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. [1] [2]
The musical had its world premiere as a piece for ABC radio in 1956. [3] [4]
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." [5]
A love story between a girl skier and an engineer on the Snowy Mountains Scheme. [6]
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