Percy Grainger Reading List

To learn more about this awesome composer, here is a list of some of the books which have been written about him. Some of these books are out of print and hard to find, so you may wish to check your local library or book store. Also, be sure to look on the Internet at such sites as www.amazon.com , www.ebay.com, www.barnesandnoble.com, and www.bookfinder.com.
TITLE AUTHOR INFO
Musical Genius From Australia Teresa Balough, ed. Selected writings, 162 pp, 1982
Percy Grainger John Bird The definitive bio of PG, 317 pp
Sex Lives of the Great Composers Nigel Cawthorne PG, Tchaikowsky, Chopin & more, 1998, 243 pp
Percy Grainger: The Man Behind The Music Eileen Dorum A close look at Percy the man,1986, 224 pp
The Farthest North of Humanness Kay Dreyfus, ed. Selected PG letters, 1901-1914, 1985, 542 pp
The Percy Grainger Companion Lewis Foreman, ed. Selected writings, 1981, 268 pp
The All-Round Man Malcolm Gillies & David Pear Selected PG letters, 1915-1961, 1994, 301 pp
Portrait of Percy Grainger Malcolm Gillies & David Pear Memories & letters of PG by those who knew him, 2002, 220 pp
Self-Portrait of Percy Grainger Malcolm Gillies,David Pear & Mark Carroll the autobiography Percy meant to write, 2006, 284 pp
Rose Grainger Percy Aldridge Grainger Percy's loving tribute to his mother, self-published after her death, 1922, 46 pp
Source Guide to the Music of PG Thomas P. Lewis Music info, 1991, 339 pp
Percy Grainger Wilfrid Mellers A study of PG & his music, 1992, 166 pp
Songs at Twilight Antonia Sawyer The memoirs of Percy's manager, 204 pp
Percy Grainger: The Pictorial Biography Robert Simon Percy in pictures, 1982, 138 pp
The Inveterate Innovator Thomas Slattery Biography, 1974, 308 pp
Lives, Wives and Loves of the Great Composers Fritz Spiegl PG & others, 1995, 256 pp
The Running Pianist Robert Lewis Taylor Essays on PG & others, 1945, 340 pp
The Misfits - A Study 0f Sexual Outsiders Colin Wilson PG & others, 1988, 272 pp
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