Sound archive
The Grainger Museum sound archive includes:
Phonograph Cylinders Recordings of English, Danish, Rarotongan (Cook Islands) and Maori folk singers
Gramophone Records(Lacquer, acetate, 78rpm) Recordings of Percy Grainger's piano performances; 10inch acetate recordings of Grainger's musical experiments, rehearsals and some interviews - date range mid 1930s to mid 1950s (these items have been transferred to CD); Grainger's collection of Classical recordings;
Piano Rolls Including Grainger playing his own works and works by other composers; other artists playing a variety of classical and popular pieces
Audio Tapes (reel-to-reel) Private recordings of radio broadcasts, rehearsals, musical performances acquired from various sources
LP records and CD collection These are fully listed in the University of Melbourne Library catalogue: http://cat.lib.unimelb.edu.au/.
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