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 There are also numerous unpublished works, sketches and juvenilia.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 middle 1950s. Works tended to be written concurrently, and were often developed over very long periods of time—in some cases extending to several decades—before eventual publication. Many of the compositions exist in a number of different versions, some of which refer to "elastic scoring", a means which permits performances by undefined musical forces ranging from small instrumental groups to full orchestra.
Publication dates refer to the first publications of individual works, although Grainger often continued to revise and prepare new versions of works long after their initial publication. The lists below do not represent a full record of Grainger's compositional work. Grainger's biographer John Bird has referred to the near-impossibility of cataloguing all of the composer's work, bearing in mind that "[h]is original compositions are scattered to the four corners of the earth".[1] In the mid-1970s the Grainger Museum in Melbourne began the work of rationalising and cataloguing its large collection of Grainger manuscripts, and published its initial results in 1978. Grainger also made many arrangements of other composers' works, which are not listed here.[2]
Collections
editGrainger assembled many of his works under generic collection headings:[3]
- American Folk-music Settings (AFMS)
- British Folk-music Settings (BFMS)
- Danish Folk-music collection (DFMS)
- Kipling Jungle Book Cycle (KJBC)
- Kipling Settings (KS)
- Room-music Tit-bits (RMTB)
- Sea Chanty Settings (SCS)
- Sentimentals (S)
- Settings of Dance – Folksongs from the Faeroe Islands (SDFFI)
- Settings of Songs and Tunes from William Chappell's "Old English Popular Music". (OEPM)
Original works
edit| Title | Collection ref. | Musical forces | Date(s) composed | Year of publication | Comment | Refs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Anchor Song" | KS 6 | Solo baritone, male choir or 4 voices, piano or orchestra | 1899–21 | 1922 | Verses by Rudyard Kipling | [4][5] |
| "Arrival Platform Humlet" | RMTB 7 | Viola, solo or ensemble | 1908–12 | 1916 | Other versions within the suite In a Nutshell | [5][6] |
| "At Twilight" | Unaccompanied tenor and mixed chorus | 1900–09 | 1913 | Words by Grainger | [4][5] | |
| "Australian Up-country Song" | Unaccompanied mixed chorus | 1905–28 | 1930 | [4][5] | ||
| "The Beaches of Lukannon" | KS 20 and KJBC 5 | Mixed chorus, strings ensemble, harmonium ad lib | 1898–41 | 1958 | Verses by Rudyard Kipling | [4][5] |
| "Blithe Bells" | 2 flutes (2nd also piccolo), oboe, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons (bassoon 1 ad lib.), horn (or alto saxophone), 2 trumpets (or soprano saxophones, trp.2 ad lib), trombone ad lib, harmonium ad lib., glockenspiel, vibraphone ad lib., marimba ad lib., celesta ad lib., piano 4-hands, harp ad lib., strings | 1931 | 1932 | |||
| "The Bride's Tragedy" | Chorus and orchestra or piano | 1908–13 | 1914 | Verses by Algernon Swinburne | [4][5] | |
| "Children's March: Over the Hills and Far Away" | RMTB 4 | (a) Solo piano (excerpt) (b) Military band, pianos (c) Two pianos, four hands |
1916–18 | 1918 1919 1920 |
[6][7] | |
| Colonial Song | S 1 | (a) Solo piano (b) Piano trio (c) Soprano, tenor, violin, cello, piano (d) Soprano, tenor, harp and orchestra (e) Military band |
