Percy Aldridge Grainger was an Australian-born composer, arranger and pianist who moved to the United States in 1914 and became an American citizen in 1918. 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.
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Princes Bridge, Melbourne, designed by John Grainger
An 1880 lithograph of the Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, venue for Percy Grainger's early concerts, October 1894
Grainger aged 18, towards the end of his Frankfurt years
Grainger in 1903, photographed by Adolph de Meyer
Grainger (centre), with Edvard Grieg (left of picture), Nina Grieg and Julius Röntgen, at "Troldhaugen", July 1907
Grainger in the uniform of a US Army bandsman, 1917
Rose and Percy Grainger, c. 1920Listen
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Percy Aldridge Grainger was an Australian-born composer, arranger and pianist who moved to the United States in 1914 and became an American citizen in 1918. 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. Although much of his work was experimental and unusual, the piece with which he is most generally associated is his piano arrangement of the folk-dance tune "Country Gardens".
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