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The free music of Percy Grainger

Title
The free music of Percy Grainger / by Margaret Hee-Leng Tan.
Author
Tan, Margaret Leng
Publication
1971.

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Additional Authors
  • Stout, Alan
  • Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961.
Description
65 leaves, bound : ill., facsims., photo.; 29 cm. +
Subjects
Note
  • Typescript (photocopy).
  • Musical examples, some in graphic notation, reproduced from holographic and printed sources, and bound in supp. volume; also includes 10 leaves housed in slipcase containing Grainger's Free music no. 2 in graphical form reproduced from photographic plates.
  • Appendix includes holograph reproductions of Grainger's Free music no. 1, originally for string quartet, arr. by composer for 4 theremins, Free music no. 2 for 6 theremins, both in graphic form, and an arrangement of Free music no. 2 for 3 violas and 3 double basses in conventional notation transcribed by Alan Stout and reproduced from transcriber's manuscript.
Thesis (note)
  • Thesis (D.M.A.)--Juilliard School, 1971.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Introduction -- The principles of "free music" -- A comparative study of Grainger and some other innovative composers of his time -- Some unknown early works by Grainger embodying his free-music concepts : the Free-music machines -- Selected bibliography -- Appendix of musical examples [housed separately in supp. vol. and slipcase].
Call Number
JMF 07-1032
OCLC
46700059
Author
Tan, Margaret Leng.
Title
The free music of Percy Grainger / by Margaret Hee-Leng Tan.
Imprint
1971.
Thesis
Thesis (D.M.A.)--Juilliard School, 1971.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Local Note
NYPL copy lacks appendix of musical examples.
Added Author
Stout, Alan.
Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961. Free music, no. 1; arranged.
Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961. Free music, no. 2.
Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961. Free music, no. 2; arranged.
Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961. Literary works. Selections.
Research Call Number
JMF 07-1032
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