schottisch [? polka] / NO COPY IDENTIFIED / Der Scottisch or German polka, "" (18 July 1849)
28 / Eisle and Biesle polka / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
29 / / P. Jewell
30 / / Jullien / compare
31 / / H. W. Goodban / compare
32 / Schottishe duetts / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
33 / Agnes polka / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
34 / / Louis Jullien
35 / / Louis Jullien
36 / Victoria Schottish / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
37 / Berliner polka / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
38 / Trumpet polka / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
39 / Devonshire polka / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
40 / L'entrain polka / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
41 / Australian polka / NO COPY IDENTIFIED / [ ? was there a Grocott edition of Henry Marsh's Australian polka]
42 / Moonlight polka / NO COPY IDENTIFIED / but see copy with separate cover below
43 / Champaigne polka / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
44 / Kitty Schottish / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
45 / Taglioni polka / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
46 / Polka d'amour / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
47 / Polka des Voyagers / NOT IN TROVE / copy at University of Sydney
48 / Princess polka / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
49 / Prince of Wales polka / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
50 / Very last polka / NO COPY IDENTIFIED
Undated/undatable (alphabetical by title):
/ Henry R. Bishop / Sydney: Published at Grocott's Music Saloon, George Street / from Ellard's plates / compare
/ Franz Brixi / Sydney: Grocott / from Ellard's plates / compare
/ ? Marschan / Sydney: printed and published by J. T. Grocott, Music Saloon, 486, George Street / pub. number "725"
["Musard's 63d set"] / "F. Muzard" [Philippe Musard] / Sydney: Published by Grocott, George Street
(to which is added Venetian barcarolle or Italian air) / [Strauss] arr. Henri Herz / Sydney: Published by Grocott, music seller, George St.
/ "F. Muzard" [Philippe Musard] / Sydney: Published by Grocott, George Street / ? from
/ Padre Martini / Sydney: Published by Grocott, George Street
/ C. W. Glover / Sydney: Printed and published by J. T. Grocott, Music Saloon, 486, George Street
/ Thomas Latour / Sydney: Published at Grocott's Music Saloon, George Street / from
/ [various] / Sydney: Published at Grocott's Music Salon / engraved: "F. Ellard" (? i.e. after March 1847)
/ Joseph Binns Hart / Sydney: Grocott's Music Seller, George St. / from
/ Edward J. Loder / Sydney: Grocott
/ Michael Balfe / Sydney: Published by Grocott, George Street / from Ellard's plates [as Ellard's, names Theodosia Stirling (since ? August 1846 Mrs. Guerin) on cover, probably dating from her performances in 1845; / compare
/ Charles Edward Horn / Sydney: Grocott / compare
/ Pio Cianchettini / Sydney: Published by Grocott, George Street / from Ellard's plates / compare
/ William Vincent Wallace / Sydney: Grocott / ? from Spencer Wallace 1846 plates, compare George Hudson's edition
/ Samuel Lover / Sydney: Published at Grocott's Music Saloon / engraved: "F. Ellard Sydney" (? i.e. after March 1847)
/ Miss Wollaston / Sydney: Grocott / compare
/ John Blockley / Sydney: Published by Grocott
/ W. H. Cooke / [Sydney]: Grocott's edition
/ Henry R. Bishop / Sydney: Published by Grocott, George Street / from / compare
/ Henry Russell / Sydney: Published by Grocott, George Street / compare
/ Henry R. Bishop / Sydney: Grocott / ? from Ellard's plates / compare
Overture to Tancredi / Giacomo Rossini / Sydney: Published by Grocott, music seller, George St / NOT IN TROVE / copy at University of Sydney
/ W. H. Bellamy, arr. C. E. Horn / Published by L. Cocks [R. Cocks] & Co, London, and at Grocott's Saloon, George Street, Sydney
/ arr. John Weippert / Sydney: Grocott, George Street
/ Johann Strauss I / Sydney: Published at Grocott's Music Saloon, George Street / from
/ William Vincent Wallace / Sydney: Published by Grocott, George Street
/ Louis Jullien / Sydney: Grocott / ? from
/ M. Lardelli / Sydney: Published at J. T. Grocott's Music Saloon and Stationery Warehouse George St.
/ Joseph Philip Knight / Sydney: Published by Grocott, George St. / compare
/ C. W. Glover / Sydney: Published by J. T. Grocott, Music Saloon, 486, George Street
/ Henry Russell / Sydney: Grocott
DANIELL, John Alfred (alias of Alfred HEARNE) / WILSON, William (engraver) ? (Sydney, 1848)
On Daniell see entry in Biographical register
On Wilson see entry in Biographical register
Dated/datable (chronological):
/ Jonah A. Daniell / Rushcutter's Bay: To be had ... of the Author; Wilson, York St. [Sydney] / [March 1848] / see also Main entry
GIBBS, John (Sydney, 1850- )
See entry in Biographical register
See all tagged music (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)
Dated/datable (chronological)
The Irish emigrant / George Barker / [Sydney: J. Gibbs, 377, Pitt Street] / [December 1850] see
They say there is some distant land / Michael Balfe / [Sydney: J. Gibbs, 377, Pitt Street] / [December 1850] see
The old arm chair / Henry Russell / [Sydney: J. Gibbs, 377, Pitt Street] / [December 1850] see
60 Polkas [undoubtedly including George Hudson's polka editions, perhaps unders a new cover] / [Sydney: J. Gibbs, 377, Pitt Street] / [December 1850] see
/ Michael Balfe / Sydney: Published by J. Gibbs, 89, Phillip Street / [July 1851] see
TROOD, Printing Office (Sydney, 1850)
Dated/datable (chronological):
/ [various] edited by James W. Reading / Sydney: Printed at Trood's Printing Office / [by June 1850] / words only / see also Main entry
The printer Thomas Trood died in January 1850, and his wife Anne (d. 1871) carried on trading at Trood's Albion Printing Office until she sold the stock and trade early in 1851.
