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Percy Grainger

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Percy Aldridge Grainger (8 July 1882 – 20 February 1961) was an Australian-born pianist, composer, and champion of the saxophone and the Concert band. He was born in Brighton, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. His father was an architect who emigrated from London, England, and his mother, Rose, was the daughter of hoteliers from Adelaide, South Australia, also of English immigrant stock. His father was an alcoholic. When Grainger was aged 11

Top songs

  1. Molly on the Shore
  2. Irish Tune from County Derry
  3. Lincolnshire Posy: II. Horkstow Grange
  4. Country Gardens
  5. Lincolnshire Posy: VI. The Lost Lady Found
  6. Lincolnshire Posy: I. Lisbon
  7. Shepherd's Hey
  8. Country Gardens, BFMS 22 (Version for Wind Ensemble)
  9. La Scandinavie: III. Polska norvégien
  10. Grainger / Orch. Artok: Country Gardens, BFMS 22
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  1. Lincolnshire Posy: IV. The Brisk Young Sailor
  2. Colonial Song
  3. Lincolnshire Posy: V. Lord Melbourne
  4. The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol
  5. Shepherds Hey
  6. Brigg fair (Arr. Percy Grainger)
  7. Children's March, "Over the Hills and Far Away"
  8. Harvest Hymn
  9. Lincolnshire Posy: III. Rufford Park Poachers
  10. Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon
  11. Molly on the Shore, BFMS 23 (Version for Wind Ensemble)
  12. Colonial Song (version for wind ensemble)
  13. Themes from "Green Bushes" (Arr. L. Daehn)
  14. The Duke of Marlborough Fanfare
  15. My Robin Is to the Greenwood Gone
  16. Organ Fugue in G minor
  17. Handel in the Strand
  18. The Gum-Suckers March (Cornstalks' March)
  19. Children's March "Over the Hills and Far Away"
  20. Free Music No. 1 - For Four Theremins
  21. The Merry King
  22. Irish Tune from County Derry (Arr. Siloti)
  23. Lincolnshire Posy (version for 2 pianos): IV. The Brisk Young Sailor
  24. Green Bushes
  25. Free Music #1 (For Four Theremins)
  26. Grainger: Country Gardens (Orch. Artok)
  27. Walking Tune
  28. In A Nutshell: II. Gay But Wistful
  29. Lincolnshire Posy (Ed. F. Fennell): I. Lisbon
  30. Mock Morris
  31. Spoon River (arr. for wind ensemble)
  32. Lads of Wamphray March
  33. Irish Tune from Country Derry
  34. Molly on the Shore (Arr. M. Rogers)
  35. Brigg Fair
  36. Shepherd's Hey, BFMS 21 (Version for Wind Ensemble)
  37. Near Woodstock Town
  38. British Folk-Music Settings: No. 30, Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon
  39. Early One Morning
  40. Handel in the Strand (Arr. for Wind Band)
  41. Handel in the Strand, RMTB 2a
  42. II. Horkstow Grange
  43. Free Music No. 1
  44. Country Gardens: English Morris Dance Tune (Stokowski version, 1950)
  45. The Warriors
  46. Shepherd's Hey (Arr. M. Rogers)
  47. Grainger: Lincolnshire Posy: I. Lisbon. Sailor's Song
  48. After-word
  49. Lincolnshire Posy for Military Band: II. Horkstow Grange (The Miser and His Man - A local tragedy)
  50. VI. The Lost Lady Found
  51. British Folk-Music Settings: No. 4, Shepherds Hey - Welte-Mignon 3790
  52. Percy Grainger: Lincolnshire Posy
  53. Blithe Bells
  54. Down Longford Way (After K. Parker) [Version for Wind Ensemble]
  55. Lord Peter's Stable-Boy
  56. Children's March "Over the Hills and Far Away" (Version for Wind Ensemble)
  57. Spoon River
  58. Percy Grainger: Children's March. Over the Hills and Far Away
  59. Irish Tune from County Derry (Arr. M. Rogers)
  60. Mock Morris (arr. for wind ensemble)
  61. To a Nordic Princess
  62. Sussex Mummers Christmas Carol
  63. Children's March (Over the Hills & Far Away) [Arr. M. Rogers]
  64. Shallow Brown
  65. Sea Chanty Settings: Shenandoah
  66. Danny Boy
  67. Blithe Bells (After J.S. Bach's BWV 208)
  68. I. Lisbon
  69. Children's March
  70. In a Nutshell: IV. The Gum-Suckers March
  71. IV. The Brisk Young Sailor
  72. A Song of Autumn
  73. Grainger: Molly On The Shore
  74. In a Nutshell: IV. Gum-Suckers' March (Version for Wind Ensemble)
  75. Youthful Suite: IV. Eastern Intermezzo
  76. The Immovable Do
  77. Percy Grainger: Molly on the Shore
  78. Walking Tune (arr. B.P. Ould for flute and piano)
  79. III. Rufford Park Poachers
  80. The Sprig of Thyme
  81. Percy Grainger: Irish Tune from County Derry
  82. Bridal Lullaby
  83. V. Lord Melbourne
  84. Danish Folk-Music Suite: The Power Of Love
  85. I'm Seventeen Come Sunday
  86. Tribute to Stephen Foster. Lullaby - Duo-Art 5821
  87. Youthful Suite: V. English Waltz
  88. The Lost Lady Found
  89. Free music no. 1 (for four theremins)
  90. Percy Grainger: Country Gardens

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