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THE life of Percy Grainger, the Australian-born pianist and composer, is a refreshing demonstration of ars gratia artis, a phrase popularized by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer with the help of an elderly lion.
As a small child growing up in Melbourne, Percy Grainger devoured the Icelandic sagas, signed his letters “Grettir the Strong” and bounded up every available stairway. His adoring mother Rose, ...
“Fight on, my lads, for England's sake, We'll gain the field or die...” Based on the English folksong, The Duke of Marlborough that portrays the Battle of Ramil, Percy Grainger’s fanfare of the same ...
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