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010 a| 98009603;

019 a| 40981506;

020 a| 0198166524 (acid-free paper);

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035 a| (OCoLC)38288592;

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050 00 a| ML410.G75b| B6 1999;

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100 1 a| Bird, John.=| ^A173356;

245 10 a| Percy Grainger /c| John Bird.;

260 a| Oxford ;a| New York :b| Oxford University Press,c| 1999.;

300 a| xxv, 379 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Catalogue of Grainger's published original compositions and arrangements: pages 303-326.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-302), discographies (pages 337-367), and index.;

520 a| John Bird's acclaimed biography of the Australian-born composer and pianist Percy Grainger gives the first full account of the life and works of one of the strangest figures in twentieth-century music. Behind Grainger's highly original compositional achievements, folksong collecting, and glittering career as a virtuoso concert pianist lay a tragic and chaotic personal life--long domination by his mother, unorthodox sexual predilections, an eccentric athleticism, a demonic spiritual drive, and a wildly inconsistent personal philosophy with Anglo-Saxon obsessions such as his famous "Blue-Eyed English." A list of published compositions, a current discography of performances by Grainger, and a selection of his seminal writings complete what has already proved to be a standard work. This fully revised edition includes much new biographical material from John Bird's continuing research. Grainger's reputation and popularity as a uniquely individual composer continue to grow, and this book remains the definitive biography.;

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Percy Grainger / John Bird.

Author/creator	Bird, John
Format	Book
Publication Info	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Description	xxv, 379 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects	Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961. Composers--Australia. --Biography.

Contents	Prefatory note / by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears -- Appreciation / by Leopold Stokowski -- 'Bubbles' -- Doctors and dustbin lids -- 'Perks' joins the Frankfurt Gang -- Saint and sinner -- Grettir the Strong flexes his muscles -- 'The years before the war were Hell' -- Twisted genius and the Dinkum Aussie -- Packed houses and Zulu warriors -- 'I am an Australian, not a Corsican!' -- Unto Brigg Fair -- Little Half-Viking -- 'Poor put-upon Percy' -- 'Adieu Old World! I would hail a New World' -- 'Your mad side has ruined us' -- Beatless music, blue-eyed English and a Nordic princess -- 'The measure of my artistic defeat' -- "I shall go back to the joys of my teen-years' -- 'Your loving but defeated, Percy'.
Abstract	John Bird's acclaimed biography of the Australian-born composer and pianist Percy Grainger gives the first full account of the life and works of one of the strangest figures in twentieth-century music. Behind Grainger's highly original compositional achievements, folksong collecting, and glittering career as a virtuoso concert pianist lay a tragic and chaotic personal life--long domination by his mother, unorthodox sexual predilections, an eccentric athleticism, a demonic spiritual drive, and a wildly inconsistent personal philosophy with Anglo-Saxon obsessions such as his famous "Blue-Eyed English." A list of published compositions, a current discography of performances by Grainger, and a selection of his seminal writings complete what has already proved to be a standard work. This fully revised edition includes much new biographical material from John Bird's continuing research. Grainger's reputation and popularity as a uniquely individual composer continue to grow, and this book remains the definitive biography.
Bibliography note	Catalogue of Grainger's published original compositions and arrangements: pages 303-326.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-302), discographies (pages 337-367), and index.
LCCN	98009603
ISBN	0198166524 (acid-free paper)

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