{{Short description|1932 musical comedy}} {{italic title}} 300px|thumb|right|Gumnut Pixies. by May Gibbs<br>Another example of Nursery Australiana '''''The Magic Gum Tree'''''<ref>{{Citation | author1=Sauer, Arline | title=The Magic Gum Tree : an Australian musical play for children | publication-date=1934 | publisher=W. H. Paling & Co | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/12929843 | access-date=6 November 2024}} </ref> is a musical comedy written in 1932 with music and lyrics by Australian composer Arline Sauer.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15886995 |title=Prof. C. Sauer |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=25,679 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=24 April 1920 |access-date=6 June 2018 |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
The story involves an immigrant girl lost in the Australian outback who falls asleep and meets several dreamland characters. She is rescued by a group of Australian Aboriginal boys and returned safely home. The piece is a work of Australiana featuring Australian animals and characters. A Queensland reviewer thought it reminiscent of A. A. Milne.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36718765 |title=Music and the Drama |newspaper=The Courier-mail |issue=268 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=7 July 1934 |access-date=20 October 2017 |page=20 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
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==Musical numbers== *Overture *Ten Little Aboriginals *Gumnut Pixies (dance) *Dear Little Wattle Blossom *Ko-a-la *Hail! Thou Fair Land (duet) *Ten Little Aboriginals (Finale)
==Productions== <!-- Wikipedia is not a directory (see WP:NOTDIRECTORY). This section should be a narrative description of the original prodution and the most important revivals thereafter -- are any of them professional productions? --> *1934 Railway Institute, Sydney<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17082556 | title=The Magic Gum Tree | newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald | date=27 August 1934 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article229566191 | title=Sydney's Big Music Festival Launched | newspaper=Sun | date=26 August 1934 }}</ref> *1935 Melbourne<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article171902859 | title=St. Dominic's School, East Camberwell | newspaper=Advocate | date=3 January 1935 }}</ref> *1935 Clermont, New South Wales<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70624194 | title=Clermont | newspaper=Central Queensland Herald | date=12 December 1935 }}</ref> *1935 Newcastle, New South Wales<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138147061 | title=The Magic Gum Tree | newspaper=Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate | date=21 August 1935 }}</ref> *1935 Lismore, New South Wales<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225394832 | title=Old Bonalbo School Concert | newspaper=Northern Star | date=30 August 1935 }}</ref> *1935 Parkside, South Australia<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article167076295 | title=Convent of Mercy, Parkside | newspaper=Southern Cross | date=20 December 1935 }}</ref> *1936 Wayville, South Australia (selections)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48180910 | title=Thousand Voices Concerts | newspaper=Advertiser | date=23 September 1936 }}</ref> *1937 Trangie, New South Wales<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article99597173 | title=Trangie Convent Concert | newspaper=Narromine News and Trangie Advocate | date=2 December 1937 }}</ref> *1937 St George, Queensland<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article213760443 | title=Heralds of the King | newspaper=Balonne Beacon | date=23 September 1937 }}</ref> *1937 Coffs Harbour<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article187839128 | title=School Concert | newspaper=Coffs Harbour Advocate | date=7 December 1937 }}</ref> *1937 Armidale, New South Wales<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article193656181 | title=Armidale 51 Years Ago | newspaper=Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser | date=3 February 1939 }}</ref> *1938 Bundarra, New South Wales<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article174414309 | title=Convent School Concert at Bundarra | newspaper=Uralla Times | date=15 December 1938 }}</ref> *1938 Maitland, New South Wales<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125701587 | title=Musical Play | newspaper=Maitland Daily Mercury | date=2 July 1938 }}</ref> *1939 Hobart, Tasmania<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article25765105 | title=Glenorchy School Concert | newspaper=Mercury | date=14 December 1939 }}</ref> *1939 Canberra, ACT<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2518483 | title=The Social Round in Canberra | newspaper=Canberra Times | date=13 December 1939 }}</ref> *1940 Wellington, New South Wales<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article141705632 | title=The Magic Gum Tree | newspaper=Wellington Times | date=August 1940 }}</ref> *1940 Carnarvon, Western Australia<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74941730 | title=Convent Concert | newspaper=Northern Times | date=28 November 1940 }}</ref> *1941 Cairns, Queensland<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article42321843 | title=Japoon Notes | newspaper=Cairns Post | date=6 December 1941 }}</ref> *1941 Mount Barker, South Australia<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article147862873 | title=St Scholastica's College | newspaper=Mount Barker Courier and Onkaparinga and Gumeracha Advertiser | date=18 December 1941 }}</ref> *1941 Newcastle, New South Wales<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article167433594 | title=Islington School Concert | newspaper=Newcastle Sun | date=2 May 1941 }}</ref> *1942 Manilla, New South Wales<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196292700 | title=Convent Concert | newspaper=Manilla Express | date=27 