Six page untitled typescript which appears to be missing its final page(s). Opening lines: 'I have been asked to talk to you on a subject which could last many hours, in fact, many weeks if you were patient enough to listen and it is difficult to know exactly where to start and where to end. The earliest sounds which would have been recognized by prehistoric man would be the sound of wind through the trees or across the tops of broken reeds or canes.'
Typescript of a talk by Eric McGavin on the history of musical instrument playing and the development of brass instruments
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Slides taken in Muscat, Oman by Ann Douthwaite, 1973-1976
object | ARC/DOU/001/077
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35mm slide: Looking at Polaroid. This is probably the ‘lady cooking’ referred to in the log book on Sunday 30th.
object | ARC/BAL/005/066
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Black and white print of young man smiling while sitting on network of stilts on hill extending into river
object | ARC/GUP/006/100/002
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Digital reproduction of a photograph of the bandstand and terrace in the grounds of the Horniman Museum, circa 1911
object | ARC/HMG/PH/GDN/021
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