The all-round man
selected letters of Percy Grainger, 1914-1961
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Author
Contributions
- Gillies, Malcolm. - Contributor
- Pear, David. - Contributor
Publication
1994 - Clarendon Press, Oxford [England], New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
75,250 words, Guess
Page Count
301 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1088743M
- ISBN-100198163770
- OCLC Control Number30547744
- OCLC Control Numberallroundmanselec0000grai
- Library of Congress Control Number94012799
and 2 more
- LibraryThing2367134
- Goodreads2800866
Classifications
- DDC786.2/092
- LCCML410.G75 A4 1994
Description
Percy Grainger was one of the most colourful of this century's cultural figures. As a pianist and largely self-taught composer he was feted in the 1910s and the 1920s, and is probably still best known for the work he 'dished up' in many different guises, Country Gardens. But Grainger aspired to the role of 'the all-round man' and nourished ideas, some brilliant, others ludicrous, across the full range of human endeavour: race, nationality, sex, language, life-style, food, clothes, technology, ecology. The All-Round Man depicts that scrabbling diversity through seventy-six challenging letters from Grainger's 'American' years, 1914-61. These letters are fascinating to read: they are cultivated 'rambles' (as Grainger actually called several of his compositions), not dissimilar to today's telephone conversations. Often written in Grainger's crunchy 'Blue-eyed English', they explore uninhibitedly every corner of his public and private life. They reflect the magnificent attempts of a great but flawed mind to encompass the world.
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