Alix Lamande, music teacher, resident of 115 Hotham Street

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Acquisition number:

722

Catalogue number:

emdf0001-p2

File name:

DF1

File location:

Digital archive

Photograph taken in 1913 of Alix Lamandé with her hand resting on a piano stool. Alix was a music teacher residing with her father, Ambrose Lamandé at Amorique, 115 Hotham Street, East Melbourne. Ambrose lived there from 1906 until 1919.

The Argus of 11 October 1913 reported on a recital she had given the previous night at the Athanaeum, coinciding with the date of the photograph: " ... Miss Alix Lamande, who has done much creditable work as a pianist in students' displays, came forward in a more serious way at a recital in the Athanaeum hall last night .... In general Miss Lamande made an agreeable impression with an ambitious programme, which comprised, inter alia, Beethoven's C sharp minor Sonata, and Schubert's B flat variations.... These apart (a couple of technical failings the journalist identified) however, she is a player of decided promise ...."

Alix went to France in 1919, and is believed to have never returned to Australia.

Item type:

Photograph

Building name:

Amorique

Subject address:

115 Hotham Street, East Melbourne

Item size:

10x20 cm including frame

Item condition:

Good

Item condition:

Faded

Item inscription:

With many thanks for encouragements
Alix Lamandé
10th October 1913

Photographer:

T. Humphrey & Co, , 264 Collins Street, Melbourne

Date of publication or creation:

1913

History of item:

In the family collection of Steven Lamandé.

Owner of original:

Steven Lamandé

Permission reference:

Email 2009-09-09

Year acquired:

2009

Donor:

Steven Lamandé

Date digitised:

2009-09-13

Alix Lamande, music teacher, resident of 115 Hotham Street - 1913