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Cloak worn by Nellie Melba as Elsa in Lohengrin, c.1891
This ‘cloak of angels’ was worn by Melba to perform before Tsar Alexander III in St Petersburg in 1891. Together with Polish opera singers Jean and Edouard de Reszke, she had been commanded by the Tsar to perform in several operas at his Imperial…
David Chesworth performing '50 Synthesizer Greats' at the Toff in Town, Melbourne, September 2017
David Chesworth launched the re-release of his debut 1979 album '50 Synthesizer Greats' (Chapter Music) in September 2017 in a live performance at the Toff in Town venue in Melbourne. Chesworth recreated his parents’ 70s lounge room on stage and…
LP Album cover, 50 Synthesizer Greats, David Chesworth
Sound artist David Chesworth was only 21 when he composed and recorded '50 Synthesizer Greats'. Originally self-released, the album 50 Synthesizer Greats is actually 37 tracks of minimal synth investigations, full of humour and playful…
Photos of Rose and Percy Grainger in the USA (No.13 Rose and Percy Grainger)
silver gelatin print, 23.3 x 15.4 cm
This elegant studio double portrait of Percy and Rose is unorthodox in the way the composition crops out the object of their avid attention, however it successfully documents the legendary closeness between…
This elegant studio double portrait of Percy and Rose is unorthodox in the way the composition crops out the object of their avid attention, however it successfully documents the legendary closeness between…
Percy Grainger, early 1950s
Silver gelatin print.
Photo: 21.1 x 16 cm
Photo and card: 25.2 x 20.2 cm
Portrait of Percy Grainger in his later years. He is wearing a pinstripe suit with shirt, tie, vest, jacket and pocket square and is also crossing his arms. The…
Photo: 21.1 x 16 cm
Photo and card: 25.2 x 20.2 cm
Portrait of Percy Grainger in his later years. He is wearing a pinstripe suit with shirt, tie, vest, jacket and pocket square and is also crossing his arms. The…
Portrait of Percy Grainger in a light coloured suit
Black and white photograph.
25.6 x 20.2 cm
25.6 x 20.2 cm
Dr Kaare Nygaard, (n.d.)
Silver gelatin print
34.8 x 27.3 cm
Dr Kaare Nygaard (1903-1989) was Percy Grainger’s friend as well as medical doctor and surgeon. Nygaard was also a sculptor, and he made three bronze sculptures of the composer and one life mask. He also…
34.8 x 27.3 cm
Dr Kaare Nygaard (1903-1989) was Percy Grainger’s friend as well as medical doctor and surgeon. Nygaard was also a sculptor, and he made three bronze sculptures of the composer and one life mask. He also…
Grainger working in his study at White Plains, New York.
Silver gelatine print.
18.2 x 18.9 cm
Grainger working in his study at White Plains, New York.
18.2 x 18.9 cm
Grainger working in his study at White Plains, New York.
Percy Grainger
Silver gelatin print.
Photo: 10.8 x 15.7 cm
Envelope: 11.5 x 16.1 cm
Note: 19.0 x 21 cm
Grainger died of cancer in 1961. This photograph was taken in the year before his death by his friend Burnett Cross, physicist and co-experimenter with…
Photo: 10.8 x 15.7 cm
Envelope: 11.5 x 16.1 cm
Note: 19.0 x 21 cm
Grainger died of cancer in 1961. This photograph was taken in the year before his death by his friend Burnett Cross, physicist and co-experimenter with…
Ella Grainger and Percy Grainger, ‘Composers eyes’
Chromogenic print from Kodachrome slide.
Photo (EG): 13.3 x 18.3 cm
Photo (PG): 20.2 x 25.4 cm
Photos and board: 56.1 x 40.7 cm
From the series ‘what colour are composers’ eyes’. There are 2 photographs mounted on card. The top photographs…
Photo (EG): 13.3 x 18.3 cm
Photo (PG): 20.2 x 25.4 cm
Photos and board: 56.1 x 40.7 cm
From the series ‘what colour are composers’ eyes’. There are 2 photographs mounted on card. The top photographs…