23 10 337 https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/files/original/d16bfcce2fb67f21c5c4d5b4e27bcf49.jpg 03f099a34b25c28b5a42a3c2bad5b0d8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Percy Grainger photographed modelling a grass skirt and beadwork, and self-made neck collar, 1909. Photographed by his mother, Rose Grainger. Subject The topic of the resource Photograph Description An account of the resource 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 Oceania, and acquired by Percy Grainger in Australia. Grainger created the neck collar while on tour in Australia. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rose Grainger (photographer) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12 August 1909 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 17.0020.2 https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/files/original/163b2b7ffddc0d67a2654e6ffe7a80b3.jpg efafe86f889f0f70f5c3c4a9aaf4d609 https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/files/original/f5cc0f89fe67c110d2ed7994db0a10b2.jpg ae8357b2b385edf19a2181565c5f41b9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Annotated opera score for Lohengrin by Richard Wagner, signed Nellie Armstrong, Paris, 22 April 1887 Subject The topic of the resource Objects of Fame: Nellie Melba and Percy Grainger Description An account of the resource 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 in Lohengrin, Melba’s voice was not suited to heavy Wagnerian operas. After her disastrous attempt at singing Brünnhilde in Siegfried in 1896, she stopped performing these roles. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Royal Edition, Boosey & Co, London Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Australian Performing Arts Collection, Arts Centre Melbourne Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grainger Museum Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 22 April 1887 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Arts Centre Melbourne Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Australian Performing Arts Collection, Arts Centre Melbourne 1981.024.001 | Gift of Pamela, Lady Vestey, 1981 https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/files/original/01106dd9a35c8539d5419f5391f3213d.jpg 875e5ad07b259834055f594db7b3118e https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/files/original/aabf01a98c791f79f6d17afe28927efe.jpg 5f246d92bb72abc54d608d0061346b91 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Percy Grainger Subject The topic of the resource Photograph Description An account of the resource 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. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rude & Hilfling. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource before 1914 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 17.0031 https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/files/original/322d5ad2bcc3dc207300c528ed5ab8f0.jpg bd44814fe93c70dae4f3d10542895ca0 Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sol-fa chart Subject The topic of the resource Music education; "Multivocal" exhibition Old Quad; sight singing Description An account of the resource 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 first of its kind made in Australia, the chart features hand-drawn birds to represent the notes of the scale. All the birds of the tonic triad—a black crow and jackdaw for doh, green lovebirds for me, and a red parrot for soh—are shown seated, representing stability. The rest of the birds are shown in flight: ray is an orange hummingbird, fah a blue owl, lah a violet dove, and te a yellow canary. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Samuel McBurney (b. Glasgow, UK 1847, d. Melbourne 1909) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Grainger Museum Collection, University of Melbourne. Gift of the McBurney family, 1985. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grainger Museum Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource c.1890s to 1900. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2018/29-10/2 https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/files/original/d8b500afd20e3b1eedd243a0a9a32fed.jpg 53747a59486e6042f174ce645a8985d9 https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/files/original/8f927357df687d8cd28da83adbb63c6a.jpg 95bf215e7c9906907524fd96b0ce39ab Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rose Grainger aged 18 Subject The topic of the resource Photograph Description An account of the resource 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 with a row of buttons down the middle. The photograph is mounted on board from the photography studio. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Saul Solomon Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1879 Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 17.0076 https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/files/original/c1d02a8a77e45733cb4a01841ff65abc.jpg 53747a59486e6042f174ce645a8985d9 https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/files/original/fcf29c5d004e665efe31bf7733fe3150.jpg 95bf215e7c9906907524fd96b0ce39ab Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rose Grainger aged 18, 1879. Subject The topic of the resource Photograph Description An account of the resource 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 down the middle. The photograph is mounted on board from the photography studio. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Saul Solomon (1836–1929), Adelaide. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Orchestral harp Subject The topic of the resource orchestral instruments; Multivocal exhibition Old Quad Description An account of the resource 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 touring Australasia and America with well-known singers, playing in one-off concerts and occasionally performing in Alberto Zelman’s Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. His influence on the development of harp playing in Victoria is seen in his students and grand-students, probably the best known of whom was another Melbourne Symphony Orchestra player Adrian Bendall. Bendall’s mother, Alicia Maud Bendall nee Bartlett, learnt how to play from Walter Barker and she, in turn, taught four of her own children and five of her grandchildren. Mary Anderson, Alicia Bendall’s granddaughter, continues this important tradition of harp playing as principal harpist with Orchestra Victoria. Walter Barker was born in 1864 in Yorkshire. He won his first prize at an eisteddfod at the age of nine before entering the Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London in 1879 at the age of 14. He was recommended for entry into RAM by Welshman and royal harpist John Thomas but also studied organ, violin and piano. A thumb accident led him to focus his studies on the harp and in 1880 he won a Bronze Medal in the RAM competitions before graduating as an Associate a few years later in 1883. Barker first visited Australia while on tour with singers Madame Patey and Ada Crossley performing in Bendigo in 1890. He immigrated to Australia in 1895 after a tour with the Trebelli Concert Co. and later also toured with Charles Santley, Mrs Palmer, Antonia Dolores and Armes Beaumont. Walter Barker was the first harp teacher at the University of Melbourne’s new conservatorium working there in 1895 and then from 1916 until 1925. In 1906 Barker performed in Melbourne at a farewell concert arranged for Mrs W.J. Turner who was returning to England. A review of this concert in The Musical Monthly described Barker’s playing as exquisite. A concert program for a performance by Zelman’s Melbourne Symphony Orchestra on 15 December 1917 in the Melbourne Town Hall lists Barker as the harpist. On this occasion he played the beautiful ‘Meditation’ from the Opera ‘Thais’ by Massenet with violinist Imelda Clancy. By 1925 Walter Barker had tragically lost nearly all his eyesight and was forced to retire. Reflecting upon his career, The Australian Musical News wrote of Barker: “No finer harpist has been heard in Australia than Mr Barker, and for years his name was almost inseparable from leading concert platforms”. After he died on 27 September 1933 at his home in Queens Parade, Barker’s widow donated his 1830s Erard harp to the University of Melbourne's Grainger Museum the year the museum opened in 1938. The Barker harp is a double-action pedal harp made by Sebastian and Pierre Erard in London. Barker brought this harp with him when he emigrated from England and loved the instrument so much that he did not want anyone else to play it after his death. Barker’s harp was “the subject of something like worship by the fine musician, especially after the years in which it had been associated with his many successes”. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Sebastian Erard and Pierre Erard, London (makers) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Grainger Museum Collection, University of Melbourne. Gift to the Grainger Museum 1938 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grainger Museum Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1835 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 00.0018 https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/files/original/86c4ecfee9fce2c5ea8acfed87f03702.tif 694b7109bea84ea8efa3f7e0b635e02b https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/files/original/1a680cea9906a9b8d928d68c3ea6669c.tif 373e48af505ea50d487ba776f2f1204f https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/files/original/2ca4e40c7407f796b557fcc12f3fa934.tif 9f7670a14d0ccdd9fda2e9580f8840fa Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Society for the Private Performance of New Music manifesto, and concert flyers Subject The topic of the resource Music performances Description An account of the resource 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. Both traditional and contemporary music was played, including participants’ own compositions. According to Humble, all the music was performed “in a ‘discovery’ kind of way, with a commitment made individually toward a musical event - a ‘composition’”. The SPPNM performed Grainger’s innovative aleatoric (chance) piece, Random Round on the 21st May 1967, in a program that included Morton Feldman’s Vertical Thoughts III, and Edgar Varese’s Density 21.5. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Society for the Private Performance of New Music Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Collection of John Whiteoak Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1966,1967 https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/files/original/fd1f546bbb3878608be304253dc8a4c6.jpg 2d6e8bfe26019c8f6f2a15de6c18151a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Nellie Melba at Coombe Cottage, Victoria, 1927 Subject The topic of the resource Photograph Description An account of the resource 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, possibly in her porch with light streaming through the windows on the proper left of the photo. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Spencer Shier (1884–1950), Melbourne Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1927 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 17.0011 https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/files/original/2e136cc2a758071d02cb0304e930c711.tif afae9c2c46194237400c74d3f0d78543 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Unidentified expressionist dancer, 1905 Subject The topic of the resource Photograph Description An account of the resource 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. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Stephanie Ludwig Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1905 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 17.0006