1905–21 | 1913 1913 1913 1918 1921 |
[6][8] | |
| "Danny Deever" | Male chorus and orchestra, or baritone, male chorus, orchestra or piano | 1903–22 | 1924 | [4][8] | ||
| "Dedication" | KS 1 | Tenor, piano | 1901 | 1912 | Verses by Rudyard Kipling | [4][9] |
| "Eastern Intermezzo" | RMTB 5 | (a) Solo piano (b) Two pianos, four hands |
1899–1945 | 1922 1922 |
Other version within Youthful Suite | [6][9] |
| "English Dance" | (a) Two pianos, six hands (b) Chamber group (nine instruments) (c) Orchestra and organ |
1899–21 | 1924 1924 1929 |
[6][9] | ||
| "English Waltz" | Two pianos, four hands | 1899–47 | 1947 | Other version within Youthful Suite | [6][9] | |
| "The Fall of the Stone" | KS 16 and KJBC 1 | Chorus, with brass, woodwind, strings, harmonium, piano ad lib | 1901–23 | 1924 | Verses by Rudyard Kipling | [4][9] |
| "Handel in the Strand" (clog dance) | RMTB 2 | (a) Piano trio and viola ad lib (b) Solo piano (c) String orchestra (d) Two pianos, four hands |
1911–47 | 1912 1930 1932 1947 |
[6][10] | |
| "Harvest Hymn" | (a) Chamber or full orchestra, voices ad lib (b) Violin and piano (c) Unaccompanied chorus (d) Solo piano (e) Piano, four hands with voices ad lib (f) Strings with piano, harmonium or organ (g) Violin, cello, with organ or piano |
1905–38 | 1940 1940 1940 1940 1940 1942 unknown |
[6][11] | ||
| Hassan: General Dance | Orchestra | 1923 | 1923 | Contribution to the revised version of Delius's incidental music to Hassan | [12] | |
| "Hill Song No. 1" | (a) Two pianos, four hands (b) Two piccolos, six oboes, six English horns, six bassoons, contrabassoon (c) flute, piccolo, six double reeds, trumpet, euphonium, saxophones, harmonium, piano, percussion, six strings |
1901–23 | 1922
1922, 1924
|
[6][12][13] | ||
| "Hill Song No. 2" | (a) Two pianos, four hands (b) Wind instruments and cymbals (c) Large wind ensemble |
1907–46 | 1922 1950 1950 |
[6][12] | ||
| "Hunting-song of the Seonee Pack" | KS 8 and KJBC 8 | (a) Male voice choir (b) Male voice choir with optional wind and plucked strings |
1899–1922 | 1922 1958 |
Verses by Rudyard Kipling | [4][14] |
| "The Immovable Do" | (a) Organ (b) Solo piano (c) Clarinet or woodwind choir (d) Chorus with various orch. or instrumental combinations (e) String or full orchestra |
1933–42 | 1941 1941 1941 1941 1942 |
[6][14] | ||
| In a Nutshell (suite): "Arrival Platform Humlet"; "Gay but Wistful"; "Pastoral"; "The Gumsuckers March" | (a) Solo piano (b) Two pianos, four hands (c) Orchestra, tuneful percussion, piano |
1908–16 | 1916 1916 1916 |
[6][15] | ||
| "The Inuit" | KS 5 and KJBC 4 | Unaccompanied chorus | 1902 | 1912 | Verses by Rudyard Kipling | [4][14] |
| "The Lads of Wamphray" | (a) Male chorus with small orch. or piano (b) Wind Band |
1904–38 | 1925 1941 |
Words by Sir Walter Scott | [4][16] | |
| "The Love Song of Har Dyal" | KS 11 | Soprano, piano | 1901 | 1923 | Verses by Rudyard Kipling | [4][17] |
| "Love Verses from The Song of Solomon" | Soloists, chorus, instrumental or piano accompaniment | 1899–1931 | 1931 | [4][17] | ||
| "Lullaby" from Tribute to Foster | Solo piano | 1915 | 1917 | [6][17] | ||
| "Marching Song of Democracy" | (a) Chorus; orchestra, organ (b) Brass band |
1901–48 | 1917 uncertain |
[4][17] | ||
| "The Men of the Sea" | KS 10 | Unspecified voice, piano | 1899 | 1923 | Verses by Rudyard Kipling | [4][17] |
| "The Merry Wedding (Bridal Dance)" | Nine solo voices, chorus and orchestra or piano | 1912–15 | 1916 | Traditional Faeroese verses | [4][18] | |
