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Louden Hugely: The Piano Music Of Percy Grainger, Jackson Carruthers
Louden Hugely: The Piano Music Of Percy Grainger, Jackson Carruthers
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882-1961) was an Australian pianist and composer. While highly esteemed during his lifetime, Grainger's music has largely fallen into neglect outside the world of the wind band. However, Grainger left a vast quantity of highly idiomatic and meritorious piano music which deserves greater acceptance. To this end, this paper makes a survey of Grainger's output for piano, to show the merit of his music and prove that it remains relevant even today.