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The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Sydney Conservatorium of Music building

Educational facility, Stables

Designed by Francis Greenway as stables for the Government House that had been commissioned by Governor Macquarie in 1816, the building became the Conservatorium in 1916.

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Milestone
Modified
2001
Name
Alternate
Government Stables
Alternate
New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music
Commemorated by
Royal Australian Historical Society Green Plaque 31. Conservatorium of Music
Position
Architect
Greenway, Francis
1816
Architect
Wells, Richard Macdonald Seymour
1913
Property
Part of
University of Sydney
Comprises
Verbrugghen Hall
Comprises
Robert and William Grey organ
1915 - 1920
Occupied by
Sydney Conservatorium of Music
1916 -
Occupied by
Conservatorium High School
1918 -
Occupied by
Independent Theatre
1937 - 1939
Type
Educational facility
Stables

Percy Grainger at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music

CC BY-SA 2.0
by
Andrew Robson
,
2014
supported by
City of Sydney - Cultural Ribbon Foreshore Histories Project

Percy Grainger was an 'all-round man' whose musical passions ranged from English folk songs through an eclectic array of composers, styles, influences and orchestrations. He graced the stage of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music as part of a two-year tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1935, leaving behind a harmonium that would languish beneath the main stage of the Vergrugghen Hall for over 70 years.

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