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Percy Grainger (1882-1961)

The works of Percy Grainger are very diverse, and Grainger often rearranged and recomposed pieces over the course of many years. We therefore list his works alphabetically, with the following information: instrumentation, duration of work and available recording of the work as part of either "The Percy Grainger Editon" (Chandos Records) or one of many other Grainger recordings.

Afterword (3:51 - GE: Vol.3, 12)
Agincourt Song (1:34 - GE: Vol.18)
Afton Waters (5:58 - GE: Vol.7)
Air & Finale on Norwegian Dances (Scandanavian Suite No. 5) (5:32 - GE: Vol.13)
Always Merry and Bright, 2 pf
Anchor Song (Kipling) (3:34 - GE: Vol.3, 7)
Andante con moto (3:23 - GE: Vol.16; DUP-1)
Arrival Platform Humlet (In a Nutshell Suite No. 1) (3:08 - GE: Vol.1, 13, 17; DUP-1)
At Twilight (3:57 - GE: Vol.18)
Australian Up-Country Song (1:39 - GE: Vol.17, 18)
Beaches of Lukannon see Lukannon
Beautiful Fresh Flower (2:37 - KMPG)
Bell Piece (5:32 - GE: Vol.8)
Blithe Bells (4:08 - GE: Vol.1, 8; CMPG)
Bold William Taylor (3:39 - GE: Vol.2, 14; SPG)
Bonnie George Campbell (from "Songs of the North") (0:55 - GE: Vol.2)
Brahms’ Paganini Variations, No. 12, 2 pf (1:15 - DUP-5)
Bridal Lullaby (2:25 - DUP-1)
Bridegroom Grat (1:43 - GE: Vol.12, 14)
Bride’s Tragedy (9:16 - DB)
Brigg Fair (3:09 - GE: Vol.3; SPG; DB)
Brisk Young Sailor (Lincolnshire Posy No. 4) (1:41 - GE: Vol.4, 17 [0:33]; DUP-3)
Bristol Town see In Bristol Town
British Waterside (1:41 - GE: Vol.2)
Carman’s Whistle – Air & Variations on Byrd, 2 pf (5:22 - DUP-5)
Children’s March – Over the Hills and Far Away (7:10 - GE: Vol.8; DUP-1 [0:59]; DUP-5)
Colleen Dhas (3:31 - GE: Vol.5; KMPG)
Colonial Song (Sentimental No.1) see also Up-country (6:40 - GE: Vol.1, 4, 5, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17; DUP-1)
Country Gardens (2:20 - GE: Vol.4, 5, 6, 10, 17; CMPG; DUP-3)
County Derry Air see Irish Tune from County Derry
Cradle Song (Brahms)
Creepin’ Jane (4:08 - GE: Vol.2)
Crew of the Long Serpent (4:47 - GE: Vol.11)
Crying For the Moon (Ella Grainger No. 4) (1:35 - GE: Vol.12)
Daffyd Y Garreg Wen (David of the White Rock) (2:08 - GE: Vol.12)
Dalvisa (1:08 - GE: Vol.11)
Danish Melody (Scandinavian Suite No. 4) (2:47 - GE: Vol.13)
Danish Folk-song Suite (19:22 - GE: Vol.11; KMPG)
