Posts tagged with Music

  1. Shifting Racial Attitudes Through Music: African American Performers at West Melbourne Stadium

    Shannon Peters On the evening of Sunday July 25th, 1954, an enthusiastic crowd of around a thousand people gathered at Sydney’s Mascot Airport, eager to catch …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2023/11/21/shifting-racial-attitudes-through-music-african-american-performers-at-west-melbourne-stadium

  2. Interview with Madeline Roycroft on the Éditions de l’Oiseau-Lyre Archive

    Woman holding a '78 inch vinyl record, in front of shelf full of vinyl records in paper sleeves

    Madeline Roycroft is working as a Research Assistant in the Louise Hanson-Dyer collection, which sits within our Rare Music collection. Madeline is also currently a Grainger …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2022/12/01/interview-with-madeline-roycroft-on-the-editions-de-loiseau-lyre-archive

  3. Who are these performers and why are they in costume? “Wolfie” to the rescue!

    Photo of seated man and woman in sepia tones, wearing theatrical costumes

    Problem solving was an incidental and unexpected benefit of using our new Wolfvision visualiser last week. Known affectionately as “Wolfie”, it allows objects from Archives and …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2022/08/29/who-are-these-performers-and-why-are-they-in-costume-wolfie-to-the-rescue

  4. Philip Sousa marches out of town

    Blue Art Nouveau design of a women holding a lute, surrounded by birds.

    In 1911 Australian music lovers were treated to a lengthy tour by American composer and conductor Philip Sousa, along with his 55 piece band.  The band toured the …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2017/07/10/philip-sousa-marches-out-of-town