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1882–1961 Australian composer Influenced by Grieg and by Delius, Grainger spent his early years as a concert pianist and, after that, in the US as a teacher. He was also particularly interested in folksong and much of his output consists of arrangements of such pieces. He is best known for such brief and catchy pieces as ‘Country Gardens’ ...

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(1802–69), George Macfarren (1813–87), J.F. Barnett and Julius Benedict (1804–85). The instrument has also been drafted into the symphony orchestra, most notably by Charles Ives (1874–1954) and Percy Grainger (1882–1961). Alternative forms of it include the aeola of 1845, using an octagonal shape, and the ‘Duet System’ in which a full chromatic scale is provided on both ...

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the US in 1910. These instruments used stopped metal tubes of graduated lengths as resonators. Initially joining the stock-in-trade of light entertainment, the marimba was picked up by Percy Grainger (1882–1961), who wrote for it a 10-minute fantasia on ‘Campdown Races’ called Tribute to Foster (1915). Koechlin opened the second movement of his Symphony No. 2 (1943–44) with a marimba ...

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The twentieth century saw the piano return to the orchestra: notable works including the orchestral piano are Kodály’s Háry János (1926), Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony and Orff’s Carmina Burana (1937). Modern composers realized that, as it creates sound with hammers that strike strings, the piano is technically a member of the percussion family. Indeed, in Grainger’s The Warriors (1916) ...

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use in music education, particularly with physically impaired musicians. The two rods around which the hands play give it a disembodied appearance to match its unearthly sound. Ives, Grainger and Martin have all written for the theremin. Styles & Forms | Modern Era | Classical Instruments | Ondes Martenot | Modern Era | Classical ...

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Europe in his final years, Grieg retired to a house near Bergen, yet continued to be an influential mentor to younger colleagues including Frederick Delius (1862–1934) and Percy Grainger (1882–1961). Grieg’s music, some of which is still unfamiliar, continues to exert its popular melodic appeal, as for instance in the film The Song of Norway. Recommended ...

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of their leading roles. Recommended Recording: Andrea Chénier, soloists, Rome Opera Chorus and Orchestra, (cond) Gabriele Santini (EMI/Warner) Introduction | Modern Era | Classical Personalities | Percy Grainger | Modern Era | Classical ...

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Traditional is the term given to folk music so old its origins have been long forgotten. Different songs are often performed to the same tunes and sometimes the same ballad is played with various tunes. Songs with the same story pop up on both sides of the atlantic with different treatments, after being transported by emigrants and adapted through the ...

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people’. These ranged from works for amateurs or for children by Holst (St Paul’s Suite, 1905) and Vaughan Williams, to those for multiple pianists by the Australian Percy Grainger (1882–1961) or choral works by Carl Orff (1895–1982; Carmina Burana, 1938). In the Soviet Union, the populism of the Communist government encouraged works about the ‘people’s struggle’ or ...