The published musical compositions of Percy Grainger (1882–1961) fall into two main categories: (a) original works and (b) folksong settings. There are also numerous unpublished works, sketches and

juvenilia Juvenilia are literary, musical or artistic works produced by authors during their youth. Written juvenilia, if published at all, usually appears as a retrospective publication, some time after the author has become well known for later works. ...

. Grainger's compositional career lasted for more than half a century, from the end of the 19th century until the middle 1950s. Works tended to be written concurrently, and were often developed over very long periods of time—in some cases extending to several decades—before eventual publication. Many of the compositions exist in a number of different versions, some of which refer to "

elastic scoring Elastic scoring is a style of orchestration or music arrangement that was first used by the Australian composer Percy Grainger. Purpose This technique of orchestration is used to provide composers with the option of allowing a diverse group of ...

", a means which permits performances by undefined musical forces ranging from small instrumental groups to full orchestra. Publication dates refer to the first publications of individual works, although Grainger often continued to revise and prepare new versions of works long after their initial publication. The lists below do not represent a full record of Grainger's compositional work. Grainger's biographer John Bird has referred to the near-impossibility of cataloguing all of the composer's work, bearing in mind that " s original compositions are scattered to the four corners of the earth". In the mid-1970s the

Grainger Museum The Grainger Museum is a repository of items documenting the life, career and music of the composer, folklorist, educator and pianist Percy Grainger (b. Melbourne, 1882; d. White Plains, New York, 1961), located in the grounds of the University o ...

in Melbourne began the work of rationalising and cataloguing its large collection of Grainger manuscripts, and published its initial results in 1978. Grainger also made many arrangements of other composers' works, which are not listed here.

Collections

Grainger assembled many of his works under generic collection headings:Foreman (ed.), p. 217 *

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Folk-music Settings (AFMS) * British Folk-music Settings (BFMS) *

Danish Danish may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark People * A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark * Culture of Denmark * Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish ance ...

Folk-music collection (DFMS) * Kipling Jungle Book Cycle (KJBC) *Kipling Settings (KS) *Room-music Tit-bits (RMTB) *

Sea Chanty A sea shanty, chantey, or chanty () is a genre of traditional folk song that was once commonly sung as a work song to accompany rhythmical labor aboard large merchant sailing vessels. The term ''shanty'' most accurately refers to a specific st ...

Settings (SCS) *Sentimentals (S) *Settings of Dance - Folksongs from the Faeroe Islands (SDFFI) *Settings of Songs and Tunes from William Chappell's "Old English Popular Music". (OEPM)

Original works

Folksong adaptations and arrangements

Hitherto unpublished works now published (original composition and arrangements)

Unpublished incomplete sketches and juvenilia (some now published)

References

Sources

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Footnotes

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Grainger Grainger may refer to: Places *Grainger, Alberta, a locality in Canada *Grainger County, Tennessee, a county located in Tennessee, United States *Grainger Falls, a waterfall in Chalky Inland, Fiordland, New Zealand *Grainger Market, a covered mark ...