| "Mock Morris" | RMTB 1 | (a) Three violins, two cellos, viola (b) String orchestra (c) Solo pano (concert version) (d) Solo piano (popular version) (e) Violin and piano (f) Orchestra |
1910–14 | 1911 1911 1912 1912 1914 1937 |
[6][18] | |
| "Morning Song in the Jungle" | KS 3 and KJBC 2 | Unaccompanied chorus | 1905 | 1912 | Verses by Rudyard Kipling | [4][18] |
| "Mowgli's Song Against People" | KS 15 and KJBC 11 | Chorus with oboe, harmonium, piano, violin, two violas, three cellos, double bass (instrumentation revised 1941–56) | 1903–56 | 1924, 1958 | Verses by Rudyard Kipling | [4][18] |
| "Night Song in the Jungle" | KS 17 and KJBC 3 | Unaccompanied male chorus | 1899–1924 | 1925 | Verses by Rudyard Kipling | [4][19] |
| "The Only Son" | KS 21 and KJBC 10 | Soprano and tenor, with harmonium, piano, two violins, viola, two cellos, double bass (wind, timpani and harp ad lib) | 1945–47 | 1958 | Verses by Rudyard Kipling | [4][19] |
| "The Peora Hunt" | KS 14 and KJBC 7 | Chorus with various optional accompaniments; harmonium, strings, woodwind, piano or harmonium | 1901–06 | 1924 | [4][19] | |
| "The Power of Rome and the Christian Heart" | (a) Brass band, organ, with percussion and strings optional (b) Orchestra, organ, with percussion and strings optional |
1918–43 | 1953 1953 |
[6][20] | ||
| "Recessional" | KS 18 | Chorus with optional accompaniment | 1905–29 | 1930 | Verses by Rudyard Kipling | [4][20] |
| "Red Dog" | KS 19 and KJBC 6 | Unaccompanied male chorus | 1941 | 1958 | Verses by Rudyard Kipling | [4][20] |
| "A Reiver's Neck-verse" | Tenor, piano | 1908 | 1911 | Verses by Algernon Swinburne | [4][20] | |
| "The Running of Shindand" | KS 9 | Unaccompanied male chorus | 1901–04 | 1922 | Verses by Rudyard Kipling | [4][20] |
| "The Sea Wife" | KS 22 | Chorus with brass ensemble or strings with piano | 1898–1947 | 1948 | Verses by Rudyard Kipling | [4][20] |
| "Soldier, Soldier" | KS 13 | Six solo voices and chorus | 1899–1908 | 1925 | Verses by Rudyard Kipling | [4][21] |
| "A Song of Autumn" | Unspecified voice, piano | 1899 | 1923 | Verses by A.L. Gordon | [4][21] | |
| "The Two Ravens" ("The Twa Corbies") | Baritone solo, with piano, two violins, two violas, two cellos, double bass | 1903–09 | 1924 | Traditional Scots ballad | [4][22] | |
| "Tiger, Tiger" | KS 4 and KJBC 9 | Male chorus, optional tenor solo | 1905 | 1912 | Verses by Rudyard Kipling | [4][23] |
| "To a Nordic Princess" | (a) Solo piano (b) Orchestral |
1927–28 | 1929 | [6][23] | ||
| "Tribute to Foster" | Soloists and chorus; musical glasses, pianos or orchestra, tuneful percussion | 1913–31 | 1932 | Verses by Grainger and Stephen Foster | [4][22] | |
| "Walking Tune" | RMTB 3 | (a) Solo piano (b) Wind quintet |
1900–05 | 1912 | [6][22] | |
| "The Warriors" | (a) Two pianos, six hands (b) Orchestra, three pianos (tuneful percussion ad lib) |
1913–16 | 1926 1926 |
[6][22] | ||
| "We Have Fed Our Seas" | KS 2 | Chorus with brass ensemble, ad lib strings | 1900–11 | 1911 | Verses by Rudyard Kipling | [4][22] |
| "The Widow's Party" | KS 7 | (a) Male chorus with orchestra or pianos (b) Male chorus with brass band or pianos |
1906–26 | 1923 1929 |
Verses by Rudyard Kipling | [4][24] |
| "Youthful Rapture" | (a) Cello and piano (b) Cello, violin, piano, harmonium and other instruments ad lib |
1901–29 | 1930 1930 |
[6][25] | ||