November 1942 }}</ref> *1942 Mudgee, New South Wales<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article156416564 | title=Talented Tiny Tots | newspaper=Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative | date=24 August 1942 }}</ref> *1942 Rockhampton, New South Wales<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106359636 | title=Rockhampton Diocese | newspaper=Catholic Press | date=22 January 1942 }}</ref> *1946 Burnie, Tasmania<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article69060515 | title=Advertising | newspaper=Advocate | date=8 November 1946 }}</ref> *1947 Forbes, New South Wales<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article218413515 | title=Convent Concert | newspaper=Forbes Advocate | date=26 September 1947 }}</ref> *1950 Pinnaroo, South Australia<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197625678 | title=School Concert | newspaper=Pinnaroo and Border Times | date=21 December 1950 }}</ref>
==Carl and Arline Sauer== '''Carl Sauer''' D. Mus., F.S.Sc.A. (died 5 March 1951)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18202472 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=35,321 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=6 March 1951 |access-date=6 November 2024 |page=20 |via=National Library of Australia}} married to Doris</ref> was a German-born musician, teacher and composer in Australia,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90160273 |title=Colac Competitions |newspaper=The Colac Herald |volume=XLIII |issue=4593 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=29 April 1912 |access-date=6 November 2024 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> founder of the N.S.W. Youth Symphony Orchestra and Choir.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230069911 |title=Prof. Sauer dies suddenly |newspaper=The Sun (Sydney) |issue=12,824 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=6 March 1951 |access-date=6 November 2024 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
Arline Estelle Lower (died 1990) was an Adelaide pianist<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article54242408 |title=Broadcast Recital |newspaper=The Register News-pictorial |volume=XCIV |issue=27,277 |location=South Australia |date=17 January 1929 |access-date=6 November 2024 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> who, at around 16 years of age, achieved considerable success at the Easter 1912 competitions in Launceston.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article209943617 |title=Musical Notes |newspaper=The Express and Telegraph |volume=XLIX |issue=14,600 |location=South Australia |date=27 April 1912 |access-date=6 June 2018 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> She joined Sauer's concert party sometime around 1915<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article124982577 |title=Kapunda Herald |newspaper=Kapunda Herald |volume=LI |issue=3,820 |location=South Australia |date=27 August 1915 |access-date=6 November 2024 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and married him in May 1924<ref name=divorce/> and became generally known as '''Arline Sauer''' the following month.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article245708329 |title=The World of Women |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph (Sydney) |issue=13,893 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=18 June 1924 |access-date=6 November 2024 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> They divorced in 1946<ref name=divorce>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27903113 |title=In Divorce |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=34,004 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=17 December 1946 |access-date=6 November 2024 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and the following year, as '''Arline Lower''', acted as soloist and accompanist to Rosina Raisbeck on the mezzo-soprano's tour of Australia and New Zealand.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225519753 |title=Mezzo-Soprano Is Six Feet One in Height |newspaper=The Northern Star |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=26 June 1947 |access-date=6 November 2024 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> She continued to find favor as an accompanist in Sydney: for soprano Eleanor Houston, contralto Florence Taylor, tenor John Dudley, and baritone John Cameron.<!--no article for any of these--> at the 1948 Carols by Candlelight,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article248352221 |title=20,000 at Carols Festival |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph (Sydney) |volume=X |issue=6 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=26 December 1948 |access-date=6 November 2024 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and in 1949 for baritone Donald Graham and Betty Kable, the New Zealand violinist.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article161694879 |title=Donald Graham's Recital |newspaper=National Advocate |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=8 March 1949 |access-date=6 November 2024 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
Other works include: *Pixie-land (c. 1932): three songs for medium voice by Arline Lower :1. Pixie pipers :2. Pixie revels :3. Lullaby Lower was active in promoting cross-cultural exchanges, founding president of the New Australians' Cultural Association, and founder of the Arline Lower Art Prize of 100 guineas.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article176526540 |title=Czech wins prize in migrant art contest |newspaper=The Good Neighbour |issue=23 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=1 June 1952 |accessdate=7 November 2024 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
==References== <references />
==External links== *[http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-170034705/view?partId=nla.obj-170037355#page/n24/mode/1up Piano/vocal score with dialogue]
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