Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- c1894 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 music score & interpretations
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Lucy Charlotte Benson (1860-1943), musician, was born in Hobart. She studied singing and piano, and, aged ten, was the organist in three churches each Sunday. She sang in many concerts, and was considered to be 'one of the best teachers of voice production' in the colonies.
Lucy Benson managed, directed and conducted light operas, produced most of Gilbert and Sullivan, and was possibly the first Australian female conductor of opera. In 1905 her choir won the Commonwealth championship at the famous Ballarat competitions, returning to a civic welcome in Hobart. Benson's musical career flourished alongside her duties as a wife and mother to six children. Her close involvement in Tasmanian musical activities, both religious and secular, spanned fifty years. She was still organist at St Mark's, Bellerive at 83, just before her death. For more information see: https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/benson-lucy-charlotte-5215 & https://archivesandheritageblog.libraries.tas.gov.au/the-lady-conductor-and-the-score-of-the-toreador/
Name of creator
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Words and musical score "Exhibition ode" written by Lucy Benson for the 1894-1895 Tasmanian International Exhibition.
Score originally in 'maestoso' - 2021 interpretation by Anne Blythe-Cooper in 'moderato'
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
Genre access points
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
Digital object metadata
Latitude
Longitude
Media type
Text
Mime-type
application/pdf