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Percy Grainger (08 Jul 1882 - 20 Feb 1961)

Male Person - United States

Releases (11)

Official

Album

  1. Music of Percy Grainger: Dished Up for Piano by the Composer (piano: Nigel Coxe) 1993
  2. Danny Boy: Songs and Dancing Music by Percy Grainger (English Country Gardiner Orchestra / Monteverdi Choir feat. conductor John Eliot Gardiner) 1996
  3. An Introduction to Percy Grainger 01 Aug 2006
  4. Country Gardens
  5. Piano Music for 4 Hands, Volume 1
  6. Masters of the Roll: Rare Original Recordings From the Reproducing Piano by the Great masters of Classical Piano 1904 - 1935: A 32 CD Catalogue: Disc 25

Album - Compilation

  1. The Grainger Edition 2011
  2. The Complete 78-RPM Solo Recordings 2011
  3. The World of Percy Grainger

Relationships (3)

Students

  1. Netty Simons (1931 - 1937)
  2. James Kwast

Parents

  1. Rose Grainger

Recordings by (282)

  1. Shepherd's Hey 2:03 (1984)
  2. Danish Folk-Music Suite 2:53 (1991)
  3. Handel in the Strand, RMTB 2 2:43 (1993)
  4. Walking Tune, RMTB 3 3:24 (1993)
  5. The Merry King, BFMS 38 3:45 (1993)
  6. Molly on the Shore, BFMS 19 3:27 (1993)
  7. Jutish Medley, DFMS 8 7:50 (1993)
  8. One More Day, My John, SCS 1 1:57 (1993)
  9. Tribute To Foster: Lullaby (complex version) 4:44 (1993)
  10. The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol, BFMS 2 2:21 (1993)
  11. The Hunter in His Career, OEPM 4 2:21 (1993)
  12. Knight and Shepherd's Daughter, BFMS 18 2:28 (1993)
  13. In a Nutshell Suite: I. Arrival Platform Humlet 2:27 (1993)
  14. In a Nutshell Suite: II. Gay but Wistful 2:36 (1993)
  15. In a Nutshell Suite: III. Pastoral 8:08 (1993)
  16. In a Nutshell Suite: IV. The Gum-Suckers March 4:03 (1993)
  17. Sentimentals, No. 1: Colonial Song 5:51 (1993)
  18. Shepherd's Hey!, BFMS 4 2:10 (1993)
  19. Irish Tune from County Derry "Londonderry Air", BFMS 6 3:15 (1993)
  20. Country Gardens, BFMS 22 1:54 (1993)
  21. Four Irish Dances, op. 79, Maguire’s Kick 3:09 (1995)
  22. Danish Folk-Music Settings: No. 8. Jutish Medley 8:13 (Jan 1996)
  23. Sentimentals: No. 1. Colonial Song 5:49 (Jan 1996)
  24. British Folk-Music Settings: No. 19. Molly on the Shore 3:15 (Jan 1996)
  25. Harvest Hymn 2:59 (Jan 1996)
  26. Four Irish Dances: No. 4. A Reel 4:12 (Jan 1996)
  27. American Folk-Music Settings: No. 1. Spoon River 2:21 (Jan 1996)
  28. British Folk-Music Settings: No. 22. Country Gardens 1:50 (Jan 1996)
  29. Room-Music Tit-Bits: No. 3. Walking Tune 4:14 (Jan 1996)
  30. Room-Music Tit-Bits: No. 1. Mock Morris 3:09 (Jan 1996)
  31. Ramble on Love from Der Rosenkavalier 6:51 (Jan 1996)
  32. British Folk-Music Settings: No. 4. Shepherd's Hey 2:01 (Jan 1996)
  33. British Folk-Music Settings: No. 6. Irish Tune From County Derry 3:28 (Jan 1996)
  34. Room-Music Tit-Bits: No. 2. Handel in the Strand 2:46 (Jan 1996)
  35. Four Irish Dances: No. 1. A March-Jig "Maguire's Kick" 3:04 (Jan 1996)
  36. Old-English Popular Music: No. 4. The Hunter in His Career 2:20 (Jan 1996)
  37. British Folk-Music Settings: No. 37. Scotch Strathspey and Reel 4:38 (Jan 1996)
  38. In a Nutshell: March "The Gum-Suckers" 3:31 (Jan 1996)
  39. British Folk-Music Settings: No. 38. The Merry King 4:20 (Jan 1996)
  40. In Dahomey (Cakewalk Smasher) 3:59 (Jan 1996)
  41. Good-Bye to Love 3:57 (10 Jun 1996)
  42. Died for Love 1:29 (10 Jun 1996)
  43. The Power of Love 4:56 (10 Jun 1996)
  44. The Rival Brothers 1:07 (10 Jun 1996)
  45. Six Dukes Went Afishin' 2:24 (10 Jun 1996)
  46. The Sprig of Thyme 2:38 (10 Jun 1996)
  47. Willow, Willow 4:03 (10 Jun 1996)
  48. Recessional 4:03 (10 Jun 1996)
  49. Lord Maxwell's Goodnight 2:50 (10 Jun 1996)
  50. The Three Ravens 4:07 (10 Jun 1996)
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On Recordings (50)

