His father was architect john grainger who was heralded for designing the princes bridge across melbournes yarra river. In britain, graingers main legacy is the revival of interest in folk music. Percy aldridge grainger was born at 305 new street brighton in melbourne on the 8th of july 1882 to john grainger, the architect behind princes bridge, and rose grainger. Grainger english country gardens free download as pdf file. Percy grainger has 22 books on goodreads with 34 ratings. His father, john grainger, an englishborn architect who had emigrated to australia in 1877, won recognition for his design of the princes bridge across the yarra river in melbourne. Australian composer percy grainger 18821961, while he wrote little that might be considered serious music, nevertheless produced both original pieces and arrangements that remain popular.
Curators notes country gardens was percy graingers biggest hit, both as a. Then again, there is graingers greatest hit, the orchestral arrangement of his much earlier piano arrangement of country gardens, a lollipop of a work he came to despise. Country gardens digital commons connecticut college. Percy grainger piano, composer, arranger short biography. Famous folksettings classical music album play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives, the largest and. Country gardens is an english folk tune collected by cecil sharp from the playing of william kimber and arranged for piano in 1918 by percy grainger. All 36 recordings 5 naxos 30 s scores 24 p parts 3 v vocal scores 4 a arrangements and transcriptions 19 childrens march. Behind grainger s highly original compositional achievements, folksong collecting, and glittering career as a virtuoso concert pianist lay a tragic and chaotic personal lifelong domination by his mother, unorthodox sexual predilections, an eccentric athleticism, a demonic spiritual drive, and a wildly inconsistent personal philosophy with.
Recorded at the nimbus foundation concert hall at wyastone leys on 16 november 1997. This item, public domain in its country of origin, is possibly likewise public domain in the eu due to the eus implementation of rule of the shorter term for noneu works. Grainger first appeared publicly as a pianist at age 10. In 1917 percy grainger, an australian who had moved to america in 1914 with his mother, enlisted in the u. Grainger country gardens download free sheet music. Listen to music from percy grainger like brigg fair arr. Percy grainger moved to the united states at the outbreak of world war i in 1914. Country gardens percy aldridge grainger awayday adam gorb b.
In 2008, country gardens was added to the national film and sound archives sounds of australia registry. Percy aldridge grainger 18821961 is one of australias best known composers. Imslp does not assume any sort of legal responsibility or liability for the consequences of downloading files that are not in the public domain in your country. Martin jones performs percy graingers country gardens. Country gardens by percy aldridge grainger 18821961. Grainger for piano sheet music in pdf format colonial song country gardens eastern intermezzo in a nutshell suite irish tune from county derry lull download 5.
Apr 28, 2019 country gardens percy aldridge grainger awayday adam gorb b. Byu copy 2 has nebergalls indications for harp pedal changes. Mar 16, 2020 percy grainger, original name george percy grainger, born july 8, 1882, melbourne, victoria, australiadied feb. An improvisation on an english morris handkerchief dance, the number became wildly popular. Country gardens, folk song for orchestra arrangement not by grainger bfms 22 1908 02. Percy graingers most popular book is selfportrait of percy grainger. As with all brionschissel editions, this has been carefully edited to assure performances are in keeping with sousas original intentions. Officially his name was george percy grainger but from a young age he was called percy. Written for piano four hands with a duration of 2 mins. Thomas lewis source guide to the music of percy grainger. Country gardens english folk song free easy piano sheet music.
F ew melodies have become quite as insinuatingly popular as percy graingers arrangement of the traditional air in an english country garden. The published musical compositions of percy grainger 18821961 fall into two main categories. Nov 10, 2011 f ew melodies have become quite as insinuatingly popular as percy grainger s arrangement of the traditional air in an english country garden. Behind graingers highly original compositional achievements, folksong collecting, and glittering career as a virtuoso concert pianist lay a tragic and chaotic personal lifelong domination by his mother, unorthodox sexual predilections, an eccentric athleticism, a demonic spiritual drive, and a wildly inconsistent personal philosophy with. Media in category percy grainger the following 47 files are in this category, out of 47 total.
Percy aldridge grainger 8 july 1882 20 february 1961 was an australianborn composer, arranger and pianist. In actuality, he was a pioneer in the collection and transcription of folk. And then he stubbornly wrote out his instructions in good ol aryan graingerlish. Top secret drum corps of basel meets the blue devil percussion team of concorde california duration.
Probably the most successful music on this disc is lincolnshire posy, a classic suite for. Country gardens by percy grainger wind band literature. He entitled it country gardens and later fashioned an orchestral version at the behest of leopold stokowski. Sharp edited by dana perna instrumentation 1 flute 1 1 flute 2 1 piccolo 1 oboe 1 1 oboe 2 1 english horn 1 b clarinet 1 1 b clarinet 2 1 b bass clarinet 1 bassoon 1 1 bassoon 2 1 double bassoon contrabassoon 1 f horn 1 1 f horn 2 1 f horn 3 1 f horn 4 1 b trumpet 1 1 b trumpet 2 1 b trumpet 3. Percy grainger bio, facts, family famous birthdays. Percy grainger, original name george percy grainger, born july 8, 1882, melbourne, victoria, australiadied feb. Percy grainger biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. His 1916 piano composition in a nutshell is the first by a classical music professional in the western tradition to require direct, nonkeyed sounding of the stringsin this case, with a malletwhich would come to be known as a string piano technique. Download grainger country gardens in pdf and mp3 for free and without s from. Percy graingers own performance of his bestknown composition, country gardens, captured on a piano roll. George percy grainger australian dictionary of biography.
Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from percy grainger. The piece has been performed by everyone from leopold. The techniques of the piano roll had improved just before grainger made this version of country gardens, allowing for a more nuanced reproduction. George percy grainger 18821961, musician, was born on 8 july 1882 at brighton, melbourne, only child of john harry grainger, architect, and his wife rosa rose annie, nee aldridge, of adelaide. Books by percy grainger author of selfportrait of percy. Print and download country gardens free easy piano sheet music. Most of the tunes will be recognized, with, of course, country gardens being the bestknown. Download grainger country gardens in pdf and mp3 for free and without s. February 20, 1961 white plains, new york the australianborn american pianist and composer, percy aldridge grainger, was born to a father who was an architect who emigrated from london, england, and and to a mother, rose, who was the daughter of hoteliers from adelaide. Once published in its original piano form, the tune brought grainger great success. Firstclass playing by martin jones, and a firstclass recording. Grainger english country gardens entertainment general scribd. Then again, there is grainger s greatest hit, the orchestral arrangement of his much earlier piano arrangement of country gardens, a lollipop of a work he came to despise. Martin jones performs percy graingers country gardens duration.
Piano sheet music book by percy aldridge grainger 18821961. Country gardens is an english folk tune that cecil sharp collected in 1908 and passed on to grainger, who played improvisations on it during his world war i tours as a concert pianist for the us army. Percy grainger, simon rattle, city of birmingham symphony. The grainger home at 7 cromwell place, white plains, new york, is now the percy grainger library and is a further repository of memorabilia and historic performance material, open to researchers and visitors. July 8, 1882 brighton, suburb of melbourne, victoria, australia died. A version of country gardens appears in the quakers opera of 1728. Percy grainger was born in australia on july 8th, 1882. In the course of a long and innovative career he played a prominent role in the revival of interest in british folk music in the early years of the 20th century. A brilliant arranger of folk music but also a pioneer in percussion and electronic music, grainger s warriors was recently heard in the opening ceremony of the sydney 2000 olympics. Graingers compositional career lasted for more than half a century, from the end of the 19th century until the middle 1950s.
Facing percy grainger national library of australia. There are also numerous unpublished works, sketches and juvenilia. Roughsketched for 2 whistlers and a few instruments about 1908. A brilliant arranger of folk music but also a pioneer in percussion and electronic music, graingers warriors was recently heard in the opening ceremony of the sydney 2000. Army and while there made a piano arrangement of a popular english folk song, the vicar of bray. Curators notes country gardens was percy graingers biggest hit, both as a concert piece and a piano roll. Percy grainger composer 18821961 play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives, the largest and best organized classical. Percy grainger australian recordings, performances. His mother rose annie aldridge was the daughter of adelaide hotelier george aldridge. A very good introduction to the works of the the australian composer percy grainger. Grainger country gardens download free sheet music musopen. Country gardens, for piano solo by grainger, percy, 18821961. Two musical legends, percy grainger and john phillip sousa, joined forces to create this delightful arrangement of country gardens.
Versions of this work which are free in the country of origin usa, might likewise be public domain in the eu and other 70 pma territories. Oct 01, 2016 top secret drum corps of basel meets the blue devil percussion team of concorde california duration. Percy grainger country gardens piano 4 hands by percy grainger. Country gardens grainger, percy it is very unlikely that this work is public domain in the eu, or in any country where the term is lifeplus70 years. According to grainger, it is a dance version of the tune the vicar of bray. However, it is in the public domain in canada where imslp is hosted and other countries where the term is lifeplus50 years such as china, japan, korea and many others worldwide. This piano roll was issued by the duoart company in may 1919 shortly after the music was published by schott, london.
His first compositions were experimental in nature, culminating with hill song i in 1902. John grainger 18551917 came originally from durham, england, and was educated there and in london and france. He studied in frankfurt before beginning a successful career as a concert pianist in england at the turn of the century. Country gardens 1919 clip 1 on aso australianscreen. Percy grainger also did not approve of using the customary italian, german or french dynamic markings such as forte, pianissimo or dolce. Feb 27, 2014 martin jones performs percy grainger s arrangement of the english folk song country gardens. Martin jones performs percy graingers arrangement of the english folk song country gardens. Percy aldridge grainger 18821961 was an australianborn composer, arranger, and pianist. He later became interested in what would become known as ethomusicology. Probably the most successful music on this disc is lincolnshire posy, a classic suite for military band given its premiere, of all places, in milwaukee. The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author. Percy grainger was born on 8 july 1882 in brighton, a suburb of melbourne, australia. Country gardens grainger obtained this catchy tune in 1908 from folk music specialist cecil sharp and first performed it on piano a decade later.
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