Percy Grainger

George Percy Grainger (8 July 1882–20 February 1961), Australian-born pianist, composer, and song collector.

Pioneered use of the Edison wax cylinder recorder in field recordings, notably in Lincolnshire where the exceptional Joseph Taylor was amongst the singers recorded by Grainger.

External links

• Wikipedia article

• http://www.percygrainger.net/

• Malcolm Gillies, ‘Grainger, Percy Aldridge (1882–1961)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/41081

References

C.J. Bearman. Percy Grainger, the phonograph, and the Folk Song Society. Music and Letters, Vol.84 No.3, August 2003 http://ml.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/84/3/434.pdf

De Val, Dorothy. 'Fresh and Sweet Like Wildflowers': Lucy Broadwood, Percy Grainger, and the Collecting of Folksong. Journal of Music Research, Issue 22, Spring 2001, p131-140.