Biography
An eccentric genius who defied every convention of musical life, Grainger was a virtuoso pianist, pioneer ethnomusicologist, and composer of highly individual works drawing on Nordic folk music, English folk song, and his own experimental harmonic ideas. Country Gardens, Shepherd's Hey, and Handel in the Strand are his most popular pieces. His Piano Concerto and the demanding Paraphrase on Tchaikovsky's Flower Waltz show his virtuosic range. He invented his own vocabulary (calling the piano the 88-string harp) and experimented with what he called free music decades before electronic music existed.
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Works (9)
British Folk-Music Settings
- Shepherd's Hey (BFMS 4) BFMS 4 Key D major Difficulty
- Irish Tune from County Derry (BFMS 6) BFMS 6 Key G major Difficulty
- Knight and Shepherd's Daughter (BFMS 18) BFMS 18 Difficulty
- Molly on the Shore (BFMS 19) BFMS 19 Difficulty
- Country Gardens (BFMS 22) BFMS 22 Key D major Difficulty
Character Piece
- Mock Morris (RMTB 1) Difficulty
- Handel in the Strand (RMTB 2) Difficulty
- Spoon River (AFMS 1) Difficulty
Romance
- Colonial Song Difficulty