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Records of Melba Memorial Conservatorium of Music

Title
Records of Melba Memorial Conservatorium of Music
Repository
Melba Memorial Conservatorium of Music
Date Range
1894 -
Description

1894-[ongoing]
Documents, programs, diaries, music scores, photographs, scrapbooks and memorabilia. The collection includes: roll books (1894-1924); the Marshall Hall diaries (1901-51); original scores of Fritz Hart; 17 copies of the Melba Magazine (1934-50); extensive artistic programs and details of famous students such as Florence Austral and Gertrude Johnson. Material relating to Dame Nellie Melba includes Melba's personal collection of sheet music, a folder of programmes and Melba's personal library of bound copies of scores and other books. There are also 21 framed photographs, mostly of Melba, but also Marshall Hall and other historical personalities.

Access
Access by application to the repository: Melba Memorial Conservatorium of Music, 45 York St., Richmond, Vic., 3121.

Site-wide information and acknowledgements

National Foundation for Australian Women The University of Melbourne, eScholarship Research Centre

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