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Platinum print.

Photo: 22.6 x 16.8
Photo and card: 31.3 x 22.9
Envelope: 32.2 x 22.9

Portrait of Percy Grainger showing his side profile. He is wearing a fur lined coat and a framed painting can be seen in the background behind him. There is…

Grainger enjoyed ‘liberty of the factory’ of J.C. Deagan, as he worked closely with the instrument maker to develop instruments specific to the new orchestral timbres he was seeking to create. In this letter, Deagan writes to Grainger regarding the…

This tuning fork was manufactured by Deagan. It is inscribed on the back ‘ J.C. Deagan. Official pitch of A.F. of M. 1917 Adopted by US Gov't. 1920’. J. C. Deagan, was a musician and expert in the science of acoustics. He wrote many papers on the…

Deagan gave the name ‘Marimbaphone’ to a series of models equipped with rotating or tilting frames, and bars with concave ends. They came in various sizes and were made with both rosewood and steel bars. The purpose of this feature was to play the…

This is a Deagan master ‘lite wate’ xylophone, adapted from earlier models and produced during World War II. It is made from Honduras rosewood, timber, and cardboard. Designed around portability, this small 3 octave xylophone is a one-piece unit…

International Society for Contemporary Music (Melbourne), First Melbourne Festival of Contemporary Music, flyer, 1967

Grainger Museum Archive, 2017/23-6/28

Bruce Clarke presented the first electronic music workshops for the local branch of the…

Melba premiered in the title role of Herman Bemberg’s opera Elaine in London in 1892. This portrait by Frank Haviland was published in The Illustrated London News in June 1908 as part of his series of theatrical celebrities and marked Melba’s 20th…

This is a diagram drawn by composer Ian Bonighton of a ring modulator, used in electronic music. Bonighton's 1969 Master of Music included a section on Electronic Equipment used in composition, and he included circuit diagrams of the ring modulator…

Gift of Agnes Dodds. Grainger Museum Archive, 2017/30-1/1

Ian Bonighton, Sleep for 16-part choir and tape, 1968–69
Graphic music score (detail)
Grainger Museum Archive, 2017/23-2/2

Composer Ian Bonighton (1942-1975) was appointed Curator of the Grainger Museum in 1970, while also working towards his…