| Youthful Suite: "Northern March"; "Rustic Dance"; "Norse Dirge"; "Eastern Intermezzo"; "English Waltz" | Orchestra, with percussion, celesta, harmonium and piano ad lib | 1899–1945 | 1950 | [6] | ||
| "Zanzibar Boat Song" | RMTB 6 | Piano, six hands | 1902 | 1923 | [6][25] |
Folksong adaptations and arrangements
edit| Title | Collection ref. | Musical forces | Date(s) composed | Year of publication | Comment | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "As Sally Sat A-weeping" | Two pianos, four hands | 1905–12 | 1924 | One of "Two Musical Relics of my Mother" (see also "Hermundur Illi") | [4][22] | |
| "Bold William Taylor" | BFMS 47 | Unspecified voice; piano or instrumental accompaniment | 1908 | 1952 | [26] | |
| "Brigg Fair" | BFMS 7 | Tenor and chorus | 1906–11 | 1911 | [5][26] | |
| "British Waterside" | BFMS 26 | High or low voice and piano | 1920 | 1921 | [5][26] | |
| "The Camp" | Male chorus with small mixed chorus and brass band | 1904 | 1904 | One of "Two Welsh Fighting Songs" (see also "The March of the Men of Harlech") | [22][26] | |
| "Country Gardens" | BFMS 22 | (a) Solo piano (b) Two pianos, four hands (c) One piano, four hands (d) Two pianos, eight hands (e) Solo piano (easy version) (f) Solo piano (especially easy version) |
1908–36 | 1919 1932 1937 1937 1943 1943 |
[4][8] | |
| Danish Folksongs Suite:"The Power of Love"; "Lord Peter's Stable-boy"; "The Nightingale and the Two Sisters"; "Jutish Medley" | DFMS 2, 1, 10 and 9 | (a) Elastic scoring, from 2–4 instruments to orchestra (b) Orchestra, organ and piano |
1926–41 | 1930–31, 1950 | Other versions of individual numbers | [4][23] |
| "David of the White Rock" | Unspecified voice, piano | 1954 | 1963 | [8][26] | ||
| "Ramble on The Last Love Duet" | Unknown | Solo piano | 1927 | ? | Transcribed from a theme based on Richard Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier | [27] |
| "Died for Love" | BFMS 10 | (a) Solo piano (b) Female voice, with piano or small instrumental groups |
1906–07 | 1912 | [4][9] | |
| "Dollar and a Half a Day" | SCS 2 | Unaccompanied male soloists and choir | 1908–09 | 1922–23 | [9][26] | |
| "The Duke of Marlborough Fanfare" | BFMS 36 | Brass band or brass choir, cymbal | 1905–39 | 1949 | [4][9] | |
| "Father and Daughter" | SDFFI 1 | 3 tenors, baritone, bass, chorus; brass, percussion and strings accompaniment, mandolin and guitar ad lib | 1908–09 | 1913 | [9][26] | |
| "Green Bushes" | BFMS 12 and 25 | (a) Various instrumental combinations (b) Two pianos, six hands |
1905–21 | 1921 1931 |
[4][10] | |
| "Hermundur Illi" (Hurmund the Evil) | Two pianos, four hands | 1905–12 | 1924 | One of "Two Musical Relics of my Mother" (see also "As Sally Sat A'weeping") | [4][22] | |
| "The Hunter in his Career" | OEPM 3 and 4 | (a) Men's chorus and orchestra (b) Men's chorus, two pianos (c) Piano solo |
1904–30 | 1904 1930 1930 |
[4][12] | |
| "Husband and wife" | DMFS 5 | Two voices; instrumental accompaniment with timpani ad lib | 1923 | 1930 | Other versions in "Jutish Medley" and Danish Folksongs Suite | [26] |
| "I'm Seventeen Come Sunday" | BFMS 8 | Chorus, brass accompaniment | 1905–12 | 1906, 1913 | [14][26] | |
| "Irish Tune from County Derry" | BFMS 6, 5, 15, 20 and 29 | (a) Solo piano (b) Unaccompanied wordless chorus (c) Strings with horns ad lib (d) Band, organ, choruses ad lib (e) Orchestra (elastic scoring) |
1902–20 | 1911 1912 1913 1918 1920 |
[4][28] | |
