Kerry Murphy and Jennifer Hill, eds. Pursuit of the New: Louise Hanson-Dyer, Publisher and Collector

Pursuit of the New: Louise Hanson-Dyer, Publisher and Collector is an outgrowth of a 2018 conference hosted by the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music at the University of Melbourne on the occasion of the arrival in Australia of the archives of the Éditions de l’Oiseau-Lyre (henceforth, EOL); this important collection subsequently was incorporated into the holdings of the University of Melbourne Library. Edited by Kerry Murphy and Jennifer Hill, the conference organisers, this rich, informative collection of essays details the artistic and philanthropic activities in Australia and France of Melbourne-born Louise Hanson-Dyer (1884–1962). Hanson-Dyer’s remarkable forty-year career as an art collector, music publisher, and supporter of early and modern music deserves more recognition, and one hopes that this volume will inspire further research.