Arranged

  1. The Londonderry Air (Irish Tune From County Derry) 3:58 Philharmonia Orchestra, George Weldon (1987)
  2. Fantasy in D. No. 1 (Five Part) 3:47 Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra (1992)
  3. Fugue in A minor from Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II 4:30 American Piano Quartet (1992)
  4. The Sussex Mummer's Carol 1:52 Polyphony, Stephen Layton (20 Jun 1995)
  5. Londonderry Air 3:58 Choir of New College Oxford, Edward Higginbottom (1997)
  6. Angelus ad Virginem 1:44 Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner (May 1998)

Instruments

  1. Two Musical Relics of my Mother 2:38 Percy Aldridge Grainger, Rose Grainger (08 Nov 1993) piano
  2. Four Irish Dances, op. 79, Maguire’s Kick 3:09 Percy Grainger (1995) piano
  3. Nutcracker Suite Op. 71a: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy 1:52 Percy Grainger (1996) piano
  4. Percy Grainger: Handel In The Strand 3:42 Leopold Stokowski and his Symphony Orchestra (08 Nov 2005) piano
  5. Percy Grainger: Country Gardens 1:32 Leopold Stokowski and his Symphony Orchestra (08 Nov 2005) piano
  6. Percy Grainger: Shepherds' Hey 1:37 Leopold Stokowski and his Symphony Orchestra (08 Nov 2005) piano
  7. To Spring, op. 43. no. 6 2:51 Percy Grainger (17 Aug 2009) piano
  8. Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 16: I. Allegro molto moderato 12:27 Percy Grainger, Kristiansand Symfoniorkester, Rolf Gupta (17 Aug 2009) piano
  9. Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 16: II. Adagio 5:38 Percy Grainger, Kristiansand Symfoniorkester, Rolf Gupta (17 Aug 2009) piano
  10. Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 16: III. Allegro molto moderato e marcato 9:53 Percy Grainger, Kristiansand Symfoniorkester, Rolf Gupta (17 Aug 2009) piano
  11. Blithe Bells (ramble on “Sheep May Safely Graze”) 3:43 Percy Grainger (2011) piano
  12. Polonaise in A-flat major, op. 53 (abridged) 4:32 Percy Grainger (2011) piano
  13. Piano Sonata no. 2 in G minor, op. 22: Scherzo. Sehr rasch und markiert 1:49 Percy Grainger (2011) piano
  14. The Gum-Suckers March from In a Nutshell 3:05 Percy Grainger (2011) piano
  15. Études symphoniques, op. 13: Variation III 0:45 Percy Grainger (2011) piano
  16. Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, op. 65 no. 6 4:37 Percy Grainger (2011) piano
  17. Cherry Ripe 1:33 Percy Grainger (2011) piano
  18. Piano Sonata no. 3 in F minor, op. 5: Allegro maestoso 7:41 Percy Grainger (2011) piano
  19. Prelude: Night from In the Bottoms (abridged) 1:28 Percy Grainger (2011) piano
  20. Études symphoniques, op. 13: Variation VIII 0:42 Percy Grainger (2011) piano
  21. Toccate from Pour le piano 3:43 Percy Grainger (2011) piano
  22. Norwegian Bridal Procession, op. 19 no. 2 3:58 Percy Grainger (2011) piano
  23. Études symphoniques, op. 13: Variation IX 1:41 Percy Grainger (2011) piano
  24. Piano Sonata no. 3 in B minor, op. 58: Scherzo. Molto vivace 2:36 Percy Grainger (2011) piano
  25. Piano Sonata no. 3 in B minor, op. 58: Largo 7:31 Percy Grainger (2011) piano
  26. Danse nègre 1:56 Percy Grainger (2011) piano
  27. Hornpipe from Water Music 2:19 Percy Grainger (2011) piano
  28. Liebestraum no. 3 in A-flat major 4:37 Percy Grainger (2011) piano
  29. Études symphoniques, op. 13: Variation V 0:48 Percy Grainger (2011) piano
  30. Étude in C minor, op. 25 no. 12 2:36 Percy Grainger (2011) piano
  31. Juba Dance from In the Bottoms 2:04 Percy Grainger (2011) piano
  32. Piano Sonata no. 2 in G minor, op. 22: Rondo. Presto 5:35 Percy Grainger (2011) piano
  33. Études symphoniques, op. 13: Variation VII 1:44 Percy Grainger (2011) piano
  34. Piano Sonata no. 3 in F minor, op. 5: Finale. Allegro moderato ma rubato 8:18 Percy Grainger (2011) piano
  35. Études symphoniques, op. 13: Variation I. Un poco più vivo 1:14 Percy Grainger (2011) piano
  36. Études symphoniques, op. 13: Variation VI. Allegro molto 1:19 Percy Grainger (2011) piano
  37. Rustle of Spring, op. 32 no. 3 2:50 Percy Grainger (2011) piano
  38. Warum? from Fantasiestücke, op. 12 2:13 Percy Grainger (2011) piano
  39. One More Day, My John 1:36 Percy Grainger (2011) piano
  40. Gigue from Partita no. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825 1:28 Percy Grainger (2011) piano
  41. Scherzo no. 2 in B-flat minor, op. 31 (abridged) 6:16 Percy Grainger (2011) piano
  42. Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543 10:37 Percy Grainger (2011) piano
  43. To a Water-Lily from Woodland Sketches 2:20 Percy Grainger (2011) piano

