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Australian musical

Song of the Snowy is an Australian musical by Edmond Samuels, best known for The Highwayman. It had a background of the Snowy Mountains Scheme.

The musical had its world premiere as a piece for ABC radio in 1956.

One reviewer stated "It sounded like “The Maid of the Mountains,” “Rose Marie” and “The Girl of the Golden West” all rolled into one: with romance. New Australians, heroic guides, noble sentiments about this great national undertaking, and everything."

Premise

A love story between a girl skier and an engineer on the Snowy Mountains Scheme.

Songs

  • "Doing the Woolloomooloo"
  • "This Is My Home, My Chosen Land"
  • "Song of the Snowy"
  • "Come and Get It"
  • "I'd Like to Find Romance"
  • "In My Chalet of Dreams"

References

  1. "Letters To The Editor "Girl From The Snowy"". The Canberra Times. Vol. 34, no. 9, 558. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 24 March 1960. p. 2. Retrieved 3 October 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Worth Reporting". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 25, no. . Australia, Australia. 6 November 1957. p. 43. Retrieved 3 October 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. Australian Broadcasting Commission. (8 December 1956), "New Australian Musical Play", ABC Weekly, Sydney: ABC, nla.obj-1321748575, retrieved 3 October 2024 – via Trove
  4. "Advertising". The Argus (Melbourne). Victoria, Australia. 15 December 1956. p. 7. Retrieved 3 October 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "RESURGENCE", The Bulletin, Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 26 December 1956, nla.obj-694546170, retrieved 3 October 2024 – via Trove
  6. Australian Broadcasting Commission. (8 December 1956), "SONG OF THE SNOWY", ABC Weekly, Sydney: ABC, nla.obj-1321748493, retrieved 3 October 2024 – via Trove
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