PERCY GRAINGER, ORIGINAL NAME GEORGE PERCY GRAINGER, (JULY 8, 1882, MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA — FEB. 20, 1961, WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., U.S.)
Grainger first appeared publicly as a pianist at age 10. He was educated at home in Melbourne by his mother. He studied piano with Louis Pabst in that city and later went to Frankfurt, where he attended the conservatory. He achieved a reputation as a brilliant concert pianist beginning in London in 1901. In 1906 Grainger became a friend of Edvard Grieg, under whose influence he began collecting and recording English folk songs by means of wax-cylinder phonographs. He settled in the United States in 1914, performing for a few years with a U.S. Army band. Grainger was deeply affected by the suicide of his mother in 1922. He returned to Australia alone in 1924 and toured there as a pianist in 1926 and again in 1934–35. In 1932–33 he was head of the music department of New York University. In 1935 he founded the Grainger Museum at Melbourne, a museum of Australian music where much of his own work and some of his artifacts are preserved. Grainger was heavily influenced by English folk music, which he arranged for keyboard instruments, chamber ensembles, and both solo voice and chorus. He is probably best remembered for Country Gardens and for the orchestral work Molly on the Shore. Other orchestral works are Shepherd’s Hey and Mock Morris. In his chamber works, notably the two Hill Songs for 23 and 24 solo instruments, he experimented with novel rhythmic and structural forms.
TRACKLIST
Grieg Cadenza from 1st movement of Concerto in A minor Op 16 Gramophone (8394e) 5070 1908
Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No 12 2nd half Gramophone (2467f) 05503 1908
Stanford-Grainger A March-Jig ‘Maguire’s Kick from Four Irish Dances Gramophone (8393e) 5509 1908
Grainger Shepherd’s Hey ak18043e 5581 HMV 1914
Grainger Mock Morris al80331 05558 HMV 1914
Debussy Pour Le Piano – 3. Toccata In C Sharp Minor al80341 05554 HMV 1914
Handel-Grainger Water Music – Hornpipe Columbia 81588-4 30010-D 1924
Gluck-Brahms Gavotte from Iphigenie en Aulide Columbia 33001-D 81299-2
Chopin Waltz In A Flat, Op. 42 Columbia A6027 49281 1917
Chopin 24 Preludes, Op. 28 – #17 In A Flat Allegretto Columbia A6060 49441 1918
Chopin 24 Preludes, Op. 28 – #17 In A Flat Allegretto(1) Columbia A6060 49441 1918
Chopin Polonaise In A Flat, Op. 53 (Abridged) Columbia A6027 49296 1918
Chopin Scherzo #2 In B Flat Minor, Op. 31 (Abridged) Columbia 30019-D, 30019-D, 81582, 81583 1924
Schumann Fantasiestu¨cke, piano, op. 12. Nr. 3, Warum Columbia 30010-D 81587 1924
Liszt Rhapsodies hongroises. No 2 Columbia A6000 49243 1917
Liszt Rhapsodies hongroises. No 12 Part I, Part II Columbia A6161 49750, A6161 49751 1920
Liszt Rhapsodies hongroises. No 15 Rakoczy march Columbia Unpubl., 98033 1922
Liszt Polonaises, piano, no. 2, E major Part I, Part II Columbia A6205, A6205, 98000, 98001 1921
Fantasie über ungarische Volksmelodien Liszt Part I, Part II Columbia A6115 49561, A6115 49562 1918
Liebesträume, piano. Nr. 3 (Liszt) Columbia A6217 49999 1921
Lieder, op. 49. Wiegenlied (Brahms) Columbia A3685 80487 1922
Valse in A-flat Op. 39 No. 45 (Brahms) Columbia A6145 49749 1920
Juba dance (Dett) Columbia A6145 49749 1920
Turkey in the straw (Guion) Columbia A3381 79715 1921
Woodland sketches To a water lily (MacDowell) Columbia 30006-D 81298 1923
Voices of spring, op. 32, No. 3 Rustle of spring (Sinding) Columbia 33026-D 81324 1923
Polnische Tänze, op. 2. No. 1 (Scharwenka) Columbia A6128 49639 1919
