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Extractions: Percy Aldridge Grainger This Grainger site is still evolving and in time we hope to have the most comprehensive information available on the web about this multi-faceted composer. A new link to the Grainger Museum is now active and visiting here will give you access to many other websites and further information about Grainger. There is also a link to a video store in Canada who has copies of the film PASSION available for sale on either VHS (NTSC format) or DVD (Region 1 format). Click here for details. We have just heard that the proposed Grainger Festival in Friesland, The Netherlands for October 2004 has had to be cancelled until further notice! Percy Grainger was born in Australia on July 8th, 1882. He studied in Frankfurt before beginning a successful career as a concert pianist in England at the turn of the century. His first compositions were experimental in nature, culminating with Hill Song I in 1902. He subsequently modified his style in the popular British Folk-Music Settings and the Room-Music Tit- Bits. In 1914 he sailed for America and took up residence, becoming an American citizen after a period in the US army. He toured North America, Europe, South Africa and Australia on several occasions, setting up the
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Extractions: The Australian pianist and composer Percy Grainger, an eccentric figure, may seem of marginal importance. Nevertheless he wrote a number of works that continue to give considerable pleasure, as do some of the remarkable arrangements that he devised. He became a friend of Grieg and of Delius and took a strong interest in the active collection of folk-songs. He gave particular attention to the creation of music not bound by the traditional restraints of form and harmony. In 1918 he became an American citizen. Instrumental Music Grainger's original instrumental music includes the delightful Handel in the Strand, intended for piano trio, piano quartet or string orchestra, and Mock Morris, for either string sextet or violin and piano, or again in arrangements for string or full orchestra. Harvest Hymn appears in various chamber or orchestral arrangements, while Walking Tune remains in its original wind quintet form. Folk-song arrangements for various groups of instruments, sometimes idiosyncratically described as with elastic scoring, include Early One Morning, Green Bushes, Molly on the Shore, Ye Banks and Braes and Shepherd's Hey. Some of these were also arranged for large wind ensemble. Vocal Music Grainger wrote some original songs and choral music as well as solo and choral arrangements of folk-songs. These include the Irish Tune from County Derry, also arranged for wind band, Brigg Fair for tenor and chorus and The Men of Harlech for double chorus and drums.
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Extractions: Percy Aldridge Grainger Champion of the Folksong By Scott D. Farquhar 10 May 1995 During his lifetime, Percy Grainger was best known as a concert pianist of great talent and stature. He was the chief interpreter of the piano concerto of Edvard Grieg, and even developed a close friendship with the Norwegian composer. Lesser known as a composer and arranger, his more popular works are of a lighter, frivolous, and crowd-pleasing nature. His more serious original works are finally starting to be examined and appreciated for their value. His greatest achievements, however, are in the realm of folksong collecting and arranging. This genre of music for the common folk permeated his career as a performer and composer as well. Folksong had an undeniably strong influence on him, and he in turn had a strong influence on its preservation and its elevation into a musical genre worthy of serious academic investigation. Percy Grainger was born in Melbourne, Australia on July 8, 1882 to John Harry Grainger, an architect, and Rose Annie Aldridge. His musical training began at age five on the piano. He practiced two hours a day under the tutelage of his extremely formidable mother for five years. Rose became responsible for young Percy's entire education when he refused to return to school after witnessing his classmates torment some hapless animal. He developed a fondness for Anglo-Saxon and old Norse literature such as Beowulf and the Icelandic sagas. At age ten he began studying with Louis Pabst and gave his first public recital at age twelve on July 9, 1894 at the Melbourne Masonic Hall.
Extractions: a very beautiful side." Percy Grainger - pianist, composer, eccentric, masochist - was one of the most complex characters ever to come out of Australian culture. Passion explores his life story. Barbara Hershey was really only expecting to do some work on her Aussie accent - which, in the finished film, is actually very impressive - when she asked Richard Roxburgh, her co-star in Passion , to send her some study tapes. " Passion is like a sonata about Percy Grainger. It is romantic and it's dark and it's historical "
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Extractions: Composers Biography Languages Percy Grainger Life Works Photo Gallery Home Page Percy Grainger Life The Australian pianist and composer Percy Grainger, an eccentric figure, may seem of marginal importance. Nevertheless he wrote a number of works that continue to give considerable pleasure, as do some of the remarkable arrangements that he devised. He became a friend of Grieg and of Delius and took a strong interest in the active collection of folk-songs. He gave particular attention to the creation of music not bound by the traditional restraints of form and harmony. In 1918 he became an American citizen. Percy Grainger Works Grainger's original instrumental music includes the delightful Handel in the Strand, intended for piano trio, piano quartet or string orchestra, and Mock Morris, for either string sextet or violin and piano, or again in arrangements for string or full orchestra. Harvest Hymn appears in various chamber or orchestral arrangements, while Walking Tune remains in its original wind quintet form. Folk-song arrangements for various groups of instruments, sometimes idiosyncratically described as with elastic scoring, include Early One Morning, Green Bushes, Molly on the Shore, Ye Banks and Braes and Shepherd's Hey.
