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032-002084584

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Add MS 50867-50887

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Musical compositions, etc., of Percy Aldridge Grainger (b. 1882, d. 1961); 1898-1957. Autograph, with extensive annotations giving dates and places of composition and revision and sometimes, but not always, dates of writing. Manuscripts used as printer's copy bear plate numbers, instructions and occasionally queries. On this collection, see B.M.Q., XXVII, 1963-4, pp. 65-71; for worklists and locations of other manuscripts see T. Balough, A Complete Catalogue of the works of Percy Grainger, 1975; K. Dreyfus, Music by Percy Aldridge Grainger [in the Grainger Museum, Melbourne], 1978; and L. Foreman, The Percy Grainger Companion, 1981. See also Add. MS. 50823. Presented by Mrs Ella Grainger, widow of the composer.

Twenty-one volumes. Folio, unless otherwise noted.

Arranged as follows:

A. Original music: 50867-50879.

B. Arrangements of traditional music: 50880-50884.

C. Arrangements of music by others: 50885, 50886.

D. Literary work: 50887.

Scope & Content:

George Percy Grainger, formerly Percy Aldridge; composer: Musical compositions, etc.,: 1898-1957: Autogr.

Collection Area:

Music Collections

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Additional Manuscripts

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Rescored version for twenty-one or twenty-three instruments, i.e. wind plus piano,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "038-002084589", "parent" : "037-002084586", "text" : "Add MS 50869 A-Y: PERCY GRAINGER MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. III A-Y. Revised version; 1923. Orchestral parts, each preceded by preliminaries, partly in German.…" },{ "id" : "040-002084590", "parent" : "038-002084589", "text" : "Add MS 50869 A: Vol. III A (ff. 7). Piccolo." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002084591", "parent" : "038-002084589", "text" : "Add MS 50869 B: Vol. III B (ff. 37). Flute." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002084592", "parent" : "038-002084589", "text" : "Add MS 50869 C: Vol. III C (ff. 41). Oboe." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002084593", "parent" : "038-002084589", "text" : "Add MS 50869 D: Vol. III D (ff. 46). English Horn." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002084594", "parent" : "038-002084589", "text" : "Add MS 50869 E: Vol. III E (ff. 26). Bassoon." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002084595", "parent" : "038-002084589", "text" : "Add MS 50869 F: Vol. III F (ff. 22). Double bassoon." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002084596", "parent" : "038-002084589", "text" : "Add MS 50869 G: Vol. III G (ff. 14). Sopranino sarrusophone." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002084597", "parent" : "038-002084589", "text" : "Add MS 50869 H: Vol. III H (ff. 36). Oboe II." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002084598", "parent" : "038-002084589", "text" : "Add MS 50869 I: Vol. III I (ff. 7). Tenor sarrusophone." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002084599", "parent" : "038-002084589", "text" : "Add MS 50869 J: Vol. III J (ff. 54). Bass oboe." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002084600", "parent" : "038-002084589", "text" : "Add MS 50869 K: Vol. III K (ff. 46). Soprano saxophone." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002084601", "parent" : "038-002084589", "text" : "Add MS 50869 L: Vol. III L (ff. 45). Alto saxophone." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002084602", "parent" : "038-002084589", "text" : "Add MS 50869 M: Vol. III M (ff. 16). Horn." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002084603", "parent" : "038-002084589", "text" : "Add MS 50869 N: Vol. III N (ff. 30). Trumpet." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002084604", "parent" : "038-002084589", "text" : "Add MS 50869 O: Vol. III O (ff. 32). Euphonium. Followed (f. 32b) by a second conductor's score of 'The Warriors', music to an imaginary ballet,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002084605", "parent" : "038-002084589", "text" : "Add MS 50869 P: Vol. III P (ff. 9). Percussion." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002084606", "parent" : "038-002084589", "text" : "Add MS 50869 Q: Vol. III Q (ff. 32). Violin I." