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Maughan Church Choir [B 37188] • Photograph

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Summary

From text on verso of original photograph: "Central Methodist mission (Maughan Church, Franklin Street) Maughan Church Oratoria Choir, performing Mendelssohn's 'Elijah', conducted by Montague Finlay. First choir in Adelaide to perform Oratorio. 1933". However The Advertiser reported that Mendelssohn's "Elijah" was performed by the choir on 18 July 1934 as a benefit performance for their organist, F. Finlay, who was leaving for London to study music, and that Haydn's "The Creation" was performed on 4 October 1933 in aid of Central Methodist Mission funds. The piano accompanist, Melva Bartle, is standing centre front with a posy of flowers.

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Physical description

photograph; 35 cm x 56 cm (image); 47 cm x 64 cm (portrait)

Dates / Publication details

1933

Photographer

Rawling, J. C

Collection

Part of Acre 265 Collection

Subject

Finlay, Montague, 1874-1945
Bartle, Melva
Maughan Church (Adelaide, S.A.)
Choirs (Music) -- South Australia -- Adelaide

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General notes

Date taken from text on verso of original photograph.

Digitisation information

Date

29/05/2014

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

7,807 x 5,716 pixels (44.6 MP)

Size

133.90 MB

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