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Inventing Percy Grainger : The Construction of Biography on Page, Stage and Screen.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kirby, Sarah
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Woodbridge : Boydell & Brewer, Inc., 2026.
Subjects:
Grainger, Percy, > 1882-1961.
Composers > Biography.
Pianists > Biography.
Composers > Australia > Biography.
Composers > United States > Biography.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • PART I Creating the Narrative
  • 1914 to the 1970s
  • 1 Biographical Narrative and the 'Celebrity' Profile
  • 2 The 1960s
  • Tributes, Theses, and Grainger on Screen
  • 3 John Bird's Percy Grainger (1976)
  • PART II Sex, Violence and Mothers
  • The 1980s and 1990s
  • 4 A Whip Round for Percy Grainger: (A Serious Comedy in Two Acts) (1982) by Thérèse Radic
  • 5 Percy and Rose (1982) by Rob George
  • 6 Passion: The Story of Percy Grainger (1999) and Other Grainger Biopics
  • PART III Challenging Established Tropes - The Twenty-First Century
  • 7 Suite for Percy Grainger (2014) by Jessica L. Wilkinson
  • 8 Percy (2014) by Michael McNeill, John Matthews and Margery Smith
  • 9 Grainger at Home (2019) by Karen Van Spall and Lucy Esdaile
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index