| Jutish Medley: "Choosing the Bride"; The Dragon's Farewell; Husband and Wife; The Shoemaker from Jerusalem; Lord Peter's Stable-boy | DFMS 8 and DFMS 9 | (a) Solo piano (b) Two pianos, six hands (elastic) |
1923–29 | 1928 1930 |
Other versions within Danish Folksongs Suite and for individual numbers | [4][16] |
| "Knight and Shepherds Daughter" | BFMS 18 | Solo piano | 1918 | 1919 | [4][16] | |
| "Lets Dance Gay in Green Meadow" | SDFFI | (a) Piano, four hands (b) Wind Ensemble, 1954 |
1905–54 | 1967 1969 |
Also known as "Faeroe Island Dance" | [4][16] |
| Lincolnshire Posy: "Lisbon" (also called "Dublin Bay"); "Horkstow Grange"; "Rufford Park Poachers"; "The Brisk Young Sailor"; "Lord Melbourne"; "The Lost Lady Found" | BFMS 34 and 35 | (a) Two pianos, four hands (b) Wind ensemble |
1905–37 | 1940 1940 |
Other versions for individual numbers | [4][16] |
| "Lisbon (Dublin Bay)" | BFMS 40 | Wind quintet or saxophone choir | 1931 | 1972 | Other versions in Lincolnshire Posy | [4][17] |
| "Lord Peter's Stable-boy" | DFMS 1 | (a) Elastic scoring up to full orchestra (b) Wind band (c) Voices with instruments ad lib |
1922–27 | 1930 1930 1930 |
Other versions in Danish Folksongs Suite and Jutish Medley | [17] |
| "The Lost Lady Found" | BFMS 33 | Chorus, with brass, timpani and strings or piano and strings | 1905–10 | 1949 | Other version in Lincolnshire Posy | [17][26] |
| "The March of the Men of Harlech" | Male chorus with small mixed chorus and brass band | 1904 | 1904 | One of "Two Welsh Fighting Songs" (see also "The Camp") | [22][26] | |
| "Marching Tune" | BFMS 9 | Chorus with brass ensemble or piano | 1905–06 | 1911 | [17][26] | |
| "The Merry King" | BFMS 38 and 39 | (a) Solo Piano (b) Wind and/or strings, piano, organ |
1905–39 | 1939 1939 |
[4][17] | |
| "Molly on the Shore" | BFMS 1, 19, and 23 | (a) String quartet or string orchestra (b) Orchestra (c) Solo piano (d) Military band (e) Two pianos, four hands |
1907–47 | 1911 1914 1918 1921 1948 |
[4][18] | |
| "My Robin is to the Greenwood Gone" | OEPM | (a) Solo piano (b) Violin, cello and piano (c) Strings, flute, English horn |
1912 | 1912 1912 1912 |
[4][29] | |
| "The Nightingale and the Two Sisters" | DFMS 10 | Wind band | 1923–30 | 1931 | Other versions in Danish Folksong Suite | [4][19] |
| "Old Irish Tune" | Unaccompanied chorus | 1902 | 1904 | [19] | ||
| "One More Day, my John" | SCS 1 | Solo piano | 1915 | 1921 | [4][19] | |
| "The Pretty Maid Milkin' her Cow" | BFMS 27 | Unspecified voice, piano (high and low key versions) | 1920 | 1921 | [20][26] | |
| La Scandinavie (Scandinavian Suite): "Swedish Air and Dance"; "Song of Vermland"; "Norwegian Polka"; "Danish Melody"; "Air and Finale on Swedish Dances" | Cello, piano | 1902 | 1903 | [4][20] | ||
| "Scotch Strathspey and Reel" | BFMS 28, 37 | (a) Two tenors, two baritones; 20 or 21 instruments ad lib (b) Solo piano |
1901–39 | 1924 1939 |
[4][20] | |
| "Shallow Brown" | SCS 3 | Solo voice(s) and chorus with various combinations of instrumental accompaniment | 1910–25 | 1927 | [20][26] | |
| "Shepherd's Hey" | BFMS 3, 4, 16, 21 | (a) 12 instruments (strings, wind) (b) Orchestra (c) Solo piano (d) Simplified piano solo (e) Wind band (f) Two pianos, four hands |
1908–47 | 1911 1913 1914 1918 1948 1967 |
[4][21] | |
| "Sir Eglamore" | BFMS 13 | Double chorus; brass, percussion, strings accompanimentharp, | 1904–12 | 1904, 1912 | [21][26] | |
| "Six Dukes Went Afishin'" | BFMS 11 | Unspecified voice (high and low versions), piano | 1905–12 | 1913 | [21][26] | |
