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Percy Grainger

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The result was: not scheduled by Brianboulton (talk) 10:14, 18 June 2015 (UTC)



Percy Grainger (1882–1961) was an Australian-born composer, arranger and pianist, who played a prominent role in the revival of interest in British folk music in the early 20th century. Grainger left Australia at the age of 13 to study at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt. Between 1901 and 1914 he was based in London, where he established himself first as a society pianist and later as a concert performer, composer and collector of original folk melodies. He met many of the significant figures in European music, forming friendships with Frederick Delius and Edvard Grieg, and became a champion of Nordic music and culture. In 1914, Grainger moved to the United States, where he took citizenship in 1918. He experimented with music machines that he hoped would supersede human interpretation. In the 1930s he set up the Grainger Museum in Melbourne, his birthplace, as a monument to his life and works and as a future research archive. He considered his career a failure. Although much of his work was experimental and unusual, the piece with which he is most generally associated is his piano arrangement of the folk-dance tune "Country Gardens".
 * Most recent similar article(s): no classical composer yet in 2015
 * Main editors: Brianboulton
 * Promoted: May 2011
 * Reasons for nomination: day of birth
 * Support as nominator. Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:35, 29 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment: A 133rd anniversary isn't particularly notable. There have been quite a few classical music-related TFAs scheduled recently (31 May, 9 June, 24 June) and I had in mind Noye's Fludde for St Swithin's Day, 15 July. We shouldn't try and use up the remaining classical TFAs too quickly, and I think Percy can easily wait another year. Brianboulton (talk) 10:14, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment - I agree with Brianboulton, but I couldn't let this pass with out commenting in his incredible do (Percy's not Brianboulton's; though Brianboulton may have great hair I can't imagine it can compete with Perce's 'Fantasy on a Theme of Cumulonimbus'). Belle (talk) 14:58, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment: mind-reading isn't my best, the Fludde and a composer seem different enough, 134 isn't any more notable than 133, so if wait then two years, or 17? - but why? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:19, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
 * You don't have to read Brian's mind, Gerda, as he's explained his reasoning sufficiently clearly. We don't have large numbers of classical music FAs and we can afford to spread them out a bit more as Brian suggests, rather than gorge upon them just to mark a 133rd anniversary of birth. As there is no major birth anniversary approaching, it might be one that can run on a non-specific date if there is a temporary lull in classical music TFAs, of course. BencherliteTalk 16:49, 8 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Sorry, you misunderstood me, - I only tried to explain that I could not know about the plan for Noah's Fludde because it wasn't on the pending list, nor did I know when I nominated (!) that Nielsen would make it for TFA tomorrow, and that L'Arianna would not be replaced by Nielsen but scheduled also, - which could still be changed, because there is no date connection, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:57, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
 * It wasn't a secret that the goal was to have Nielsen on the MP for his 150th anniversary. I agree with Brian and Bencherlite; this can wait. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 09:45, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I was the one to push Nielsen, and am proud of it. - I still think that Arianna could wait better than Grainger but defer to your perspective ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:25, 9 June 2015 (UTC)