Lemnos Gallipoli Commemorative Committee Inc: Pack up your troubles - Music and the Great War - Free Exhibition at the Percy Grainger Museum

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Wednesday, 16 December 2015

Pack up your troubles - Music and the Great War - Free Exhibition at the Percy Grainger Museum

There is a very good exhibition on at the University of Melbourne's Percy Grainger Museum on Royal Parade, Melbourne.
The exhibition explores the role the music played in Australai's Great War, with exhibits exploring some the following themes:

the various patriotic songs that were written, performed and sold during the war;
the bands that were formed within the Anzac units;
some of the instruments that were played - and even made - by serving units;
how music was used to help the injured in hospital;
Percy Grainger's war - in the US Army;
music hall and other reviews that were performed for the troops overseas.

Below are some of my photographs from the exhibition. The exhibition is open until the end of December 2015. It's worth a visit.