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Percy Grainger
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Australian-born composer, arranger and pianist (1882–1961)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1882
- Died
- 1961
- Works
- 45
Top works
- Percy Grainger fonds
- The free music machine drawings of Percy Grainger
- Salute to Percy Grainger
- Twenty-one Lincolnshire folk-songs
- Album
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1882-07-08
- Active to
- 1961-02-20
Discography
- Country Gardens: Piano Music – Volume 2 (Leslie Howard)
- Over the Hills and Far Away: Piano Music – Volume 1 (Leslie Howard)
- Arnaud: Three Fanfares for Brass & Percussion / Vaughan Williams: Toccata Marziale, Folk Song Suite / Grainger: Lincolnshire Posy, Shepherd's Hey1980
- Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis / Barber: Adagio for Strings / Grainger: Irish Tune from County Derry1982
- Danny Boy: Grainger Favourites1989
- Orchestral Works1989
- Colonial Diversions1990
- Famous Folk-Settings1991
- Grainger: Lincolnshire Posy / Hill Song no. 2 / Persichetti: Symphony for Band / Khachaturian: Armenian Dances / Hartley: Concerto for 23 Winds / Rogers: Three Japanese Dances1991
- British Masters, Volume 21993
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 62,363
- Total plays
- 525,599
Tags
Percy Aldridge Grainger (8 July 1882 – 20 February 1961) was an Australian-born pianist, composer, and champion of the saxophone and the Concert band. He was born in Brighton, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. His father was an architect who emigrated from London, England, and his mother, Rose, was the daughter of hoteliers from Adelaide, South Australia, also of English immigrant stock. His father was an alcoholic. When Grainger was aged 11 <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Percy+Gra
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Percy
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Melbourne
- Place of death
- White Plains
- Father
- John Harry Grainger
- Occupation
- saxophonist
- Educated at
- Hoch Conservatory
- Employer
- New York University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
- Award
- St. Olav's Medal
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- piano
- Military branch
- United States Army
- Image
- Percy Grainger portrait (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Percy Grainger
- date of birth
- 1882-07-08
- date of death
- 1961-02-20
- member of
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- P8168
- Bordoni
- student
- Mary Barratt Due
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