Percy Grainger
by Jessie and Josephine
| Percy Grainger was a famous Australian composer and
pianist.
He was born on 8 July1882 in Brighton, Victoria.. His father was John H Grainger and his mother's name was Rose, a well known architect whose designs included the Princes Bridge in Melbourne.
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Percy Grainger was a child prodigy. His mother gave him his
first piano lessons. He gave his first concert at the age of
10. These were followed by training with other well known teachers
in Australia. After his 13th Birthday, he went to Germany to
study.
After the first world war, Percy Grainger continued with concert tours and lectures. At 18 he had already become famous in London.
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In 1918 he became an American Citizen but he came back to Australia often. He founded the Grainger Museum at the University of Melbourne. On 20th February 1961 he died in New York and he was buried in Adelaide, South Australia.
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