Stephen Hale Marsh

Stephen Hale Marsh
Portrait of Marsh
Background information
Born	(1808-01-04)January 4, 1808 United Kingdom
Died	January 21, 1888(1888-01-21) (aged 83)
Occupation(s)	Composer, conductor, teacher, harpist
Instrument	Harp
Years active	1842-1872

Stephen Hale Marsh was born in the United Kingdom and lived in other countries, including Japan, but thirty productive years of his career were spent in Australia. ^[1] He gave popular lectures on music. ^{[2] [3]} He was fondly regarded as a pioneer of music. ^[4] He taught singing in Sydney, ^[5] where he was said to have raised the expectations of audiences. ^[6] Although he was initially an ally of fellow composer Isaac Nathan, ^[7] he later became a rival.

Marsh took part in the inauguration of the Victorian Academy of Music. ^[8] Marsh wore his beard in the chin-strap style. ^[9] He played and wrote music for the harp. ^[10]

Works

• 1824 There's a magic in thine eye, love
• 1841 Leichhardt's Return
• 1845 Australian Waltz
• 1846 Leichhardt's march
• 1851 Ferrolana Polka Opus 63
• 1854 'By Murray's Banks' - setting of bush poem by 'Ignotus' or 'Evelyn' ^[11]
• 1854 Liechhardt March
• 1854 Bathurst March ^[12]
• 1855 Brilliant fantasia
• 1856 Far O'er the Sea ^[13]
• 1856 Allan McGan ^[14]
• 1859 In Thee Oh Lord Do I Put My Trust
• 1862 (arrangeur) 'Le Bon Voyage' ^[15]
• 1865 'The Stockman's last bed' ^[16] setting of lines published as early as 1857 ^[17]
• 1872 Illustrations of Pipelӗ ^[18]
• Advance Australia
• Fair Australia Waltzes
• Hail to Victoria! Queen of the ocean
• Australian Polka
• Gentleman in Black (Opera) ^{[19] [20]}
• 1896 (posthumous) Song of the Aeroplane: The Flying Machine ^[21]
• Japan Waltz
• Churan Waltz
• Homebush Galop

Recordings

• All England Eleven Polka ^{[22] [23]}

References

1. Skinner, Graeme (1 September 1865). "Stephen and Henry Marsh and family". University of Sydney. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
2. "Sydney news: music". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser . 10 August 1844. p. 4. Retrieved 9 December 2022– via Trove.
3. "Music and musicians". The Australian . 17 July 1844. p. 3. Retrieved 9 December 2022– via Trove.
4. "Australian". The Australian Star . 3 April 1888. p. 5. Retrieved 9 December 2022– via Trove.
5. "Music and musicians". The Australian . 12 July 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 9 December 2022– via Trove.
6. "Music and musicians". The Australian . 1 August 1844. p. 3. Retrieved 9 December 2022– via Trove.
7. "Mr. Nathan's concert". The Sydney Herald . 30 May 1842. p. 2. Retrieved 9 December 2022– via Trove.
8. "The Victorian Academy of Music". The Argus . 15 March 1870. p. 6. Retrieved 9 December 2022– via Trove.
9. "Our portrait gallery". Illustrated Sydney News . 4 March 1854. p. 4. Retrieved 9 December 2022– via Trove.
10. "Reminiscences of music & ministers of music". Prahran Chronicle . 3 November 1894. p. 4. Retrieved 9 December 2022– via Trove.
11. "Original poetry". Illustrated Sydney News . 17 June 1854. p. 5. Retrieved 10 December 2022– via Trove.
12. "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald . 15 March 1854. p. 1. Retrieved 9 December 2022– via Trove.
13. "Review". The Sydney Morning Herald . 24 December 1856. p. 5. Retrieved 9 December 2022– via Trove.
14. "The drama". Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer . 14 June 1856. p. 2. Retrieved 9 December 2022– via Trove.
15. "Miscellaneous". Gippsland Times . 31 January 1862. p. 3. Retrieved 9 December 2022– via Trove.
16. "Advertising". The Herald . 1 September 1865. p. 1. Retrieved 9 December 2022– via Trove.
17. "Bush lyrics". Bell's Life In Victoria And Sporting Chronicle . 24 January 1857. p. 4. Retrieved 9 December 2022– via Trove.
18. "New music". The Border Watch . 20 July 1872. p. 2. Retrieved 9 December 2022– via Trove.
19. Mackerras, Catherine (1974). "Marsh, Stephen Hale Alonzo (1805–1888)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . Vol. 5. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN   978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN   1833-7538. OCLC   70677943 . Retrieved 2022-12-21.
20. "Music and drama". The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser . 30 September 1882. p. 569. Retrieved 9 December 2022– via Trove.
21. "060.140 - The Song of the Aeroplane, or, The Flying Machine. | Levy Music Collection". levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
22. "Commonwealth of Australia | All England Eleven Polka". YouTube . 7 February 2019.
23. "Australia unite! : the road to Federation". Australian Music Centre. Retrieved 2022-12-21.