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Extractions: Every half century tends to precipitate a handful of musicians whose true talents are largely misunderstood during their lifetimes and whose creative output lies fallow when they are gone. Percy Grainger was such a casualty. As a virtuoso pianist he was one of the most eagerly sought and highly paid for much of his life, yet is now known that not only did he dislike the piano as musical instrument and later bitterly regretted having written for it but also that the idea of public performances stirred in him an almost uncontrollable terror. He felt trapped whichever way he turned and the piano became for him a symbol of all that robbed him of the time he would have preferred to have spent composing or in the company of composer friends. At the same time, his reputation as a purely creative artist became fixed in the minds of the public as that of a composer of keyboard triflesa verdict that was as untrue as it was also tragically unjust. Yet despite all this, Grainger's legacy of piano music is as rich in and as typical of his genius as are his compositions for other media. In his childhood, Grainger's mother would sing him the songs of Stephen C. Foster 'This exquisite American genius one of the most tender, touching and subtle melodists and poets of all time; a mystic dreamer no less than a whimsical humorist.' In 1913, Grainger began a vocal and orchestral composition which at its final scoring of 1931 he entitled
Extractions: Grainger, Percy Aldridge [gr A u r] Pronunciation Key Grainger, Percy Aldridge , Australian-American pianist and composer. A friend of Grieg, whose music he often played, he settled (1914) in the United States after establishing an international reputation as a pianist and composer. His interest in folk music is exemplified in his many settings of English folk melodies. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Percy Aldridge Grainger WHAT'S HAPPENING (The Washington Post) AFM free concert. (Back Stage) CHESAPEAKE-BORN MEZZO GETS A MAJOR ROLE.(DAILY BREAK) (The Virginian Pilot) An early source of information on American immigrants. (The Clearing House) Grainger, Percy Aldridge (1882-1961) (The Hutchinson Dictionary of Music) Percy Grainger and manliness. (musician)(Australian Masculinities)
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Extractions: Chronology of the life of Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882-1961) 1 October 1880 Rosa (Rose) Annie Aldridge married John Harry Grainger at St Matthews Church, Kensington Road, Adelaide, South Australia. 8 July 1882 Birth of George Percy Grainger at Brighton, Melbourne, Victoria. c. 1886 Starts formal education at home. Opening of Princess Bridge, Melbourne, designed by John H Grainger J ohn H Grainger lives apart from his family. c. 1891 Starts to study acting and painting with Thomas A. Sisley, and drawing with Frederick McCubbin. Piano lessons with Louis Pabst in Melbourne. 9 July 1892 First public performance as a pianist at a Risvegliato concert in the Masonic Hall, Melbourne. December 1894 Pabst leaves Australia for Europe and encourages Grainger to continue his music study abroad. Grainger begins to study with a former Pabst pupil, Adelaide Burkitt. First visit to vegetarian restaurant. 26 May 1895 Leaves Australia with his mother, Rose, to study piano and composition at the Dr. Hoch Conservatorium
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Extractions: Percy Aldridge Grainger (born July 8, 1882 as George Percy Grainger) came from the raw and vigorous frontier world of nineteenth-century Brighton, Melbourne, Australia. He was the only child of John Harry Grainger, an architect from London, and Rose Annie Aldridge, the eighth child of a hotelkeeper's family in Adelaide, South Australia. His public education lasted less than three months. His classmates were cruel and ridiculed him and his appearance. Once he watched them torture a helpless animal. He refused to return to school, and his mother, Rose, assumed responsibility for his general education. In addition to studying English, foreign languages, history, art, and mathematics, Percy practised the piano for two hours every day with his mother sitting by his side. The regimen began when he was five years old and lasted until he was ten. John Grainger was a dignified and cultured man and respected as an architect. He loved music and in his spare time considered himself a painter. He was also an alcoholic. This condition coupled with Rose's independence of spirit, resulted in many violent arguments. On one occasion Rose chased her husband from the house with a horsewhip. Their superficially respectable marriage was destroyed when Rose discovered that she contracted syphilis from John. In 1891 he was advised to move to London for his health and when he did he left his family behind. The bond between the mother and
