Percy Granger 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.
Musical Genius From Australia, Balough, Teresa, ed.; Selected writings, 162 pp, 1982
Percy Grainger, Bird, John; The definitive bio of Percy Grainger, 317 pp
Sex Lives of the Great Composers, Cawthorne, Nigel; Grainger, Tchaikowsky, Chopin and more, 1998, 243 pp
Percy Grainger: The Man Behind The Music, Dorum, Eileen;A close look at Percy the man, 1986, 224 pp
The Farthest North of Humanness, Dreyfus, Kay, ed.;Selected PG letters, 1901-1914, 1985, 542 pp
The Percy Grainger Companion, Foreman, Lewis, ed.;Selected writings, 1981, 268 pp
Portrait of Percy Grainger, Gillies, Malcolm and Pear, David; Memories and letters of PG by those who knew him, 2002, 220 pp
Self-Portrait of Percy Grainger, Gillies, Malcolm and Pear, David;The autobiography Percy meant to write, 2006, 284 pp
Rose Grainger, Grainger, Percy Aldridge; Percy's loving tribute to his mother, self published after her death, 1922, 46 pp
Source Guide to the Music of Percy Grainger, Lewis, Thomas P.; Music info, 1991, 339 pp
Percy Grainger, Mellers, Wilfrid; A study of Percy Grainger and his music, 1992, 166 pp
Songs at Twilight, Sawyer, Antonia; The memoirs of Percy's manager, 204 pp
Percy Grainger: The Pictorial Biography, Simon, Robert; Percy in pictures, 1982, 138 pp
The Inveterate Innovator, Slattery, Thomas; Biography, 1974, 308 pp
Lives, Wives, and Loves of the Great Composers, Spiegl, Fritz; Percy Grainger and others, 1995, 256 pp
The Running Pianist, Taylor, Robert Lewis; Essays on Percy Grainger and others, 1945, 340 pp
The Misfits - A Study of Sexual Outsiders, Wilson, Colin; Percy Grainger and others, 1988, 272 pp