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Percy Grainger : the man behind the music / Eileen Dorum ; with a preface by Marjorie Tipping.
Publication details: Hawthorn, Vic : I.C. & E.E. Dorum, 1986.Description: xii, 224 p., [28] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 095889650X
- 0958896518 (limited ed.)
- 780.924
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Biography | 780.924 DOR | Available | 063906 |
Total reserves: 0
Includes index. Bibliography: p. 216.
"George Percy Grainger, the official name of this man; Percy Aldridge Grainger, the composer; Percy Grainger, the renowned concert pianist and conductor. But in this account he is mostly just Percy, or Perks as his close friends dubbed him in his student days.
Eileen Dorum has opened the door to Percy Grainger as his family and friends knew him.
There is no room for artificial sensationalism either self-created or borrowed by the author. Fact is stranger than fiction and it is on facts that 'Percy Grainger: the man behind the music', is based. -- Inside cover
