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Grainger was a compositional radical, a fact that
was not well known to a public accustomed to
compositions like ‘Country Gardens’. ‘Train Music’
shows Grainger’s experimentation with irregular
metres. His note at the top indicates that…

Nellie Melba and Percy Grainger performed together in public only twice, using their fame for a cause. In 1916 they joined forces for fundraising concerts to support the Field Ambulance for the Allies in the United States. The concerts featured the…

This silver cigarette box brings together the engraved signatures of both Nellie Melba and Percy Grainger, making it a unique object within this exhibition. While the history of the memento is not known, it clearly has a musical context. All the…

Grainger was the first pianist of international renown to perform at a moving picture theatre. The Capitol Theatre in New York, where Grainger played in 1921, was the largest cinema in the world at the time. Between 17 and 23 April, Grainger played…

During his years living in the United States, Grainger performed for three presidents: Woodrow Wilson, Calvin Coolidge and Theodore Roosevelt. Grainger received this memento from the First Lady of the United States in recognition of his performance…

In 1905 Grainger presented his first Royal Command Performance before Queen Alexandra at Buckingham Palace, London. Performances for European royalty soon followed, including the King and Queen of Denmark in Copenhagen in 1905, and the King and Queen…