Songs from the Parlour

Sue Berman talks with heritage music librarian Marilyn Portman about this month's Kura Tūturu | Real Gold case. This extraordinary collection of illustrated sheet music 19th and early 20th centuries is the result of a lifetime of collecting by Mr John Bellingham. It lies within the context of a much larger collection of music and theatre related material donated to Auckland Libraries in 1999, Songs in the parlour - The Bellingham Papers NZMS 1141 The illustrated sheet music sheds light on musical development since the mid 1800’s to the 1960’s but also reveals much about the external factors that were going on in society at the time. The small selection of items displayed here give a tantilising taste of what lies within the collection NZMS 1141 Bellingham papers: series 5. You can read more here: http://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2020/11/songs-in-parlour-victorian-illustrated.html