Percy Grainger /
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| Author / Creator: | Mellers, Wilfrid, 1914-2008 |
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| Imprint: | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1992. |
| Description: | ix, 166 p. : ill., music ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Oxford studies of composers |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1556629 |
| Summary: | A man of extraordinary charisma, Percy Grainger was at once a legendary virtuoso pianist, a composer of highly original music, an arranger, and a "disher up" of folk music who pierced to the music's heart, and figure of some historical significance in relation to ethnomusicology and musiceducation. A study of the music of this paradoxical figure, this book looks at the musical influence on his compositions of folk-song and of Grieg, and of those apparent polar opposites, Delius and Bach. It examines some of his more significant pieces in detail; considers his work in recreatingtraditional material and the music of others; sees him as a champion and transcriber of what is now known as Early Music; and looks at his sometimes alarmingly eccentric notions as to music's nature and purpose. Overriding barriers between art, folk, and pop music, Grainger is difficult tocategorize, and is, in the history of music, unique. |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 166 p. : ill., music ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 162) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 0198162693 0198162707 |