Report
From the record shops of London to the airwaves of Australia: the John Cargher Collection
| العنوان: | From the record shops of London to the airwaves of Australia: the John Cargher Collection |
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| المؤلفون: | Irene Guidotti |
| سنة النشر: | 2022 |
| المجموعة: | Monash University: Figshare |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Music education, Music technology and recording, Musicology and ethnomusicology, Music not elsewhere classified, Digital heritage, Sound and music computing, Digital curation and preservation, Library studies, Library and information studies not elsewhere classified, Communication technology and digital media studies, John Cargher, Music collection, Music collections, Australian Music, Australian singers, Enrico Caruso, digitized corpus, digitization, Monash University Library, Monash Collections Online, IAML, Music libraries, Research Repository, Professional placements, engagement, engagement efforts, Teamwork Assessment, teamwork, library project, Collaborative project planning |
| الوصف: | In 2019, I coordinated the digitisation of the first digital audio collection at Monash University. John Cargher was a British born Australian music journalist and radio broadcaster, and it is the story behind the broadcaster and his programme which makes this collection and these recordings so interesting. The private collection of the late John Cargher was donated by Robyn Walton, his widow, in early 2009, through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program. Although Monash University Library did not receive his whole collection, the Library now holds thousands of mostly opera music recordings, libretti and related material, including journal runs of Opera News , Opera and Gramophone, Concert programmes, and his autobiography Luck was my lady: memoirs of a workaholic . Monash University Library, ten years later, now makes this collection available digitally. John Cargher supplemented his income by buying old 78 rpm records and reselling them for their shellac resin, which was in short supply during the war as it was needed for varnish and glue as well as making new records. During these years, he kept the ones that interested him, and started his collection. The ABC’s ‘Singers of Renown’ was the longest running show ever on Australian radio, lasting for more than 40 years. It is worth noting that all the music heard on his programs was from his own extensive private collection, which was based on the 78s that he brought to Melbourne in 1951. The repertoire in the Collection is mainly opera with just a few songs from musicals. There are approximately 68 singers, and 34 conductors representing the work of 53 composers. Verdi, is the most well represented composer, with 45 arias. He is followed by Puccini with 26 arias, and then Donizetti, with 9, and Rossini, with 7. The added value is that the selection was accompanied by John Cargher’s own typeset finding list and all the listed recordings are in Monash Library collection. His list is arranged A-Z by singer, along with the aria and the label number. The ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: | report |
| اللغة: | unknown |
| Relation: | https://figshare.com/articles/report/From_the_record_shops_of_London_to_the_airwaves_of_Australia_the_John_Cargher_Collection/20188406 |
| DOI: | 10.26180/20188406.v1 |
| الاتاحة: | https://doi.org/10.26180/20188406.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/report/From_the_record_shops_of_London_to_the_airwaves_of_Australia_the_John_Cargher_Collection/20188406 |
| Rights: | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.8FFC0D9F |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.26180/20188406.v1 |
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