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002084607", "parent" : "038-002084589", "text" : "Add MS 50869 R: Vol. III R (ff. 43). Violin II." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002084608", "parent" : "038-002084589", "text" : "Add MS 50869 S: Vol. III S (ff. 38). Viola I." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002084609", "parent" : "038-002084589", "text" : "Add MS 50869 T: Vol. III T (ff. 38). Viola II." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002084610", "parent" : "038-002084589", "text" : "Add MS 50869 U: Vol. III U (ff. 42). Cello I." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002084611", "parent" : "038-002084589", "text" : "Add MS 50869 V: Vol. III V (ff. 30). Cello II." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002084612", "parent" : "038-002084589", "text" : "Add MS 50869 W: Vol. III W (ff. 17). Double-bass." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002084613", "parent" : "038-002084589", "text" : "Add MS 50869 X: Vol. III X (ff. 32). Harmonium." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002084614", "parent" : "038-002084589", "text" : "Add MS 50869 Y: Vol. III Y (ff. 35). Piano." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002084615", "parent" : "036-002084585", "text" : "Add MS 50870: PERCY GRAINGER MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. IV (ff. ii+21). 'Hill-Song II'. 'Out of 'Hillsong No 1' by 'Criticism'' (f. 18). For wind band…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "037-002084616", "parent" : "036-002084585", "text" : "Add MS 50871-50876: PERCY GRAINGER MANUSCRIPTS. Vols. V-X. Settings of poems by Rudyard Kipling. See K. Dreyfus, Percy Grainger's Kipling Settings. A…" },{ "id" : "040-002084617", "parent" : "037-002084616", "text" : "Add MS 50871: PERCY GRAINGER MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. V (ff. 18). Settings of poems from Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses, 1892. 1. ff. 1-10b. 'Soldier,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "038-002084618", "parent" : "037-002084616", "text" : "Add MS 50872-50873: PERCY GRAINGER MANUSCRIPTS. Vols. VI, VII. Setting of 'The Widow's Party', beg. 'Where have you been this while away', from…" },{ "id" : "040-002084619", "parent" : "038-002084618", "text" : "Add MS 50872: PERCY GRAINGER MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. VI (ff. 53). (a) Second setting for men's chorus and military band or 'piano 2-some' (four hands at one…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002084620", "parent" : "038-002084618", "text" : "Add MS 50873: PERCY GRAINGER MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. VII (ff. 115). Sets of parts:- (a) For orchestral accompaniment, in ink with annotations and…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002084621", "parent" : "037-002084616", "text" : "Add MS 50874: PERCY GRAINGER MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. VIII (ff. 35). 1. ff. 1-12b. 'Morning Song in the Jungle', beg. 'One moment past', from 'Letting in the…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002084622", "parent" : "037-002084616", "text" : "Add MS 50875: PERCY GRAINGER MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. IX (ff. 25). 1. ff. 1-2b. Programme for Grainger's Room-Music Concert at The Little Theatre, New York,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002084623", "parent" : "037-002084616", "text" : "Add MS 50876: PERCY GRAINGER MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. X (ff. 29). 1. ff. 1-15b. 'We have fed our sea for a thousand years', from 'The Song of the Dead' in…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "037-002084624", "parent" : "036-002084585", "text" : "Add MS 50877-50878: PERCY GRAINGER MANUSCRIPTS. Vols. XI, XII. Mock Morris. For six solo strings or seven-part string band; 'begun 19.5.1910 ended…" },{ "id" : "040-002084625", "parent" : "037-002084624", "text" : "Add MS 50877: PERCY GRAINGER MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. XI (ff. 30). 1. ff. 1-8b. Piano solo, concert version; 'copyright 1912' (f. 1). In ink, with deletions…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002084626", "parent" : "037-002084624", "text" : "Add MS 50878: PERCY GRAINGER MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. XII (ff. 79). Version for theatre orchestra. See Dreyfus 1978, p. 65. Ink parts with cues, etc., in…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002084627", "parent" : "036-002084585", "text" : "Add MS 50879: PERCY GRAINGER MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. XIII (ff. i+24). 