Danny Boy see Irish Tune from County Derry
Danny Deever (3:16 - GE: Vol.9; DB)
Dedication I (1:42 - GE: Vol.7)
Dedication II (1:25 - GE: Vol.7)
Delius’ Dance Rhapsody (2 piano version) (12:14 - DUP: 5)
Died for Love (2:01 - GE: Vol.9, 12, 14, 17; HJB; DUP-3)
Dollar and a Half a Day (3:21 - GE: Vol.9)
Dreamery (2:24 - GE: Vol.5, 6 [6:51])
Drowned (from "Songs of the North") (3:08 - GE: Vol.2)
Dublin Bay see Lisbon
Duke of Marlborough’ Fanfare (2:27 - GE: Vol.1; SPG)
Early One Morning (3:30 - GE: Vol.3, 6, 9, 12, 18; HJB)
Eastern Intermezzo (Youthful Suite No. 4) (2:19 - GE: Vol.6, 15, 16; CMPG)
English Dance (No. 1) (10:00 - GE: Vol.1, 10, 15; DUP-5)
English Waltz (Youthful Suite No. 5) (5:22 - GE: Vol.6, 16; DUP-1)
Evan Banks (3:14 - GE: Vol.7)
Fadir og Dóttir see Father and Daughter
Faeroe Island Dance (2:33 - GE: Vol.4)
Fair Young Mary (3:06 - GE: Vol.7)
Fall of the Stone (Jungle Book No. 1) (2:11 - HJB)
Fantasy on Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, 2pf
Farewell to an Atoll (Ella Grainger No. 3) (1:45 - GE: Vol.12)
Father and Daughter (3:02 - GE: Vol.11; DB)
First Chantey (4:00 - GE: Vol.7)
Fisher’s Boarding House (6:36 - GE: Vol.1)
Five settings of Ella Grainger (GE: Vol.12)
Four Irish Dances (Stanford), pf
Four Settings from Songs of the North (1) (8:38 - GE: Vol.2)
Four Settings from Songs of the North (2) (10:09 - GE: Vol.7)
Four Settings from Songs of the North (3) (GE: Vol.12)
Free Music (1:57 - GE: Vol.14)
Ganges Pilot (2:26 - GE: Vol.7)
Gay but wistful (In a Nutshell Suite No. 2) (3:15 - GE: Vol.1, 17; DUP-1)
Gershwin’s Embraceable You, 2 pf (1:28 - DUP: 5)
Gigue (0:51 - GE: Vol.16)
Gipsy’s Wedding Day (1:35 - GE: Vol.18)
Good-Bye to Love (3:54 - HJB)
Green Bushes (8:27 - GE: Vol.1, 10, 15; SPG; CMPG; DUP-5)
Gum-suckers March (In a Nutshell Suite No. 4) (4:04 - GE: Vol.1, 4, 17; DUP-1)
Handel in the Strand (4:17 - GE: Vol.3, 5, 6, 13, 17; CMPG; DUP-1)
Hard Hearted Barb’ra (H)Ellen (0:57 - GE: Vol.2 [6:45], 17; DUP-3)
Harkstow Grance (Lincolnshire Posy No. 2) (2:57 - GE: Vol.4)
Harvest Hymn (3:16 - GE: Vol.1, 5, 10, 12, 13, 14, 17; DUP-1)
Hill Song No. 1 (14:18 - GE: Vol.8; KMPG)
Hill Song No. 2 (5:05 - GE: Vol.4, 8, 15; KMPG)
Honey Pot Bee (Ella Grainger No. 2) (1:29 - GE: Vol.12)
Horkstow Grange "The Miser and His Man" (1:19 - GE: Vol.17) see Harkstow Grance ???
