Just gorgeous sheet music
Calico rag [music],
Nat. Johnson. Sydney:
Albert & Sons, c1916
This exhibition was on display in the Talbot Family Treasures Wall from 22 March 08 - 27 July 08. The following is an excerpt from this exhibition.
The State Library of Queensland holds one of Australia’s most extensive collections of sheet music. Over 100,000 items encompass the Georgian to modern eras of classical and popular music for voice and piano. The Just gorgeous sheet music display offers a broad introduction to the sheet music collection, and highlights some of its treasures from the Georgian (1714 – 1830), Victorian (1837 – 1901) and Edwardian (1901 - 1910) periods with beautifully illustrated covers. The display explores the history of music publishing and cover design, and also features some theatre programmes of the era.
- View a selection of the works from the display
- Victorian era
- Music halls
- Dance forms of the 19th century
- The waltz
- Dance manuals
- Into the 20th century
- Ragtime
- Tin Pan Alley
- Sheet music as artefact
- The new world
- Sheet music published in Australia
- Download the Just gorgeous sheet music room brochure [new window
3mb] - For further reading visit the Sheet music collection and Music Queensland.
Last updated: 7th December 2011
Creatively engaging people with information, knowledge and community