| "A Song of Vermland" | Unaccompanied chorus | 1903–04 | 1904 | Other version in La Scandinavie | [21][26] | |
| "Spoon River" | AFMS 1, 3 | (a) Solo piano (b) Elastic scoring (c) Two pianos, four hands |
1919–33 | 1922 1930 1932 |
[4][23] | |
| "The Sprig of Thyme" | BFMS 24 | Unspecified voice (high and low versions), piano | 1907–20 | 1920 | [23][26] | |
| "The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol" | BFMS 2, 17 | (a) Violin or cello and piano (b) Solo piano |
1905–15 | 1916 1916 |
[4][23] | |
| "There Was a Pig Went Out to Dig" | BFMS 18 | (a) Two sopranos, two altos unaccompanied (b) Female or children's choir |
1905–10 | 1915 | [23][26] | |
| "The Three Ravens" | BFMS 41 | Baritone and chorus; woodwind accompaniment | 1902 | 1905 | [23][26] | |
| "Willow Willow" | OEPM 1 | (a) Voice and piano (b) Voice with guitar or harp and strings |
1898–1911 | 1912 1912 |
[25][26] | |
| "Ye Banks and Braes o' Bonnie Doon" | BFMS 31 | (a) Male chorus with whistlers or women's unison voices (b) Orchestra (c) Wind band |
1901–32 | 1937
1937 1949 |
[4][25] |
Hitherto unpublished works now published (original composition and arrangements)
edit| Title | Collection ref. | Musical forces | Date(s) composed | Publisher | Comment | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Beautiful Fresh Flower" | Solo piano | 1935 | Bardic Edition | [30] | ||
| "Colleen Dhas" | Flute, English horn, guitar, violin, viola, cello | 1904 | Bardic Edition | Folksong setting | [4] | |
| "Creepin' Jane" | BFMS | Unspecified voice, piano | 1920–21 | Bardic Edition | Folksong setting | [26] |
| "Early One Morning" | BFMS | (a) Flute, horn, strings, contrabassoon, all ad lib (b) Soprano with wind and strings accompaniment |
1901–40 | Bardic Edition | Folksong setting | [4] |
| "Echo-song Trials" | Woodwind, brass, strings, harpsichord or piano | 1945 | Grainger Society | [6] | ||
| Free music | (a) String quartet (b) Theremins |
1907–36 | Bardic Edition | [6] | ||
| "Gipsy's Wedding Day" | BFMS | Four voices | 1906 | Bardic Edition | [30] | |
| "Hard-Hearted Barbara [H]ellen" | BFMS | Voice and piano | 1906–46 | Bardic Edition | [30] | |
| "In Bristol Town" | BFMS | (a) Voice and "room music" (b) Viola and organ Solo piano or piano, six hands |
1906–51 | Bardic Edition | [30] | |
| "In Dahomey (Cakewalk Smasher)" | Solo piano | 1903–09 | Peters Edition | [30] | ||
| "The Lonely Desert-man Sees the Tents of the Happy Tribes" | RMTB 9 | (a) Piano, four hands (b) Trumpet and woodwind (various combinations) (c) Soprano, tenor, baritone with piano and various instrumental combinations |
1911–54 | Bardic Edition | [6] | |
| "Lord Maxwell's Goodnight" | BFMS 14 and BFMS 42 | Baritone or tenor, strings accompaniment | 1904–47 | Bardic Edition | Folksong setting | [26] |
| "The Maiden and the Frog" | DFMS | Cello and piano | Bardic Edition | [30] | ||
| "Mary Thomson" | Chorus | 1913 | Bardic Edition | [26] | ||
| "Mock Morris" (Always Merry and Bright) | RMTB 1 | Two pianos, four hands | 1910 | Bardic Edition | [6][18] | |
| "My Love's in Germany" | BFMS | Mixed voices | 1903 | Bardic Edition | [30] | |
| "Near Woodstock Town | BFMS | (a) mixed voices Solo piano |
1903–51 | Bardic Edition | [30] | |
| "The Old Woman at the Christening" | DFMS 11 | Unspecified voice with harmonium and piano | 1925 | Bardic Edition | [26] | |
| "O Mistress Mine" | BFMS | Mixed chorus | 1903 | Bardic Edition | [30] | |