Orchestrated

  1. Pagodes 5:25 Philharmonia Orchestra, Geoffrey Simon (1991)

Credited as (134)

  1. Percy Grainger
  2. Grainger
  3. Frédéric Chopin / Percy Grainger / Benjamin Britten / Richard Rodgers / Sir Edward Elgar / Thomas Arne / Sir Hubert Parry / [traditional]
  4. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies / Béla Bartók / Richard Wagner / Franz Liszt / Frédéric Chopin / Percy Grainger / Benjamin Britten / Richard Rodgers / Sir Edward Elgar / Thomas Arne / Sir Hubert Parry
  5. Gustav Holst, Percy Grainger; Philharmonia Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner
  6. Percy Grainger, Edvard Grieg; Polyphony, Stephen Layton, David Wilson-Johnson, Paul Agnew
  7. Percy Grainger / Paul Rhodes
  8. Johannes Brahms / Percy Grainger
  9. Percy Grainger; Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra
  10. Percy Grainger; BBC Philharmonic, Richard Hickox
  11. Percy Grainger; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle
  12. Ravel arr. Grainger
  13. Debussy arr. Grainger
  14. Edvard Grieg; Percy Grainger, Rolf Gupta, Rex Lawson, Kristiansand Symfoniorkester, Øyvind Bjorå
  15. Percy Grainger; Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
  16. Percy Grainger; Pears, Britten
  17. Vaughan Williams, Barber, Grainger; Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin
  18. Grainger; John Mark Ainsley, David Wilson-Johnson, Polyphony, Stephen Layton
  19. Johann Sebastian Bach / Friedman, Grainger, Murdoch; Piers Lane
  20. Johann Sebastian Bach / Percy Grainger
  21. Creston, Schwarz, Grainger, Copland, Rands, Barber; “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band, Gerard Schwarz
  22. Vaughn Williams, Barber, Grainger, Fauré, Satie; Leonard Slatkin, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
  23. Claude Debussy orch. Percy Grainger
  24. Percy Grainger; Leslie Howard, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, John Hopkins, Geoffrey Simon
  25. George Gershwin, Percy Grainger; Katia und Marielle Labèque
  26. George Gershwin, Percy Grainger; Katia and Marielle Labèque
  27. Grainger, Persichetti, Khachaturian, Hartley, Rogers; Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell
  28. Percy Grainger; Marc-André Hamelin
  29. Percy Grainger; Slovak National Symphony Orchestra, Keith Brion
  30. Leo Arnaud, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Percy Grainger; Frederick Fennell, The Cleveland Symphonic Winds
  31. Percy Grainger / Denis Wright
  32. Percy Grainger; Joyce Griggs
  33. Claude Le Jeune, arr. Percy Grainger
  34. Guillaume de Machaut, arr. Percy Grainger
  35. Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Percy Grainger
  36. Alfonso Ferrabosco II, arr. Percy Grainger
  37. Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen, arr. Percy Grainger
  38. Josquin Desprez, arr. Percy Grainger
  39. John Jenkins, arr. Percy Grainger
  40. C.P.E. Bach, arr. Percy Grainger
  41. Anonymous (folk song), arr. Percy Grainger
  42. William Lawes, arr. Percy Grainger
  43. Percy Grainger; Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Kenneth Montgomery
  44. [traditional] / Percy Grainger
  45. Percy Grainger; Stephen Varcoe, Penelope Thwaites
  46. George Gershwin, arr. Percy Grainger
  47. Grainger, Delius; Gareth Roberts, BBC Singers, BBC Concert Orchestra, Ashley Lawrence
  48. Percy Grainger; Frederick Fennell, Eastman-Rochester Pops Orchestra
  49. Percy Grainger; Peter Pears, John Shirley‐Quirk, Ambrosian Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten, Steuart Bedford
  50. [anonymous], arr. Percy Grainger
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Works (248)

