Audio

The Grainger Museum collection includes a wide range of musical recordings, from the folk songs Grainger collected on wax cylinders to his Free Music experiments, recorded at home on reel-to-reel tapes with his collaborator, physicist Burnett Cross. 

University of Melbourne staff and students can stream Grainger's music via Subsonic.

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Grainger with Reed Box Tone Tool

Streaming audio

First gliding chords on the reed box tone tool

Free Music experiment recorded on 30 September 1951 with introduction by Percy Grainger (incorrectly attributed to Burnett Cross).

Burnett Cross talk at Grainger Museum

Burnett Cross talking to Museum visitors about the Reed Box Tone Tool and Grainger’s Free Music experiments, c 1982.

Kangaroo Pouch Tone Tool experiment

Free Music experiment using the Kangaroo Pouch Tone Tool, creating test patterns with three oscillators. Burnett Cross can be heard part way through the recording. c1952.