Clarence James Dennis

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Clarence James Dennis

Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis (7 September 1876 – 22 June 1938), better known as C. J. Dennis, was an Australian poet and journalist known for his best-selling verse novel The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke (1915). Alongside his contemporaries and occasional collaborators Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson, Dennis helped popularise Australian slang in literature, earning him the title 'the laureate of the larrikin'. When Dennis died, Australia's then Prime Minister Joseph Lyons said he was destined to be remembered as the 'Australian Robert Burns'.

Birth and Death Data: Born September 7, 1876 (South Australia), Died June 22, 1938 (Melbourne)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1918

Roles Represented in DAHR: author

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role	Audio
Victor	C-21662	12-in.	1/16/1918	The singing soldiers	James H. Heron	Recitation, unaccompanied	author

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Dennis, Clarence James," accessed November 6, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102050.

Dennis, Clarence James. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 6, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102050.

"Dennis, Clarence James." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 6 November 2024.