1. ff. 1-8, 19-22. English Waltz (Walse); 'sketched 1899-1903 for orchestra. Rescored…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002084628", "parent" : "032-002084584", "text" : "Add MS 50880-50884: B. ARRANGEMENTS OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC" },{ "id" : "037-002084629", "parent" : "036-002084628", "text" : "Add MS 50880-50883: PERCY GRAINGER MANUSCRIPTS. Vols. XIV-XVII. Songs published in the series British Folk-Music Settings, dedicated to the memory of…" },{ "id" : "040-002084630", "parent" : "037-002084629", "text" : "Add MS 50880: PERCY GRAINGER MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. XIV (ff. 49). 1. ff. 1-4, 5-6, 7b. The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol. Tune noted by Lucy Broadwood at…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "038-002084631", "parent" : "037-002084629", "text" : "Add MS 50881-50882: PERCY GRAINGER MANUSCRIPTS. Vols. XV, XVI. 'Shepherd's Hey'. English Morris dance tune, collected by Cecil Sharp from the fiddler…" },{ "id" : "040-002084632", "parent" : "038-002084631", "text" : "Add MS 50881: PERCY GRAINGER MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. XV (ff. i+28). 1. ff. 1-11b. Chamber version (twelve instruments). Full score in ink; 'ended London . .…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002084633", "parent" : "038-002084631", "text" : "Add MS 50882: PERCY GRAINGER MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. XVI (ff. 155). 1. ff. 1-18b. Chamber version (twelve instruments). Parts in ink; [1911]. Printer's copy…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002084634", "parent" : "037-002084629", "text" : "Add MS 50883: PERCY GRAINGER MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. XVII (ff. 49). 1. ff. 1-21. 'Country Gardens'; 'based on sketches for a room-music settting dating from…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002084635", "parent" : "036-002084628", "text" : "Add MS 50884: PERCY GRAINGER MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. XVIII (ff. 62). 1. ff. 1-42. 'Willow, willow'. Tune and words from William Chappell's Old English…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002084636", "parent" : "032-002084584", "text" : "Add MS 50885-50886: C. ARRANGEMENTS OF MUSIC BY OTHERS" },{ "id" : "040-002084637", "parent" : "036-002084636", "text" : "Add MS 50885: PERCY GRAINGER MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. XIX (ff. i+19). English Dance for orchestra by H. Balfour Gardiner, arranged for two pianos (four…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002084638", "parent" : "036-002084636", "text" : "Add MS 50886: PERCY GRAINGER MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. XX (ff. i+11). A Dance Rhapsody (No. 1) for orchestra by Frederick Delius, 1908, arranged for two…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002084639", "parent" : "032-002084584", "text" : "Add MS 50887 A-B: D. LITERARY WORK 50887 A, B. PERCY GRAINGER MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. XXI A, B. Article 'Phono-graphing' published as 'Collecting with the…" },{ "id" : "040-002084640", "parent" : "036-002084639", "text" : "Add MS 50887 A: PERCY GRAINGER MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. XXI A (ff. 267). Pencil and ink MSS.:- (a) Notes and sketches; n.d. ff. 1-64;- (b) Draft with musical…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002084641", "parent" : "036-002084639", "text" : "Add MS 50887 B: Vol. XXI B (ff. 80). Printed proof, with MS. corrections; 1908." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]

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Add MS 50867-50879 : A. ORIGINAL MUSIC
Add MS 50880-50884 : B. ARRANGEMENTS OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC
Add MS 50885-50886 : C. ARRANGEMENTS OF MUSIC BY OTHERS
Add MS 50887 A-B : D. LITERARY WORK 50887 A, B. PERCY GRAINGER MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. XXI A, B. Article 'Phono-graphing' published as…

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Start Date:

1898

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1957

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1898-1957

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Grainger, Percy Aldridge, né George Percy Grainger, composer and pianist, 1882-1961