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History Teachers' Association of Victoria / Royal Historical Society of Victoria
MacRobertson's Confectionery Factory
... Document: Patriotic Tramping Song 'Australian Kangaroos'...His print ads often included songs, poems and promotions by celebrities. His publicity stunts ranged from local events such as a beauty competition that called for ‘pretty Australian children’ to international events such as the MacRobertson Air ...MacRobertson Steam Confectionery Works was a confectionery company founded in 1880 by Macpherson Robertson and operated by his family in Fitzroy, Melbourne until 1967 when it was sold to Cadbury.
This story accompanies the 'Nail Can to Knighthood: the life of Sir Macpherson Robertson KBE' exhibition which took place at the Royal Historical Society of Victoria in 2015.
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Sound in Space
... spatialised sonic experience with multiple groups of voices. The premiere of Carl Vine’s Love Song for solo trombone and electronic sounds, was performed from the raised Librarian’s desk in the centre of the floor, bathed in the surrounding tape sounds from...Listen to Excerpts 1, 2 and 3 Troped Alleluia, Mass for Pentecost (11th C.) “Come holy spirit, from heaven send your bright light…” Excerpt 2: Thai traditional song, Lao Duang Deuan “I see the moon as I travel…” Excerpt 3: Donald Martino, Pious ...Music always interacts with the architecture in which it is heard.
Melbourne has some wonderful acoustic environments. Often, these spaces were built for other purposes – for example the splendid public and ecclesiastical buildings from the first 100 years of the city’s history, and more recent industrial constructions.
Exploiting ‘non-customized’ spaces for musical performance celebrates and explores our architectural heritage.
For 30 years, the concerts of Astra Chamber Music Society have ranged around Melbourne’s architectural environment. Each concert has had a site-specific design that takes advantage of the marvellous visual qualities, spatial possibilities, and acoustic personality of each building.
The music, in turn, contributes a new quality to the perception of the buildings, now experienced by audiences as a sounding space - an area where cultural issues from music’s history are traversed, and new ideas in Australian composition are explored.
In this story take a tour of some of Melbourne’s intimate, hidden spaces and listen to the music that has filled their walls.
For further information about Astra Chamber Music Society click here.