Paraphrase on Tchaikovsky’s Flower-waltz (Greinger) Columbia A6192 49295 1918
Paraphrase on Tchaikovsky’s Flower-waltz (Greinger) Columbia L-1386 49295 1918
Children’s corner Golliwogg’s cake-walk (Debussy) Columbia 183-M 81323 1923
Wedding day at Troldhaugen (Grieg) Columbia A6192 49929 1921
Norwegian bridal procession (Grieg) Columbia L1386 49249 1917
Norwegian bridal procession (Grieg) Columbia A6217 49933 1921
To the springtime (Grieg) Columbia A6128 49640 1919
One more day, my John (Sailor’s chanty) (Grieg) Columbia A6128 49640 1919
Spoon River American folk song (arr. Greinger) Columbia A3685 80488 1922
Molly on the shore (Greinger) Columbia A6145 49748 1920
Country gardens (Greinger) Columbia A6060 49442 1918
Shepherd’s hey (Greinger) Columbia A6060 49442 1918
Country gardens (Greinger) Columbia A6060 49442 1918
Shepherd’s hey (Greinger) Columbia A6060 49442 1918
The gum-suckers march (Greinger) Columbia A3381 79716 1921
Toccata and fugue in D minor for organ (1st half), (Completion) (Bach-Busoni-Tausig-Greinger) Columbia 68003-D W98743, 68003-D, W98744 1931
Prelude and fugue in A minor for organ (Bach-Liszt) Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 Columbia 68004-D, 68004-D, 68005-D, W98745, W98746, W98747 1931
Fantasia and fugue in G minor for organ (Bach-Liszt) Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 Columbia 68005-D, 68005-D, 68006-D, W98747, W98748, W98749 1931
Piano Sonata No. 2 in G minor (Schumann)
So rasch wie möglich
Andantino (Getragen)
Scherzo (Sehr rasch und markiert)
Rondo (Presto)
Columbia W98353, W98354, W98355, W98356, 67509/10 1927
Etudes symphoniques Op. 13 (Schumann)
Theme Andante
Variation I Un poco più vivo
Variation II
Etude III Vivace
Variation III
Variation IV
Variation V
Variation VI Allegro molto
Variation VII
Etude IX Presto possibile
Variation VIII
Variation IX
Finale Allegro brillante
Columbia W98507, W98508, W98540, W98541, W98542, 64506/8-D 1928
Romance in F-sharp major (Schumann) Columbia 67508-D W98543 1928
Liebestraum (Liszt) Columbia 7134-M W98357 1927
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor Op. 35 (Chopin)
Grave; Doppio movimento
Scherzo
Marcia funebre
Presto
Columbia W98593, W98594, W98595, W98596, W98597, 67603/5-D 1928
Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor Op. 58 (Chopin)
Allegro maestoso
Scherzo Molto vivace
Largo
Finale Presto non tanto
Columbia W98177, W98178, W98179, W98180, W98181, W98182, 67158/60-D 1925
Prelude Op. 28. No. 17 (Chopin) Columbia L1805 W98249 1926
Etude Op. 25. No. 10 (Chopin) Columbia 67605-D W98598 1928
Etude Op. 25. No. 12 (Chopin) Columbia 7109-M W98245 1926
Waltz in A flat major (Brahms) Columbia 7109-M W98245 1926
Wedding day at Troldhaugen (Grieg) Columbia 7150-M W98359 1927
To spring (Grieg) Columbia 7150-M W98358 1927
One more day, my John (Grieg) Columbia 7150-M W98358 1927
Claire de lune (Debussy) Columbia 7124-M W98246 1926
Toccata, C-sharp minor (Debussy) Columbia 7124-M W98248 1926
Sheep and goat walkin’ to the pasture (Bach) Columbia 7134-M W98251 1926
Gigue from Partita No. 1 in B flat major (Bach) Columbia 7134-M W98251 1926
Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor Op. 5 (Brahms)
Allegro Maestoso
Andante Espressivo
Scherzo Allegro energico
Intermezzo Andante molto
Finale Allegro moderato ma rubato
Columbia W98217- W98224, 67813/6-D 1926
Cradle song (Brahms) Columbia 2057-M W144206 1927
Ramble on Bach’s aria, “Sheep may graze in safety” (Grainger) Columbia 68006-D W98750 1931
Ramble on love (Grainger) Part I, Part II Columbia 1898-D, 1898-D, W147871, W147872 1929
Molly on the shore (Grainger) Columbia 2057-M W144246 1927
