This week Donald Macleod traces the early life of Australian-born composer, arranger and pianist Percy Grainger. Monday - With His Mother At The Piano Donald Macleod traces Percy Grainger's ambivalent ...

"Grainger is music's natural man... a noble savage of music." That quote describes Percy Grainger, the Australian-born composer and pianist. Grainger is remembered as the composer of Country Gardens ...

Percy Grainger: In a Nutshell City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle, conductor (EMI Classics) What a great composer this Australian lunatic was! The best of his pieces are naive, ...

North Dakota State University's music department will "A Salute to Percy Grainger" at 2 p.m. today. The program will be in Festival Concert Hall and will feature guest conductor Joseph Kreines and ...

Percy Grainger was known for his interest in English folk tunes. However, it is interesting to note that Grainger was born in Australia. Therefore, his interest in folk tunes was not inspired by a ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Original works and parodies of Australian composer Percy Grainger's works will be featured Sunday (March 8) during a Purdue Bands performance. The free 2:30 p.m. concert in ...

Australian composer and concert pianist Percy Grainger was internationally renowned as a musical genius, but is more often remembered for writing a famous English ditty and for his controversial ...