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University of Melbourne Gazette, December 1971

Grainger Museum Archive, 2017/23-4/5

In 1896 Mona McBurney graduated from the Bachelor of Music at the University of Melbourne, becoming the first woman in Australia to receive this degree. Born on the Isle of Man, McBurney came from a musical and scholarly family. Moving to Victoria in…

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.

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.

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.

platinum (or palladium) print,

Photo: 19.3 x 13.7 cm
Photo and frame: 30.1 x 22.3 cm

The Grainger Museum Archive contains hundreds of photographs of unidentified people. Some are very elaborate and sophisticated images like this Edwardian lady…

Percy Grainger visited the musical halls of London in the decade before World War I, experiencing for the first time the sounds of the mallet percussion instruments used in jazz. To enrich his knowledge of these instruments, Grainger developed an…

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…

Trios was essentially a musical game of chance, where three performers play a unique musical event, with content drawn from 16 ‘Events’ pre-created by Cary. The game is played by three players, one playing a VCS3, and the other two using DUAL…

Manuscript score, Rare Music, Special Collections, University of Melbourne

Divertimento is an example of British composer Tristram Cary’s combination of electronic compositional techniques, including recorded sound, electronic sounds, and…