Lyrebird Press
The LYREBIRD PRESS was established at the University of Melbourne in 2006 to continue the work of Éditions de l’Oiseau-Lyre (The Lyrebird Press), established in Paris in 1932 by Melbourne-born benefactress and patron of the arts Louise Hanson-Dyer (1884–1962). More »
Lyrebird Press is developing publications in the following areas:
Books
Catalogue of the Hanson-Dyer Music Collection
Denis Herlin
Louise Hanson-Dyer’s library, now at the University of Melbourne, which includes some 250 prints and manuscripts dating from the 15th to the early 19th centuries, is particularly notable for French operatic works, early English prints, Italian renaissance music and early theoretical treatises.
Australasian Music Research (AMR)
The recent publication by Lyrebird Press of Volume 9 marks the transition of this journal into a book series devoted to all aspects of Australasian music and musical life.
Online Research Resources
Medieval Music Database (MMDB)
Lyrebird Press is soon to become the proud new home of one of the world's finest on-line musicological resources. MMDB offers a fully searchable index of Gregorian chant and 14th-century secular song and polyphonic music.
Critical Editions of Music
Australiana
Economical electronic editions as well as traditional publications of Australian music.
Charles Edward Horsley, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D minor, opus 29 (1849), edited by Richard Divall is the first publication in the Australiana series.
Europa
Editions of early music in the Éditions de l'Oiseau-Lyre tradition and beyond.
Opera
Editions of complete operas and operatic anthologies, especially concentrating on unknown Italian works from the 17th century
Tablatura
Scholarly editions of tablature, in collaboration with Centre d'Etudes Superieures de la Renaissance (Tours).