Arranged

  1. Irish Tune from County Derry (1911)
  2. Country Gardens (1918 - 1952)
  3. Beautiful Fresh Flower (1935)
  4. Beautiful Fresh Flower, W200a (1935)
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Composed

  1. Jungle Book (1898 - 1947)
  2. Scotch Strathspey and Reel (1901 - 1902)
  3. Hill Song no. 2 (1901 - 1907)
  4. Zanzibar Boat-Song (05 Mar 1902 - 11 Mar 1902)
  5. La Scandinavie: III. Polska norvégien (1902)
  6. La Scandinavie: IV. Mélodie danoise (1902)
  7. La Scandinavie: V. Air et Finale sur des danses norvégiennes (1902)
  8. La Scandinavie (1902)
  9. La Scandinavie: I. Air et Danse suédoise (1902)
  10. La Scandinavie: II. Vermelandsvisa (1902)
  11. "Lads of Wamphray" March (1905)
  12. Faroe Island Setting: The Rival Brothers (1905)
  13. British Folk-Music Settings: Six Dukes Went Afishin' (1905)
  14. In a Nutshell (1905 - 1916)
  15. In a Nutshell: IV. The Gum-Suckers March (1905 - 1914)
  16. Harvest Hymn (1905 - 1932)
  17. Sea Song (1907)
  18. Sea Song (1907)
  19. Molly on the Shore (1907)
  20. Molly on the Shore (1907)
  21. Molly on the Shore (1907)
  22. Molly on the Shore (1907)
  23. In a Nutshell: III. Pastoral (1907 - 1916)
  24. In a Nutshell: I. Arrival at Platform Humlet (02 Feb 1908 - 1916)
  25. Shallow Brown (Aug 1910 - 17 Dec 1910)
  26. Old-English Popular Music: No. 1. Willow, Willow (1910 - 1911)
  27. Old-English Popular Music: No. 1. Willow, Willow (1910 - 1911)
  28. Colonial Song (1911)
  29. Colonial Song (1911)
  30. British Folk-Music Settings: No. 42. Lord Maxwell's Goodnight (1912)
  31. My Robin Is to the Greenwood Gone (1912)
  32. In a Nutshell: II. Gay But Wistful (1912 - 1916)
  33. The Warriors (Dec 1913 - 22 Dec 1916)
  34. One More Day, My John (1915)
  35. Bridal Lullaby (1916)
  36. Good-Bye to Love (1916)
  37. Spoon River (10 Mar 1919 - 30 Jan 1922)
  38. Danish Folk-Music Settings: No. 4. The Power of Love (03 Sep 1922 - 06 Sep 1922)
  39. Sea Song (1922)
  40. Free Music no. 1 (1935)
  41. Free Music no. 1 (1935)
  42. Beatless Music (1937)
  43. Free Music no. 2 (1937)
  44. Free Music no. 2 (1937)
  45. Lincolnshire Posy: VI. The Lost Lady Found (Dance Song) (1937)
  46. Lincolnshire Posy: IV. The Brisk Young Sailor (Who Returned to Wed His True Love) (1937)
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Events (1)

Conductor At

  1. [concert]

Links (17)

Other Databases

  1. https://d-nb.info/gnd/119249294
  2. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79124007
  3. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79124007
  4. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13894652p
  5. https://openlibrary.org/works/OL238632A
  6. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w63j3c1d
  7. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102572
  8. https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-783657

IMSLP

  1. https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Grainger,_Percy

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/547420

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/91993

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0001174653

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0334448/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/74037679

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q318354

Stream For Free

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Picture

  1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Percy_Aldridge_Grainger.jpg