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Inventing Percy Grainger : The Construction of Biography on Page, Stage and Screen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kirby, Sarah
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961.
- Grainger, Percy.
- Composers--Biography.
- Composers.
- Pianists--Biography.
- Pianists.
- Composers--Australia--Biography.
- Composers--United States--Biography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Woodbridge : Boydell & Brewer, Inc., 2026.
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- PART I Creating the Narrative
- 1914 to the 1970s
- 1 Biographical Narrative and the 'Celebrity' Profile
- 2 The 1960s
- Tributes, Theses, and Grainger on Screen
- 3 John Bird's Percy Grainger (1976)
- PART II Sex, Violence and Mothers
- The 1980s and 1990s
- 4 A Whip Round for Percy Grainger: (A Serious Comedy in Two Acts) (1982) by Thérèse Radic
- 5 Percy and Rose (1982) by Rob George
- 6 Passion: The Story of Percy Grainger (1999) and Other Grainger Biopics
- PART III Challenging Established Tropes - The Twenty-First Century
- 7 Suite for Percy Grainger (2014) by Jessica L. Wilkinson
- 8 Percy (2014) by Michael McNeill, John Matthews and Margery Smith
- 9 Grainger at Home (2019) by Karen Van Spall and Lucy Esdaile
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Kirby, Sarah Inventing Percy Grainger
- ISBN:
- 9781837653645
- 183765364X
- 9781837653638
- 1837653631
- Publisher Number:
- 40033140404
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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