Percy Grainger
Percy Grainger (1882-1961) was born in Melbourne and died in White Plains, New York. He studied at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt, lived in London from 1901 and later moved to the United States. A concert pianist and composer, he is known for his settings of British folk music, his championing of Grieg, and his experiments with irregular rhythm and unusual scoring. He joined the U.S. Army as a bandsman in 1917, listed as a saxophone soloist. His late pieces for saxophones, such as The Immovable Do and Lisbon, appear on Mode's Works for Saxophones, shared with Henry Cowell.
Percy Grainger (1882-1961) was born in Melbourne and died in White Plains, New York. He studied at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt, lived in London from 1901 and later moved to the United States. A concert pianist and composer, he is known for his settings of British folk music, his championing of Grieg, and his experiments with irregular rhythm and unusual scoring. He joined the U.S. Army as a bandsman in 1917, listed as a saxophone soloist. His late pieces for saxophones, such as The Immovable Do and Lisbon, appear on Mode's Works for Saxophones, shared with Henry Cowell.