| "The Power of Love" | DFMS 2, 4 | Solo soprano, with piano or various instrumental combinations | 1922–41 | Bardic Edition | Other versions in Danish Folksong Suite | [20][26] |
| "Pritteling, Pratteling, Pretty Poll Parrot" | Two pianos, four hands | 1911 | Bardic Edition | [6] | ||
| "Random Round" | (a) Two pianos, 12 hands, maracas (b) Three soloists, with viola, xylophone, guitar, ukulele, maracas and other combinations |
1912–43 | Bardic Edition | [6] | ||
| "Rimmer and Goldcastle" | DFMS 3 | Chous and piano solo | undated | Bardic Edition | [26] | |
| "The Rival Brothers" | Four soloists with violin, viola, cello | 1905–43 | Bardic Edition | Faeroese ballad | [4] | |
| "Sailor's Song" | (a) Orchestra Bells and tuneful percussion Solo piano |
1900–54 | Peters Edition (simplified piano) solo
Bardic Edition |
[30] | ||
| "Shenandoah" | SCS | Male voices | 1907 | Bardic Edition | [30] | |
| Songs of the North: 14 songs including "Skye Boat Song"; "Leeze Lindsay"; "Weaving Song" and 11 others | Voices and piano | 1900–54 | Bardic Edition | [30] | ||
| "Spoon River" | Wind ensemble | 1933 | Folksong setting | [4] | ||
| "Stalt Vesselil" (Proud Vesselil) | DFMS | (a) Voice Solo piano |
1951 | Bardic Edition | [30] | |
| "Stormy (Pumping Chanty)" | Male voices | 1907 | Peters Edition | [30] | ||
| "Thanksgiving Song" | Five voices and up to 30 instruments | 1945 | Bardic Edition | [30] | ||
| "Thou Gracious Power" | Chorus | 1952 | Bardic Edition | [30] | ||
| "Train Music" | Orchestra, with simplified piano version | 1901–57 | Bardic Edition | [30] | ||
| "Under a Bridge" | DFMS 12 | Soprano, baritone soloists with flute, trumpet, piano four hands, tuneful percussion | 1928–46 | Bardic Edition | Folksong setting | [26] |
| "When the World was Young" | S | Two pianos, four hands | 1910–11 | Bardic Edition | [6] | |
| "The Wraith of Odin" | Two pianos, four hands | 1903–22 | Bardic Edition | [6] |
Unpublished incomplete sketches and juvenilia (some now published)
edit| Title | Collection ref.[30] | Musical forces[30] | Date(s) composed[30] | Publisher[30] | Comment[30] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Afterword" | Mixed chorus and brass | 1910 | Bardic Edition | ||
| "Afton Water" | Voice and piano | 1898 | Bardic Edition | ||
| "Agincourt song" | BFMS | Mixed chorus | undated | Bardic Edition | |
| "Ballad of Clampherdown" | KS | Baritone and piano | 1899 | Kipling setting | |
| "Ballad of the 'Bolivar'" | KS | Male chorus and orchestra | 1901 | Kipling setting | |
| "Birthday Gift to Mother" | Not stated | 1893 | |||
| "The Bridegroom Grat" | BFMS | voice and strings (or piano) | 1902 | Bardic Edition | |
| Bush Music | Not stated | 1900–22 | |||
| "Death Song for Hjalmar Thuren" | Not stated | 1916–17 | |||
| "Evan Banks" | Voice and piano | 1898 | Bardic Edition | ||
| "The First Chantey" | KS | (a) Voice and piano
(b) Baritone, chorus and instruments |
1899–1903 | Bardic Edition | Kipling setting |
| "Fisher's Boarding House" | KS | Orchestra | 1899 | Bardic Edition | |
| "Ganges Pilot" | KS | Baritone and piano | 1899 | Bardic Edition | Kipling setting |
| "The Hunt is Up" | BFMS | male voices and piano duet | 1901 | Bardic Edition | |
| "The Keel Row" | BFMS | mixed chorus and orchestra (realised Ould) | 1901 | Bardic Edition | |
| "Land o' the Leal" | voice and strings (or piano) | 1901 | |||
| "The Merchantmen" | KS | Voices and instruments | 1902–09 | Kipling setting | |
