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University of Melbourne Bachelor of Music Certificate awarded to Mona McBurney, 1896
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…
Dolls used by Mona McBurney for her opera The Dalmatian (c. 1926)
The Dalmation was the first opera written by a woman to be performed in Australia. Its libretto was adapted from F. Marion Crawford’s novel, Marietta: A Maid of Venice. Excerpts were performed in late 1910, and the first full performance was given in…
Spinet
This instrument was hand-crafted by Faculty of Music lecturer and musicologist Meredith Maxwell Moon. Fascinated by early music, Moon began building reproduction instruments while working at the Bodleian Library in Oxford during the 1960s. Through…
Sansa (thumb piano)
The sansa or ‘thumb piano’ is common across Africa. It is played by plucking the metal tongues over the wooden resonator to produce a pitched buzzing sound. This sansa was acquired on his travels by Australian composer and pianist Percy Grainger, who…
Composer and pianist Percy Grainger
bronze bust
Orchestral harp
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…
Display of costume from the Grainger Museum Collection (2018)
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Mannequin 1
Ella and Percy Grainger, Shirt, c.1930s. Machine sewn shirt with manufactured towelling hand sewn to sleeves. 04.5228
Ella and Percy Grainger, Tunic, c. 1930s. Towel, Machine and hand-sewn using Australian Dri-Glo…
Mannequin 1
Ella and Percy Grainger, Shirt, c.1930s. Machine sewn shirt with manufactured towelling hand sewn to sleeves. 04.5228
Ella and Percy Grainger, Tunic, c. 1930s. Towel, Machine and hand-sewn using Australian Dri-Glo…
Towelling outfit created by Percy and Rose Grainger, and worn by Percy Grainger
Pair of cream towelling breeches and matching jacket with red stripe trim and fringed hem, with matching leggings. Hand sewn using manufactured towels. Worn by Percy Grainger between 1910-1914 while teaching and composing.
Ella and Percy Grainger outside the Grainger Museum, University of Melbourne, in 1938.
The design and construction of the Grainger Museum occurred in two stages: the central foyer and front galleries in 1935, and the adjoining radial and semicircular galleries in 1938. Throughout the entire process Grainger worked closely with…
Invitation to the Presentation to the University of the Music Museum and the Grainger Museum by Mr. Percy Grainger and Official Opening, 10 December 1938. Ink on card, addressed to Mr and Mrs Percy Grainger
Ink on card. Inscribed and addressed to Mr and Mrs Percy Grainger