Carols by Candlelight
Ask a librarian, Collection spotlights, Victorian history:
This cherished Aussie Christmas institution is now in its 82nd year, and still bringing people together across the nation.
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New listening in Arts: holiday selections
Film, Music, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts:
Find out what’s new on the listening post in the Arts reading room. We’re featuring a holiday season selection of festive, popular, opera and film music on CD.
The Myer Christmas windows
Social life & customs, Such was life:
The Myer Christmas windows hold a special place in the heart of most Melburnians. The brainchild of Fred Asmussen (1913-1974), who began his career at the Myer emporium in 1928 as a ‘wheeler’ boy, moving products from one place to another in wicker cart, the much-loved tradition is now in its 63rd year.
Festive Sights & Sounds in Arts
New arrivals include this festive season selection of popular, classical and choral music, children’s songs and ballet. From the Wiggles and Nutcracker to the Melbourne Symphony and Amber Lawrence, there is… Read More ›
Festive Sights and Sounds: Bandstand, Shakespeare, Mozart, Carols and much more.
The sounds of Melbourne Music Week may be fading into the distance, but there’s still lots to listen to here at the State Library.
A Christmas Listening List
Christmas always brings with it a wealth of seasonal music, and who could resist the Wiggles and Santa Claus?
A very Argus Christmas
The Library’s Argus Collection consists of thousands of newspaper photographs, mainly related to WW1 and WW2, many of which have been digitised.
Christmas Listening in Arts.
As Christmas approaches the Listening Posts in Arts are alive with festive sounds including new releases and old favourites.
Visiting the Library this Christmas
News:
The Library will be open during the Christmas period, with a range of exhibitions ready and waiting for you.
Merry Xmas and Happy New Year
A few presents for Christmas…… Magnificat by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Son of the great Johann Sebastian, and a very fine composer in his own right, C.P.E.Bach wrote this wonderful… Read More ›
