Papers [manuscript].

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Papers [manuscript].

Small collection of letters written by Melba to Esther Ballantyne. Programmes, photographs, cuttings concerning Melba. Correspondence, programmes, lists relating to the Melba Centenary celebrations organized by the Royal Historical Society of Victoria in 1961.

15 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7070987

Libraries Australia

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Melba, Nellie

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Melba was born Helen Porter Mitchell. In 1882 she married Charles Nesbit Frederick Armstrong, who died in 1948. From the description of Papers concerning Mitchell and Armstrong families [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225791512 Mrs Helen Porter Armstrong, soprano singer, was born in, and derived her non de plume from Melbourne. She first appeared in opera in 1887 after concentrating for many years on her piano playing and made her final appearance in...