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  1. Percy Grainger performing the museum

    I visited the Grainger Museum on Tuesday 21 August. As the 2018 recipient of the IMAC award, I have been keen to explore the many collections …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2018/08/29/percy-grainger-performing-the-museum

  2. Australian-made piano rolls – a generous donation to Rare Music

    While piano (or pianola) rolls might seem the ultimate in technological obsolescence, rare music was delighted to accept a generous donation of 126 piano rolls (just …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2016/11/15/australian-made-piano-rolls-a-generous-donation-to-rare-music

  3. Shakespeare in Steel: exploring links between Edward Dowden’s ‘Shakespeare Scenes & Characters’ and the ‘Gallerie Shakespeare’ portfolio of engravings. Part III.

      On the 15th July 2016, the University of Melbourne’s highly anticipated After Shakespeare exhibition was officially opened, in the Noel Shaw Gallery of the Baillieu Library. Marking …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2016/08/18/shakespeare-in-steel-exploring-links-between-edward-dowdens-shakespeare-scenes-characters-and-the-gallerie-shakespeare-portfolio-of-engravings-part-iii

  4. Percy’s tobacco-box contraption: an ingenious experiment for recording musical notation using repurposed materials

    This contraption, ostensibly a small wooden tobacco box, is actually an experiment in musical notation hand-made by Percy Grainger.  Mounted through the lid of the box …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2016/08/01/percys-tobacco-box-contraption-an-ingenious-experiment-for-recording-musical-notation-using-repurposed-materials

  5. “The countenance is the portrait of the soul and the eyes mark its intentions”

    Percy Grainger was well-pleased with a likeness the celebrated Danish academician Knud Larsen (1865-1922) made of him during a visit to Jutland in 1909—and the Museum’s …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2016/04/26/the-countenance-is-the-portrait-of-the-soul-and-the-eyes-mark-its-intentions

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