Memories of musical lives : music and dance in personal music collections from Australia and New Zealand

Publication Type:

Book

Source:

Australasian Research, Lyrebird Press, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia (2022)

ISBN:

9780734037992

Keywords:

music - private collctions- New Zealand, Music - private collections - Australia

Abstract:

Music-lovers from Australia and New Zealand have collected and bound sheet music and handwritten music since the earliest years of settlement. In these nine essays, the authors discuss music and dance collections found in libraries, historic houses, archives and homes, explaining what these cherished artefacts reveal about the owners, their emotional life and their musical practice. Beautifully illustrated, and with suggestions for how these collections might be further explored or disseminated, this is a landmark book in the history of music in private life.

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