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Programme for concert given on board R.M.S. Niagara, Canadian-Australasian Line, February 1928
This concert was given to raise funds for a new boat for six men who had been rescued from their drifting trawler by the crew of R.M.S. Niagara.
Programme for Melba Coronation Concert, Royal Albert Hall, London, 27 May 1911
This concert was part of the celebrations in London leading up to the coronation of King George V. Three young male performers also appeared in the concert: German pianist, Wilhelm Backhaus; Irish-Canadian bass, Edmund Burke; and Irish tenor, John…
Programme for Melba–Grainger Concert in aid of the Red Cross, Pittsburgh, 20 January 1916
Nellie Melba and Percy Grainger performed together in public only twice, using their fame for a cause. In 1916 they joined forces for fundraising concerts to support the Field Ambulance for the Allies in the United States. The concerts featured the…
Promotional page for Melba–Kubelik Transcontinental Tour with photograph of Nellie Melba and Jan Kubelik, Wheeling, West Virginia, 1913–14
Melba and Czech violinist, Jan Kubelik, undertook a joint concert tour of the United Kingdom in 1912–13, followed by this tour in the United States and Canada in 1913–14. The UK tour ran from October 1912 to August 1913 with Melba performing in two…
R. H. Mayland & Son, New York, USA (instrument makers)
Metal marimba, early twentieth century
Grainger used this marimba for performances of his Tribute to Foster, exploiting the design innovation that enabled single notes and resonators to be removed from the instrument for playing individually. Grainger wrote instructions, such as ‘violin…
Recording and sampling Grainger's Staff Bells for the Living Instruments project 2019
This gallery in the Grainger Museum shows elements of the exhibition How it Plays: Innovations in Percussion. This exhibition has provided resources for The Living Instruments Project, an interdisciplinary collaboration that digitally preserves and…