Isaac Nathan
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Isaac Nathan (1791 – 15 January 1864)[2] was an English composer, musicologist, journalist and self-publicist, who ended an eventful career by becoming the "father of Australian music". Early success Isaac Nathan was born in c.1791 in the English city of Canterbury to a hazzan (Jewish cantor) born in Poland, Menahem Monash "Polack" (the Pole), and his English Jewish wife, Mary (Lewis) Goldsmid (1779–1842). He was initially destined for his father's career and went to the school of Solomon Lyon
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- human
- Family name
- Nathan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Place of birth
- Canterbury
- Place of death
- Sydney
- Occupation
- musicologist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- opera
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- date of death
- 1864-01-15
- date of birth
- 1790-01-01
- cause of death
- traffic collision
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