ANON. (? Sydney, ? c. 1850)
Undated/undatable (alphabetical):
The meeting of the east and west [not in TROVE] / Isaac Nathan / [no details] / [? c.1850] / see also Main entry
/ Stephen Hale Marsh / [no details / [? c.1850] / see also Main entry
British editions of colonial Australian musical works
(an admired australian quadrille, composed by a lady at Sydney) / [Tempest Margaret Paul] / London: Engraved, printed & published by J. Cross, 18 Holborn, opposite Furnivals Inn, price 1/6 / [c. early 1830s] / see also Main page
Eight sets of quadrilles / Henry Mundy / London: Robert Cocks / [? 1837] / copy at Launceson, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Peter Sims Collection, catalogue record not in TROVE / see also Main entry
A set of six waltzes / Henry Mundy / London: Cocks and Co. / [1839] / NO COPIES IDENTIFIED / see also Main entry
/ Stephen Hale Marsh / London: T. Boosey & Co. / [by November 1848] / see also Main entry
(for the harp) / Stephen Hale Marsh / London: T. Boosey & Co. / [by November 1848] / see also Main entry
(for the piano) / Stephen Hale Marsh / London: T. Boosey & Co. / [by November 1848] / see also Main entry
(ode to Leichhardt) / Stephen Hale Marsh / London: T. Boosey & Co. / [by November 1848] / see also Main entry
/ Stephen Hale Marsh / London: T. Boosey & Co. / [by November 1848] / see also Main entry
I drink to thee / Stephen Hale Marsh /London: [? T. Boosey & Co.] / [?1848/49/50] / NO COPY IDENTIFIED / see also Main entry
The following items were issued during 1850 by publishers/printers whose output will be listed fully in later page:
ARNOLD, Edward
/ Frank Hooper / Melbourne: Edward Arnold, Elizabeth Street / [c.1850] / see also Main entry
? KERN and MADER
/ Isaac Nathan / Sydney: [? Kern and Mader] / [October 1850] / see also Main entry
MARSH, Henry
/ Henry Marsh / Sydney: Published at the author's music rooms / [October] 1850 / see also Main entry
REED, Thomas / HARRISON
The song of Victoria / Thomas Reed / [Melbourne: T. Reed, Harrison] / [November 1850 / NO COPY IDENTIFIED / see also Main entry
WILKIE, Joseph
The Separation polka / Joseph Wilkie / [Melbourne: Joseph Wilkie] / [December 1850] / NO COPY IDENTIFIED / see also Main entry
Music lithographic stone, first half 19th century, unidentified publisher, with "plate" number "331"; Nederlands Steendrukmuseum, Valkenswaard (Dutch Museum of Lithography); reproduced here with the kind permission of the curators
For other comparable images of lithographic stones, see Twyman 1996, 65 (plate 40), 67 (plate 41); and for a relief-etched stone, 63 (plate 39).
Bibliography and resources
[Antoine Raucourt], A manual of lithography; or, Memoir on the lithographical experiments made in Paris . . . translated from the French by C. Hullmandel, second edition (London: Rodwell and Martin, 1821)
John Degotardi, The art of printing in the various branches . . . with specimens and illustrations (Sydney: J. Degotardi, 1861),
(1982 facsimile edition)
Friedrich Chrysander, "A sketch of the history of music-printing, from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century (concluded)", The musical times and singing class circular (1 December 1877), 584-87
(PAYWALL)
T. L. Work, "The early printers of Melbourne 1838 to 1858" [18 parts], Australasian typographical journal (July 1897-March 1899), esp. Feb 1899
William Gamble, Music engraving and music printing: historical and technical treatise (London: Pitman, 1923; New York: Da Capo, 1971)
Michael Twyman, Early lithographed music: a study based on the H. Barron Collection (London: Farrand Press, 1996)
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(DIGITISED)
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(PREVIEW)
"Transfer lithography", Rickards 2000, as above, 338-39
(PREVIEW)
Dennis Bryans, A seed of consequence: indirect image transfer and chemical printing: the role played by lithography in the development of printing technology (Ph.D thesis, Swinburn University of Technology, 2000)
(DIGITISED)
Rudolf Rasch, Music publishing in Europe 1600-1900: concepts and issues, bibliography (Berlin: BWV Verlag, 2005)
(PREVIEW)
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