Hubby and Wifey (1:18 - GE: Vol.12, 14)
Hunter in His Career (2:49 - GE: Vol.17; DUP-3)
Hunting-Song of the Seeonee Pack (JBk No. 8) (1:28 - GE: Vol.18; HJB)
I’m Seventeen Come Sunday (2:56 - GE: Vol.3; SPG; DB)
Immovable Do (The Cyphering C) (4:58 - GE: Vol.5, 8, 15; DUP-1)
In a Nutshell Suite (20:20 - GE: Vol.1; DUP-1)
In Bristol Town (0:47 - GE: Vol.10, 12 [2:29], 17; DUP-3)
In Dahomey (Cakewalk Smasher) (4:24 - GE: Vol.16; DUP-1)
Inuit (Jungle Book No. 4) (2:17 - HJB)
Irish Tune from County Derry (County Derry Air; Danny Boy) (7:07 - GE: Vol.3, 4, 6, 8, 9 [3:36], 15, 16, 18; SPG; KMPG; DUP-3; DB)
Jungle Book Verses (9:00 - GE: Vol.18; HJB)
Jutish Melody (Danish Folk-song Suite No. 4) (7:54 - GE: Vol.10, 11; KMPG; DUP-3)
Keel-Row (1:13 - GE: Vol.10)
Klavierstück in A minor (5:45 - GE: Vol.16)
Klavierstück in B flat (1:38 - GE: Vol.16)
Klavierstück in D major (3:38 - GE: Vol.16)
Klavierstück in E major (6:44 - GE: Vol.16)
Kleine Variationen-Form (5:17 - GE: Vol.11)
Knight and Shepherd’s Daughter (2:33 - DUP: 3)
La Scandinavie (Scandinavian Suite) (15:51 - GE: Vol.13)
Lads of Wamphray March (7:52 - GE: Vol.4)
Land O’ the Leal (2:22 - GE: Vol.12, 14)
Leesie Lindsay see Will ye gang to the Hielands
Leprechaun’s Dance (Stanford), pf
Let’s Dance Gay in Green Meadow (0:47 - GE: Vol.10; SPG [3:02])
Lincolnshire Posy (15:40 - GE: Vol.4)
Lisbon (Dublin Bay) (Lincolnshire Posy No. 1) (1:27 - GE: Vol.4, 14, 17; SPG; DUP-3)
Little Ole with his Umbrella (2:33 - GE: Vol.12)
Lonely Desert-Man Sees Tents of the Happy Tribes (2:47 - GE: Vol.3, 12)
Lord Maxwell’s Goodnight (3:38 - GE: Vol.5, 7, 14, 15; SPG; HJB)
Lord Melbourne (Lincolnshire Posy No. 5) (3:16 - GE: Vol.4)
Lord Peter’s Stable-boy (Danish Folk-song Suite No. 2) (3:12 - GE: Vol.11, 14; KMPG)
Lost Lady Found (Lincolnshire Posy No. 6) (2:53 - GE: Vol.2, 4, 5; SPG; DB)
Love at First Sight (Ella Grainger No. 5) (2:03 - GE: Vol.12, 18)
Love Song of Har Dyal (Kipling) (2:54 - GE: Vol.5, 12; HJB)
Love Verses from The Song of Solomon (7:18 - GE: Vol.9; DB)
Lukannon (Jungle Book No.5)(Kipling No. 1) (6:26 - GE: Vol.2, 18; HJB [3:23])
Lullaby from Tribute to Foster, pf
Maiden and the Frog (1:00 - GE: Vol.13)
March Jig (Stanford) (pf, 2pf)
Marching Song of Democracy (6:36 - GE: Vol.8)
Marching Tune (4:11 - GE: Vol.3)
Mary Thomson (2:42 - GE: Vol.18)
Men of the Sea (Kipling no. 5) (1:29 - GE: Vol.2)
Merciful Town (Kipling no. 2) (3:04 - GE: Vol.2)
Merry King (4:58 - GE: Vol.4, 9, 15, 17; DUP-3)
Merry Wedding (6:40 - GE: Vol.11; DB)
Mo Dighean Dubh (1:47 - GE: Vol.16, 18 [4:25]; DUP-3; DB [4:01])
Mock Morris (3:58 - GE: Vol.5, 6, 9, 13, 17; CMPG; DUP-1)
Molly on the Shore (4:08 - GE: Vol.3, 4, 6, 9, 13, 14, 17; SPG; CMPG; DUP-3)
Morning Song in the Jungle (Jungle Book No. 2) (2:50 - HJB)
Mowgli’s Song Against People (Jungle Book No. 11) (3:41 - HJB)
