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Percy Grainger en 1922, en la cima de su popularidad como pianista y compositor. Percy Aldridge Grainger ( Melbourne, 8 de julio de 1882- White Plains, Nueva York, 20 de febrero de 1961) fue un compositor, arreglista y pianista nativo de Australia y posteriormente nacionalizado estadounidense.
Percy Aldridge Grainger (born George Percy Grainger; 8 July 1882 – 20 February 1961) was an Australian-born composer, arranger and pianist who moved to the United States in 1914 and became an American citizen in 1918.
Percy Grainger (born July 8, 1882, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia—died Feb. 20, 1961, White Plains, N.Y., U.S.) was an Australian-born American composer, pianist, and conductor who was also known for his work in collecting folk music. Grainger first appeared publicly as a pianist at age 10.
George Percy Grainger (1882–1961), musician, was born on 8 July 1882 at Brighton, Melbourne, only child of John Harry Grainger, architect, and his wife Rosa (Rose) Annie, née Aldridge, of Adelaide. John Grainger (1855–1917) came originally from Durham, England, and was educated there and in London and France. He migrated to Adelaide in ...
Learn about the life and achievements of Percy Grainger, a renowned pianist, composer and folk song arranger. Explore his Australian roots, his global fame and his vision for a museum in Melbourne.
Although an iconoclast to his bones — with eccentric views and transgressive habits — Percy Grainger (1882–1961) was a pioneering folklorist, composer and pianist whose innovations prefigured those of figures far better known.
The national affiliation of composer-pianist Percy Grainger (1882–1961) is a complex matter. While often claimed today to have been Australian or American, he was a ‘naturally born British subject’ for the first 36 years of his life. Thereafter, he was a naturalized American.