| "Merciful Town" | KS | voice and piano | 1899 | Bardic Edition | Kipling setting |
| "Nornagesti Rima" | Chorus | undated | Sketch based on Faeroe Island ballad | ||
| "Northern Ballad" | KS | Voice and piano | 1898–99 | Bardic Edition | |
| "Norwegian Idyll" | Not stated | 1910 | |||
| "Old Little English Dance" | Orchestra | 1899 | |||
| "Peace" and "Saxon Twi-play" | Piano | 1898 | Bardic Edition | ||
| "Piano Concerto" | Two pianos | 1896 | Bardic Edition | ||
| "The Rhyme of the Three Sealers" | KS | Four-part men and boys' chorus | 1900–01 | Kipling setting | |
| "Ride with an Idle Whip" | KS | Voice and piano | 1899 | Bardic Edition | Kipling setting |
| Rondo for piano | Piano, four hands | 1897 | Bardic Edition | ||
| "Saga of King Olaf" (with "Thora Von Rimol") | Voices and piano | 1898–99 | |||
| "Sailor's Chanty" | Men's chorus or solo tenor, piano | 1901 | Bardic Edition | ||
| "Sea song" | Strings | 1907–46 | Bardic Edition | Sketches for "beatless music" | |
| "The Secret of the Sea" | Voice and piano | undated | Bardic Edition | ||
| Theme and variations | String quartet | 1898 | Bardic Edition | ||
| "There Were Three Friends" | KS | Orchestra | 1898–99 | Bardic Edition | |
| "To Walcott Balestier" | KS | Voices (possibly contralto), organ | undated | ||
| "We be three poor mariners" | BFMS | Not stated | 1901 | ||
| "We Were Dreamers" | KS | (a) Four-part chorus
(b) Orchestra |
1899 | Bardic Edition
Kipling setting |
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| "Who Built De Ark?" | Voices and guitar | 1911 | |||
| "You Wild and Mossy Mountains | Voice and piano | 1898 | Bardic Edition | ||
| "Young British Soldier" | KS | Voice and piano | 1899 | Bardic Edition | Kipling setting |
References
editSources
edit- Bird, John (1982). Percy Grainger. London: Faber & Faber. ISBN 0-571-11717-1.
- Fairfax, Brian (1981). "Orchestral Music". In Foreman, Lewis (ed.). The Percy Grainger Companion. London: Thames Publishing. ISBN 0-905210-12-3.
- Josephson, David (1980). "Grainger (George) Percy (Aldridge)". In Sadie, Stanley (ed.). New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Vol. 7. London. ISBN 0-333-23111-2.
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Footnotes
edit- ^ Bird, p. 262
- ^ See Bird, pp. 278–82, or Foreman (ed.), pp. 229–35
- ^ Foreman (ed.), p. 217
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj Josephson, p. 617
- ^ a b c d e f g h Bird, p. 264
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac Josephson, p. 616
- ^ Bird, pp. 264–65
- ^ a b c d Bird, p. 265
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Bird, p. 266
- ^ a b Bird, p. 267
- ^ Bird, pp. 267–68
- ^ a b c d Bird, p. 268
- ^ Koch International Classics CD 3-7003-2, liner notes
- ^ a b c d Bird, p. 269
- ^ Bird, pp. 264, 267, 269, 273
- ^ a b c d e Bird, p. 270
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Bird, p. 271
- ^ a b c d e f Bird, p. 272
- ^ a b c d e f Bird, p. 273
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Bird, p. 274
- ^ a b c d e f Bird, p. 275
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Bird, p. 277
- ^ a b c d e f g h Bird, p. 276
- ^ Bird, pp. 277–78
- ^ a b c d Bird, p. 278
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab Josephson, p. 618
- ^ Foreman, p. 260
- ^ Bird, pp. 269–70
- ^ Bird, pp. 271–73
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Foreman (ed.), pp. 221–28