Explains Percy Grainger’s ideas about free music and shows the machine he had made with the help of Bernard Cross. The machine is very like a synthesizer and was meant to play Grainger’s music, which proved an impossible task for people. A Melbourne Conservatorium expert was the first person to transcribe the music on graphs on to tape, and in Bernard Cross’s presence it was played for the first time publicly.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
320666
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Music - Instruction and study
Music & Performing Arts → Composers
Music & Performing Arts → Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961
Music & Performing Arts → Music - Australia
Music & Performing Arts → Music - Instruction and study
Music & Performing Arts → Musical instruments
People → Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)