Percy Aldridge Grainger

Irish Tune from County Derry is one of the best known of Grainger's settings based on a folk melody. This version, published here for the first time, was prepared for Leopold Stokowski who recorded it...

Percy Grainger's (1882-1961) love for music of the simple rural folk of the British Isles led to a series of forty-three pieces that he grouped into a series called "British Folk-Music Settings", incl...

My fanfare (written March 5-6, 1939, at Coral Gables, Florida) is based on the English folksong 'The Duke of Marlborough' as collected by Miss Lucy E. Broadwood from the singing of Mr. Henry Buretow (...

One of Percy Aldridge Grainger's most popular encores was improvisations on English Morris Dance tunes that he programmed as Country Gardens. An instant hit, Grainger finalized this setting in spring...

A classic folk melody from the British Isles, Country Gardens is one of those great melodies which is universally recognized and loved. This new setting belongs in the library of every orchestra. Inst...

The Merry King' is a folk song from Sussex, England. Percy Grainger originally transcribed the melody in 1905, sketched for chorus within the year after, then set it for piano or small orchestra betwe...

This work expresses the composers impressions on the scenery and people of his native land, Australia. The scoring is arranged so that the lead male and female vocal lines can optionally be played by...

This is movement No. 2 from the suite 'In a Nutshell' scored for symphonic band by Mark Rogers. No actual folk songs or any other popular tunes were used in the suite, according to the composer. The p...

The unbeatable Gershwin melodies and rhythms provide great rewards for duo pianists! This arrangement by Percy Grainger sends one great tune flying to another and another, creating a fantasy-like medl...

This setting was written for the University of Arkansas Percussion Ensemble. The arrangement provided and expressive and musical challenge for the mallet percussion ensemble. The setting has been orga...