Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961
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Grainger, George Percy, 1882-1961
Grainger, Percy Aldridge, 1882-1961.
Greĭndzher, P., 1882-1961
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Identifies RWO
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found: Parker, D. C. Percy Aldridge Grainger, 1918.
found: New Grove(Grainger, (George) Percy (Aldridge); b. July 8, 1882, Brighton, Melbourne; d. Feb. 20, 1961, White Plains, NY; American composer, pianist, editor)
found: Grove music online, September 12 2011(Grainger, (George) Percy (Aldridge); b. Brighton, Victoria [i.e., a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia], 8 July 1882; d. White Plains, NY, 20 Feb 1961; Australian-American composer, pianist and folksong collector)
found: Britannica online, March 31, 2017(Percy Grainger, original name George Percy Grainger (born July 8, 1882, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; died Feb. 20, 1961, White Plains, N.Y., U.S.), Australian-born American composer, pianist, and conductor who was also known for his work in collecting folk music)
found: Australian dictionary of biography online, March 31, 2017(Grainger, George Percy (1882-1961); musician, born on 8 July 1882 at Brighton, Melbourne; in May 1895, following a benefit concert in the Melbourne Town Hall under the direction of George Marshall-Hall, Grainger left with his mother to further his musical studies in Germany. He never returned to Australia to live but retained a ferocious nationalism, an intense love of the landscape and a rather quixotic view of the virtues of the Australian character; lived with his mother in London from May 1901 to August 1914; departed for the United States at the beginning of September 1914; became a naturalized American citizen on 3 June 1918) - http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/grainger-george-percy-6448 found: Wikipedia, March 31, 2017(Percy Grainger; Percy Aldridge Grainger (8 July 1882-20 February 1961) was an Australian-born composer, arranger and pianist; moved to the United States in 1914, where he lived for the rest of his life; took American citizenship in 1918)
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1980-07-17: new
2023-09-19: revised
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