Country gardens (Grainger) Columbia 154-M W144205 1927
Shepherd’s hey (Grainger) Columbia 154-M W144204 1927
Jutish medley Part I, Part II (Grainger) Columbia 50129-D, 50129-D, W98613, W98614 1929
Molly on the shore (Grainger) Decca 24158 72821 1945
Irish tune from County Derry (Grainger) Decca 24158 73055 1945
Country gardens (Grainger) Decca 24159 73071 1945
One more day, my John (Grainger) Decca 24159 73071 1945
Juba dance Excerpt from In the Bottoms (Dett) Decca 24159 73059 1945
Prelude: Night from In the Bottoms (Dett) Decca 24159 73059 1945
Lento from Pierrot Pieces (Scott) Decca 24160 72807 1945
Danse negre (Scott) Decca 24160 73059 1945
Cherry Ripe (Scott) Decca 24160 73059 1945
5661 DUO-ART GRAINGER – Shepherd’s Hey (British Folk-Music Settings – No. 4)
5666 DUO-ART GRAINGER – Colonial Song – from “Sentimentals”
5712 DUO-ART GRAINGER – Sussex Mummers’ Christmas Carol (British Folk Music Sets)
5735 DUO-ART GRAINGER – Walking Tune
5838 DUO-ART GRAINGER – March-Jig Maguire’s Kick (Four Irish Dances)
6030 DUO-ART GRAINGER – One More Day, My John (Sea Chanty Settings – No. 1)
6059 DUO-ART GRAINGER – “In a Nutshell” Suite – No. 4 Gum-Suckers’ March
6072 DUO-ART GRAINGER – “In a Nutshell” Suite – No. 3 Gay, but Wistful
6117 DUO-ART STANFORD-GRAINGER – Reel (4 Irish Dances – No. 4)
6149 DUO-ART GRAINGER – Country Gardens (British Folk Settings – No. 22)
6284 DUO-ART GRAINGER – Molly on the Shore (British Folk Settings)
6368 DUO-ART GRAINGER – Children’s March. Arr. Two Pianos
6409 DUO-ART DEBUSSY – Suite “Pour le piano” – No. 3 Toccata
6444 DUO-ART TRAD.-GUION -Turkey in the Straw (Cowboys and Old Fiddlers’ Breakdown) Percy Grainger
6522 DUO-ART GRIEG -”Peer Gynt”, Op. 46, No. 1 Morning Mood
6522 DUO-ART GRIEG -”Peer Gynt”, Op. 46, No. 3 Anitra’s Dance
6530 DUO-ART GRIEG – “Peer Gynt”, Op. 46, No. 4 Hall of Mountain King
6530 DUO-ART GRIEG – “Peer Gynt”, Op. 46, Nos. 2 Aase’s Death
6572 DUO-ART STANFORD-GRAINGER – 4 Irish Dances, Op. 79, No. 3 Leprechaun’s Dance
6617 DUO-ART TRAD.-GRAINGER – Spoon River (American Folk Settings – No. l)
6798 DUO-ART The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; II. a. March
6798 DUO-ART The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; II. b. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
6798 DUO-ART The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; II. c. Russian Dance
6810 DUO-ART The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; II. d. Arab Dance
6810 DUO-ART The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; II. e. Chinese Dance
6810 DUO-ART The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; II. f. Dance of the Flutes
6824 DUO-ART GRAINGER – Zanzibar Boat Song
6859, 6868 DUO-ART SCHUMANN – Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13. Part I, Part II
6931 DUO-ART FAURE-GRAINGER – Nell, Op. 18, No. 1 “Free SettingsFavorite Melodies”
7083 DUO-ART GUION-GRAINGER – Sheep and Goat “Walkin to the Pasture”
7217 DUO-ART SCOTT – Lotus Land, Op. 47, No. l
7252 DUO-ART SCOTT – “Two Pierrot Pieces”, Op. 35, No. 1 Lento
7274 DUO-ART GRAINGER – Jutish Medley – “Danish Folk Settings” – No. 8
7377 DUO-ART GRIEG – Norweigan Folk Songs in D Major, Op. 66; I. Kulok
7377 DUO-ART GRIEG – Norweigan Folk Songs in G Minor, Op. 66; II. Brurelat
7377 DUO-ART GRIEG – Norweigan Folk Songs, Op. 66; X. Morgo ska du fa gifte deg
7377 DUO-ART GRIEG – Norweigan Folk Songs, Op. 66; XIV. I Ola dalom, I Ola-kjonn
7377 DUO-ART GRIEG – Norweigan Folk Songs, Op. 66; XVI. Ho vesle Astrid var
7377 DUO-ART GRIEG – Norweigan Folk Songs, Op. 66; XVIII. Jeg gar I tusen tanker
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