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Sepia toned black and white photograph.

10.7 x 8.3 cm

This photograph captures Percy Grainger wearing a grass skirt and jewellery in the form of armbands and necklaces, and holding a pole. The grass skirt and armbands were created by artists in…

This opera score was inscribed prior to Melba’s adoption of her famous stage name in December 1887. A derivation honouring her native city of Melbourne, the name was selected to sound Italian and be easily remembered.

Despite her success as Elsa…

Sepia toned black and white photograph.

13.7 x 8.5

This portrait showcases the side profile of Percy Grainger. He is wearing a suit, vest and tie.

This chart for teaching singing was made by Samuel McBurney (b. Glasgow, UK 1847, d. Melbourne 1909), who taught sight singing and ear training at the Conservatorium of Music at the University of Melbourne in the late nineteenth century. Probably the…

Printing-out paper print.

Photo: 9.2 x 5.7 cm
Photo and board: 10.2 x 6.2 cm

Portrait of Rose Grainger, mother of Percy Grainger, as a young women. This photograph depicts her side profile and she is wearing a dark collar high necked dress…

Printing-out paper print.

Photo: 9.2 x 5.7 cm
Phot and board: 10.2 x 6.2 cm

Portrait of Rose Grainger when she was a young lady. This photograph depicts her side profile and she is wearing a dark collar high necked dress with a row of buttons…

At the turn of the twentieth century, when Australia’s first permanent orchestras were beginning to emerge, the University of Melbourne employed Walter Barker as Victoria’s first university level harp teacher. Barker established himself in Melbourne…

In 1966 Humble established the Society for the Private Performance of New Music (SPPNM) at the Grainger Museum. SPPNM members, mostly young composers such as Ian Bonighton, met monthly at the Grainger, for ‘performance workshops’ directed by Humble.…

Silver gelatin print

Photo: 11.2 x 8.7 cm
Photo and board: 17.1 x 13.4 cm

The photograph depicts Nellie Melba tending to plants and shrubs placed on an elegant cane and wood table. She is standing in front of the entrance to Coombe Cottage,…

Platinum prints

Stephanie Ludwig ran a studio in Munich called Veritas. Some of her clients were expressionist dancers whom she photographed elegantly and simply, using natural light.