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World’s First Harmonic Bell, 1999/2000
This is the world’s first harmonic bell ever made. The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra has a two-octave set of these bells that were produced for Australia’s Centenary of Federation celebrations in 2001 by Australian Bell Pty Ltd.
The bell was cast in…
The bell was cast in…
Moog ‘Signature’ theremin
Metal, electronics
In 1932 Percy Grainger attended a concert of musical pieces performed on a new instrument called the theremin. This instrument, invented in 1920 by Russian physicist Lev Sergeyevich Termen (known in the USA as Léon Theremin) was a…
Spinet
This instrument was hand-crafted by Faculty of Music lecturer and musicologist Meredith Maxwell Moon. Fascinated by early music, Moon began building reproduction instruments while working at the Bodleian Library in Oxford during the 1960s. Through…
Portrait of Rose Grainger in New Zealand
Sepia toned black and white photograph.
16.4 x 12.1 cm
Portrait of Rose Grainger in New Zealand. She is captured in profile and is wearing a dress with a round neckline.
16.4 x 12.1 cm
Portrait of Rose Grainger in New Zealand. She is captured in profile and is wearing a dress with a round neckline.
Portrait of Rose Grainger in New Zealand
Sepia toned black and white photograph.
14.1 x 10.2 cm
Portrait of Rose Grainger in New Zealand. She is captured in profile and is wearing a large round brim hat with feathers and high neck dress.
14.1 x 10.2 cm
Portrait of Rose Grainger in New Zealand. She is captured in profile and is wearing a large round brim hat with feathers and high neck dress.
Rose Grainger
Printing-out paper print.
15.6 x 11.2 cm
Portrait of Rose Grainger in New Zealand. She is facing the camera and is wearing a large round brim hat with feathers and a v neck dress. Rose Grainger is captured here wearing a quintessential…
15.6 x 11.2 cm
Portrait of Rose Grainger in New Zealand. She is facing the camera and is wearing a large round brim hat with feathers and a v neck dress. Rose Grainger is captured here wearing a quintessential…
Portrait of Percy Grainger in uniform (standing)
Black and white photograph.
25.6 x 20.2 cm
Portrait of Percy Grainger in uniform during the First World War. He is leaning against a dark cloth backdrop against patterned carpet with his right hand crossed over his left.
25.6 x 20.2 cm
Portrait of Percy Grainger in uniform during the First World War. He is leaning against a dark cloth backdrop against patterned carpet with his right hand crossed over his left.
Percy Grainger, c 1920.
Silver gelatin print.
Photo: 20.2 x 15.6 cm
Photo and board: 37.5 x 29.8 cm
This portrait depicts Percy Grainger with his fingers interlaced in front of him. The photograph is mounted on board.
Photo: 20.2 x 15.6 cm
Photo and board: 37.5 x 29.8 cm
This portrait depicts Percy Grainger with his fingers interlaced in front of him. The photograph is mounted on board.
Percy Grainger
silver gelatin print.
Photo: 21.1 x 16 cm
Photo and card: 25.2 x 20.2 cm
Although taken in a formal studio setting, this photograph was certainly not meant for promotional purposes. Grainger had his portrait taken by Mary Dale Clark on a…
Photo: 21.1 x 16 cm
Photo and card: 25.2 x 20.2 cm
Although taken in a formal studio setting, this photograph was certainly not meant for promotional purposes. Grainger had his portrait taken by Mary Dale Clark on a…