Artist Info: Isaac Nathan

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 in Cambridge. [read more...]