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Percy Grainger
Composer & pianist
8 July 1882 - 20 February 1961

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This plaque can be found on a footpath in Brighton, Melbourne

PERCY GRAINGER
PIANIST AND COMPOSER WAS BORN AT THIS ADDRESS
8 JULY 1882

THIS TABLET WAS LAID ON 4 AUGUST. 1968 BY
CR. W.B.LOVELL JP - MAYOR OF BRIGHTON
BRIGHTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Grainger & Friends Wind Symphony Concert

A wonderful concert of Wind Symphony music featuring the music of Percy Grainger and his contemporaries.
3pm, Sunday March 14th 2010

St Stephen's Church Anglican Church, Cnr Docker St & Richmond Tce, Richmond -

A $15, C$10 Note on pricing Enquiries: 0432 685 123

Grainger's composition students included Bernard Hermann and Henry Cowell.

Percy Grainger - sheet music

Some forthcoming Australian concerts and performances featuring the music of Grainger:

Grainger & Friends Wind Symphony Concert

A wonderful concert of Wind Symphony music featuring the music of Percy Grainger and his contemporaries.
3pm, Sunday March 14th 2010

St Stephen's Church Anglican Church, Cnr Docker St & Richmond Tce, Richmond -

A $15, C$10 Note on pricing Enquiries: 0432 685 123
Gershwin/Grainger

Gershwin An American in Paris (original 2 piano version)
Grainger Fantasy on Gershwin's 'Porgy and Bess'

performed by Katia and Mariel Labèque - pianos

Our rating:
Five Hats

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Sheet music

Porgy And Bess Fantasy For Two Pianos By George Gershwin. Edited by Gail Lew. Arranged by Grainger. Piano (2 pianos, 4 hands). 52 pages. Published by Warner Brothers. ISBN 0769260136. (PS0378)
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Some piano-related links on this site

Hugo Wertheim
Percy Grainger
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