Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Country Gardens" is an old English folk tune traditionally used for Morris dancing. It was introduced by traditional folk musician William Kimber to Cecil Sharp near the beginning of the twentieth century, then popularised by a diverse range of musicians from Percy Grainger and David Stanhope to Jimmie Rodgers .
Grainger, c. 1910s. The published musical compositions of Percy Grainger (1882–1961) fall into two main categories: (a) original works and (b) folksong settings. There are also numerous unpublished works, sketches and juvenilia. Grainger's compositional career lasted for more than half a century, from the end of the 19th century until the ...
Princes Bridge, Melbourne, designed by John Grainger. Grainger was born on 8 July 1882 in Brighton, south-east of Melbourne.His father, John Grainger, an English-born architect who had emigrated to Australia in 1877, won recognition for his design of the Princes Bridge across the Yarra River in Melbourne; [1] His mother Rose Annie Aldridge was the daughter of Adelaide hotelier George Aldridge.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Pages for logged out editors learn more
Kimber's version of the folk tune Country Gardens was noted by Cecil Sharp, and musicians from Percy Grainger to Jimmie Rodgers went on to popularise the tune. Kimber's Anglo concertina playing — making use of the left-hand to add simple but effective chordal and rhythmic accompaniments — showed great vitality and lightness of touch. The ...
Percy Grainger Irish Tune from County Derry (1918) Lincolnshire Posy (1937) Country Gardens (1928) Howard Hanson Chorale and Alleluia (1954) Paul Hindemith Symphony in B-flat (1951) Gustav Holst Hammersmith: Prelude and Scherzo, Op. 52 (1930) First Suite in E-flat Major, Op. 28/1 (1909) Second Suite in F Major, Op. 28/2 (1911) Karel Husa Music ...
Lincolnshire Posy is a musical composition by Percy Grainger for concert band commissioned in 1937 by the American Bandmasters Association. [1] Considered by John Bird, the author of Grainger's biography, to be his masterpiece, the 16-minute-long work has six movements, each adapted from folk songs that Grainger had collected on a 1905–1906 trip to Lincolnshire, England.
Joseph Taylor (10 September 1833 – 4 May 1910), [1] was a folk singer from Saxby-All-Saints, Lincolnshire, England, who became the first English folk singer to be commercially recorded [1] after coming to the attention of the composer and musicologist Percy Grainger.