Editing Music of Australia (section)

===Early pop music===
[[File:Screenshot from 2018-12-13 21-04-19.png|thumb|upright|Joe Slater]]
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Australian composers who published popular musical works (e.g. Ragtime, light ephemera) in the early twentieth century include [[Vince Courtney]], [[Herbert De Pinna]], [[Jack Lumsdaine]], [[Joe Slater (composer)|Joe Slater]], [[Bert Rache]], [[Reginald Stoneham]], [[Albert Bokhare Saunders|Clement Scott]] and [[Herbert Cosgrove]], among others. Demand for local works declined with recording and broadcast.

Possibly the first Australian song to compete with imported recordings was '''Good-Night Mister Moon''' by Allan Ryan and William Flynn <ref>{{cite news|url=https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM8p8kK6Wd|title=Allan's7th Song Hit Folio {{!}} Allan's Song Hit Folio series|volume=VII|issue=1|location=New South Wales, Australia|date=1 January 1948|accessdate=18 November 2021 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article235978616 |title=THESE TWO ARE AUSTRALIA'S ACE SONG-WRITING TEAM |newspaper=[[Smith's Weekly]] |volume=XXXI |issue=42 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=17 December 1949 |accessdate=18 November 2021 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article190477939 |title=BITS AND PIECES |newspaper=[[Warwick Daily News]] |issue=9650 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=12 July 1950 |accessdate=18 November 2021 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article169373934 |title=Publican Composer |newspaper=[[Truth (Sydney newspaper)|Truth]] |issue=3058 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=29 August 1948 |accessdate=19 November 2021 |page=32 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>Parlophone A-7703 copy held at NFSA</ref>