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The New Percy Grainger Companion edited by Penelope Thwaites

by David Pear
May 2011, no. 331

The New Percy Grainger Companion by Penelope Thwaites

The Boydell Press, $99.95 hb, 332 pp

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There is too much Percy Grainger for one person. Having studied the man for twenty-five years, I still cannot account for his ability to achieve so much in so many fields. The thousands of lengthy letters he wrote alone constitute a lifetime’s work, irrespective of the music, the concert performances, the teaching, the publishing.

 


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The New Percy Grainger Companion by Penelope Thwaites

The Boydell Press, $99.95 hb, 332 pp

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.


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