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Percy Grainger.

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Percy Grainger.

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Percy Grainger. The Pictorial Biography. Composed by Robert Simon. Music Education. Book. Text language. English. 166 pages. Published by GIA Publications. GI.G-6583. ISBN 878752811. With Text language. English. Music Education. February 2011 is the 50th Anniversary of the passing of Percy Grainger. This pictorial biography is a living evocation of one of the foremost musicians of the twentieth century, Percy Aldridge Grainger. 1882-1961. Grainger is a composer whose contribution to the history of music has been made the subject of considerable reevauation over the past four decades by the Mercury recordings of Grainger's music by Frederick Fennell, the London recordings by Benjamin Britten, and the Australian recordings by John Hopkins. Grainger's life yielded a rich legacy of photographs and paintings, which almost tell the story themselves. In this pictorial biography, Simon includes a well balanced written biography and a current discography based on his research of Grainger in the United States, England, and Australia. The photographs and illustrations in this volume span Grainger's life to his death, his associations with Edvard Grieg, Frederick Delius, Nellie Melba, John Singer Sargent, Cyril Scott, Roger Quilter, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Balfour Gardner, Ferruccio Busoni, and many others. The principal events of Grainger's life, such as his folk song collecting in England, Denmark, and New Zealand his experiments with electronic "free music" his athletic hikes through many countrysides his marriage in the Hollywood Bowl before thousands of people and many of his performances. as they were all captured on film. are now published together for the first time in biographical form. So vivid and entertaining is this work that it offers something to the layman, musician, or historian.

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Percy Grainger. Die Pictorial Biografie. Saamgestel deur Robert Simon. Musiek Onderwys. Book. Teks taal. Engels. 166 bladsye. Gepubliseer deur GIA Publications. GI.G-6583. ISBN 878752811. Met teks taal. Engels. Musiek Onderwys. Februarie 2011 is die 50ste herdenking van die afsterwe van Percy Grainger. Dit geïllustreerde biografie is 'n lewende oproep van een van die voorste musikante van die twintigste eeu, Percy Aldridge Grainger. 1882-1961. Grainger is 'n komponis wie se bydrae tot die geskiedenis van musiek is die onderwerp van heelwat reevauation gemaak oor die afgelope vier dekades deur die Mercury-opnames van Grainger se musiek deur Frederick Fennell, die Londense opnames deur Benjamin Britten, en die Australiese opnames deur John Hopkins. Grainger se lewe opgelewer 'n ryk nalatenskap van foto's en skilderye, wat byna vertel die storie self. In hierdie geïllustreerde biografie, Simon sluit 'n goed gebalanseerde geskryf biografie en 'n huidige diskografie gebaseer op sy navorsing van Grainger in die Verenigde State van Amerika, Engeland en Australië. Die foto's en illustrasies in hierdie volume span Grainger se lewe aan sy dood het sy assosiasies met Edvard Grieg, Frederick Delius, Nellie Melba, John Singer Sargent, Cyril Scott, Roger Quilter, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Balfour Gardner, Ferruccio Busoni, en vele ander. Die skoolhoof gebeure van Grainger se lewe, soos sy volksliedjie versamel in Engeland, Denemarke, en Nieu-Seeland sy eksperimente met elektroniese "gratis musiek" sy atletiek verhogings deur baie landelijke sy huwelik in die Hollywood Bowl voor duisende mense en baie van sy vertonings. as hulle is almal op film vasgelê. nou saam vir die eerste keer in biografiese vorm. So helder en onderhoudend is hierdie werk wat dit bied iets vir die leek, musikant, of historikus.