Country gardens : and other works for piano / Percy Grainger ; selected and with an introduction by Joseph Smith.

Format:

Musical score

Author/Creator:

Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961.

Contributor:

Smith, Joseph, 1948-

Standardized Title:

Piano music. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Piano music.

Folk songs, English--Instrumental settings.

Folk songs, English.

Genre:

Piano music.

Notated music.

Instrumental settings.

Physical Description:

1 score (vi pages, 120 pages) ; 31 cm

Place of Publication:

Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, 2001.

Summary:

Remembered for his brilliant pianism and exquisite folksong settings, the Australian-born American composer and pianist Percy Grainger (1882-1961) rejected, early on, the discipline and attitudes of the central European tradition in music, preferring instead to experiment with unconventional sounds and rhythms. His energy, love of nature, and creativity are revealed in the compositions comprising this original collection of his most popular piano works. Included are such genial pieces as "Handel in the Strand" and "Molly on the Shore" ("my fripperies, " as the composer referred to them), as well as "Colonial Song, " "Irish Tune from County Derry, " "Shepherd's Hey, " "Spoon River, " "Mock Morris, " "Maguire's Kick, " "The Nightingale" and "The Two Sisters, " and "Lullaby" from Tribute to Foster. Now conveniently gathered in one affordable edition, these lyrical compositions are sure to be welcomed by music students and teachers alike.

Contents:

Molly on the shore (Irish reel) (1907)

Mock morris (1910)

Irish tune from County Derry (1911)

The Sussex mummers' Christmas carol (1911)

Colonial song (1911)

Handel in the strand (clog dance, 1911-12)

Shepherd's hey (English morris dance tune, 1908-13)

Lullaby from Tribute to Foster (1913-15)

One more day, my John (sea-chanty, 1915)

March-jig ("Maguire's kick") (no. 1 of Four Irish dances, 1916)

Knight and shepherd's daughter (1918)

Country gardens (English morris dance tune, 1918)

Spoon river (American folk-dance, 1919-22)

The nightingale, and The two sisters (1923)

Blithe bells (a free ramble on Bach's aria Sheep may safely graze, 1931)

Notes:

"... a new compilation of works originally published separately in early authoritative early editions"--T.p. verso.

ISBN:

0486422410

OCLC:

50248966