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You are in : HOME : P : Percy Grainger :Podcast: Trendsetters - Music for Wind Band by Hindemith, Holst, Grainger and Schwanter
Trendsetters may be the perfect introduction to 20th-century wind band music. It introduces four dif
Podcast: In This Hid Clearing - Interview with conductor Thomas J. O’Neal
In This Hid Clearing, the latest CD with the University of Missouri Wind Ensemble features a huge ra
Podcast: In This Hid Clearing - Interview with conductor Thomas J. O’Neal
In This Hid Clearing, the latest CD with the University of Missouri Wind Ensemble features a huge ra
Biography Percy Grainger
George Percy Grainger (8 July 1882–20 February, 1961) was an
Australian-born pianist, composer, and champion of the saxophone and the
concert band, who worked under the stage name of Percy AldridgeGrainger.
Family His mother was Rose Grainger (née Rosa Annie Aldridge), born July
3, 1861, Adelaide and died April 30, 1922, New York City. Rose was the
daughter of George Aldridge and Sarah Jane Aldridge (née Brown). Her
fatherGeorge died at the age of 62 on December 12, 1879 and her mother,
Sarah Jane, died November 26, 1895at the age of 75. Rose had six brothers
and two sisters: George Sydney, James Henry, Edward William, Frederick
Clement, Emma Elizabeth, Clara Jane, Charles Edwin, and Frank Herbert. Rose
married John Harry Grainger, giving birth to George Percy in 1882.
Early life and career Grainger was born in Brighton, a suburb of
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. His father was a successful architect who