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Grainger, Percy Aldridge percy Aldridge grainger was born on 8 July 1882 Victoria (Australia), to the renownedarchitect John H. grainger. went on his first concert tour as a pianist. http://www.schott-international.com/cms/php/Proxy.php/en_UK/smi/autoren/Komponis
Extractions: scriptpath="/cms/webresources/_common/js/milonic/" Composers The A - Z of Composers Grainger, Percy Aldridge von Bose, Hans-Jürgen Bryars, Gavin Casken, John Cowie, Edward ... Zimmermann, Bernd Alois Percy Aldridge Grainger was born on 8 July 1882 in Brighton, Victoria (Australia), to the renowned architect John H. Grainger. His musical talent showed when he was only a young boy. Aged twelve, he went on his first concert tour as a pianist. In 1895, he travelled to Europe where he studied piano and composition at the Dr. Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt for four years. Between 1901 and 1914 he lived in London, where he gradually gained fame as a composer and piano virtuoso. His co-operation with Schott started in 1911, when the increasing recognition of his works manifested itself through performances in London Queens Hall and the Aeolien Hall, for instance. In these days his friendship with the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg developed. Griegs devotion to the music of his country inspired Grainger to occupy himself with English folk music. With a phonograph he collected numerous examples of English folk music, which he later linked into his own compositions. Also, in these days, his close friendships with composers like Frederic Delius, Cyril Scott or with personalities of English music life like Herman Sanby and Balfour Gardiner developed. In 1914, Grainger and his mother moved to the United States, where he lived until his death. Although he always saw and called himself an Australian, he became an American citizen and, for a short time, a member of the US Army Bands.
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Memories Of Rose & Percy Grainger, By Kitty Parker (1936) I spent the greater part of my childhood, to continue my piano studies, and becomea solo pianist. I had made up my mind to study with percy grainger if he http://www.geocities.com/id_munro/memsrpg.htm
Extractions: The following brief essay was written on Percy Grainger's request, presumably with a view to inclusion in Grainger's extensive and scrupulously ordered archive of materials relating himself and his mother. It is possibly the connection to Percy's mother, Rose Grainger, that prompted the request, given Kitty's close acquaintance with her and the likelihood that the two women shared conversations and views about Percy during his absences on tour. Kitty writes mainly of her admiration for Grainger, eschewing the opportunity for detailed and lengthy descriptions. There is an unfortunate absence of dates; Kitty clearly did not regard her role as an historian and treated the exercise in a naive and informal way, taking every opportunity to let her friend know how highly she thought of him. Grainger, in his turn, added a brief paragraph of sincere praise of Kitty, leaving no doubt as to his high regard for her. The document is held in the Grainger Museum , University of Melbourne. by Kitty Eisdell (before marriage: Katharine Parker) must have someone who appreciates their work, listens intelligently, criticizes kindly, and fans the flame of enthusiasm again and again. The eternal practising and work necessary for a solo pianist becomes so wearisome day after day unless one is being urged on by someone and stimulated perpetually. Well, having gone on a little reminiscing I must now go back to the time after my first meeting with Percy and Mrs Grainger.
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Extractions: Katharine Parker (1886-1971) Dear golden days... When first I wandered in those garden dreams with you How I remember as you stood with the broom in your hand And your pink sun bonnet, too... Just brushing up the leaves I saw you brushing and sweeping away Swirling, twirling around your pretty head And then I knew that you, with just a little hesitation, Might consent to stay, while the time away, Heedless of those falling leaves Then somebody came and took you away And left me to my garden dreams (converted MIDI file) Fox-trot song "Brushing up the leaves" (c.1930) C In Melbourne, Kitty studied for her Diploma of Music from 1904-6, gaining Honours in her Chief Study and Second Study in her first and third years. At the first Australian Exhibition of Women's Work, a grand undertaking held in November 1907 in the Exhibition Buildings, she won the Gold Medal for the 'Highest Award for Piano Solo over 20'. Soon afterwards, she headed to London with the intention of being introduced to and studying with Percy Grainger. [An excerpt from Memories of Rose and Percy Grainger by Kitty Eisdell (1936), Grainger Museum, University of Melbourne]
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