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Offline jimf

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Grainger's piano concerto?!
on: January 15, 2013, 08:49:12 PM
Hi there! I recently found in a site (this one: https://www.bardic-music.com/pgcat.htm that Percy Grainger has composed a piano concerto! I have previously known that he had started composing one but left it unfinished. However, as the site states, it is arranged for piano 4 hands and it's edited by Epstein and Ould (Bardic Edition). Is it true? Has the unfinished concerto by the great Percy Grainger been at last completed? Do you know where to find such a rare piece?
Thanks in advance,
Jim

Edit: I found out that its code is BD 0639.

Offline thalbergmad

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Re: Grainger's piano concerto?!
Reply #1 on: January 15, 2013, 09:46:27 PM
I did not know he even wrote one.

Barry Ould is the most helpful publisher in the business and has assisted me a couple of time.

I would be inclined to send him an e mail.

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Offline j_menz

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Re: Grainger's piano concerto?!
Reply #2 on: January 15, 2013, 10:23:42 PM
You could also keep an eye on the Bardic website, where it is listed as "in preparation" for publication. They may be able to help out with a pre-copy.

https://www.bardic-music.com/graingerbardic.htm
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Offline naturlaut

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Re: Grainger's piano concerto?!
Reply #3 on: January 16, 2013, 12:05:18 AM
Yes there is one concerto written by Grainger when he was very young.  It only existed as a sketch, and was later worked into a 2P reduction (by Peter Ould?)  However the Grainger estate declined to have it published or made public, so the project is now abandoned. 

Wikipedia listed the concerto as being written in 1896.  To the best of my knowledge, it was abandoned that same year and was never returned to again.
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