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Ian Bonighton, Sequenza, 1971
Grainger Museum Archive, 2017/23-2/10

Ian Bonighton (1942-1975) graduated in Music from the University of Melbourne in 1968, studying composition with Keith Humble. He was appointed to the teaching staff of the…

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Ian Bonighton, In Nomine, for tape, percussion and optional organ, first performed 1973 (details)

Graphic music score. Grainger Museum Archive, 2017/23-2/11

Composer Ian Bonighton (1942-1975) was appointed Curator of the Grainger Museum in…

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Bromide print.

13.5 x 8.6 cm

This portrait depicts the side profile of Percy Grainger with his arms folded. The back of the print appears to be similar to that of a postcard. There is an inscription in the middle that reads: Copyright Augener…

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Platinum print

Photo: 20.5 x 15.3 cm
Photo and frame: 34.2 x 26.2 cm

In 1913 Grainger's then fiancée Margot Harrison ordered a very expensive present for her lover: a portrait of herself by H Walter Barnett. Despite his humble beginnings in…

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Platinum print.

Photo: 20 x 14.9 cm
Paper: 35.6 x 26.3 cm
Board: 64.1 x 51.1 cm

Czechoslovakian-born Jan Kubelik (1880-1940) had an international reputation as a virtuosic violinist. Later in life he made Edison Phonograph recordings with…

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Platinum print.

Photo: 20 x 14.9 cm
Paper: 35.6 x 26.3 cm
Board: 64.1 x 51.1 cm

Czechoslovakian-born Jan Kubelik (1880-1940) had an international reputation as a virtuosic violinist. Later in life he made Edison Phonograph recordings with…

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Platinum print.

Photo: 20 x 14.9 cm
Paper: 35.6 x 26.3 cm
Board: 64.1 x 51.1 cm

Czechoslovakian-born Jan Kubelik (1880-1940) had an international reputation as a virtuosic violinist. Later in life he made Edison Phonograph recordings with…

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Platinum print, hand-made paper.

Photo: 19.7 x 13.9 cm
Photo and paper: 37.8 x 26.2 cm

Helen Lohmann studied the violin but after a hand injury, turned to photography. The legendary Italian actress Eleanora Duse mentored Lohmann, and the…

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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…

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Silver gelatine print.

Photo: 33.3 x 23.4 cm
Photo and board: 48.4 x 35.4 cm

In the late 1930s Harris & Ewing was the largest photographic studio in the United States, with five physical locations and approximately 120 employees. A very…
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