My dark-haired maiden see Mo Nighean Dubh
My Faithful Fond One (SON No. 10) (3:15 - GE: Vol.7)
My Love’s in Germanie (3:57 - GE: Vol.18; HJB)
My Robin is to the Greenwood Gone (4:57 - GE: Vol.5, 13, 17; SPG; CMPG; DUP-3)
Near Woodstock Town (3:00 - GE: Vol.12 [1:40], 16, 18; DUP-3)
Nell (Faure), pf
Nightingale & The Two Sisters (Danish Folksong Suite # 3) (4:57 - GE: Vol.11, 13; KMPG; DUP-3)
Nightingale (2:04 - GE: Vol.14)
Night-Song in the Jungle (Jungle Book No. 3) (0:55 - GE: Vol.18; HJB)
Nine Settings of Rudyard Kipling (31:33 - GE: Vol.7)
Norse Dirge (Youthful Suite No. 3) (8.56 - GE: Vol.6)
Northern Ballad (Kipling No. 4) (1:03 - GE: Vol.2)
Northern March (Youthful Suite No. 1) (6:36 - GE: Vol.6)
Norwegian Polska (Scandinavian Suite No. 3) (2:47 - GE: Vol.13)
O gin I were where Gadie rins (SON No. 13) (1:43 - GE: Vol.9, 16; DUP-3)
O Glorious, Golden Era (O begli’ anni dell’ oro) (1:43 - GE: Vol.12)
O Mistress Mine (1:35 - GE: Vol.18)
O’er the Moor (SON No. 12) (2:19 - GE: Vol.7)
Old Irish Tune
Old Woman at the Christening (2:42 - GE: Vol.14)
One More Day My John (1:59 - DUP: 3 [2 versions])
Only Son (Jungle Book No. 10) (4:40 - GE: Vol.12, 14; HJB)
Over the Hills and Far Away see Children’s March
Paraphrase on Tchaikovsky’s Flower Waltz (7:08 - GE: Vol.16)
Pastoral (In a Nutshell Suite No. 3) (10:16 - GE: Vol.1, 17; DUP-1)
Peace (2:50 - GE: Vol.16; DUP-1)
Peora Hunt (Jungle Book No. 7) (0:40 - HJB)
Power of Love (Danish Folk-song Suite No. l) (4:53 - GE: Vol.7, 9, 11, 14; KMPG; HJB)
Power of Rome and the Christian Heart (14:17 - GE: Vol.8, 15)
Prelude in C (0:45 - GE: Vol.16)
Prelude in G (2:57 - GE: Vol.16)
Pretty Maid Milkin’ Her Cow (1:22 - GE: Vol.2; SPG)
Pritteling Pratteling Poll Parrot, 2pf
Proud Vesselil (Stålt Vesselil) (4:03 - GE: Vol.11, 12; DUP-3 [0:52])
Ramble on Love (Strauss), pf
Random Round  (6:01 - GE: Vol.9, 10)
Recessional (3:58 - GE: Vol.18; HJB)
Red Dog (JBk No. 6) (1:11 - HJB)
Reel (Stanford), pf
Reiver’s Neck-Verse, A (2:16 - GE: Vol.7)
Ride with an Idle Whip (Kipling No. 3) (0:20 - GE: Vol.2)
Rimmer and Goldcastle (0:53 - DUP: 3)
Rival Brothers (1:15 - GE: Vol.11, 17; HJB; DUP-3)
Rondo, 2pf
Rufford Park Poachers (Lincolnshire Posy No. 3) (3:47 - GE: Vol.4)
Running of Shindand (1:41 - GE: Vol.5; HJB)
Rustic March (Youthful Suite No. 2) (3.32 - GE: Vol.6; CMPG)
Sailor’s Chanty (3:06 - GE: Vol.2)
Sailor’s Song (2:40 - GE: Vol.16; DUP-1)
Saxon Twi-Play (2:07 - GE: Vol.16; DUP-1)
Scandinavian Suite (La Scandinavie) (15:51 - GE: Vol.13)
Scotch Strathspey and Reel (7:08 - GE: Vol.5, 16 [5:11]; SPG; DUP-3 [4:57];  DB)
Scherzo (1:40 - GE: Vol.9)
Sea-Song Sketch (0:48 - GE: Vol.14, 17)
Sea-Wife (4:58 - GE: Vol.5, 7)
Secret of the Sea (3:30 - GE: Vol.2)
Seven men from all the world (2:00 - GE: Vol.16)
Shallow Brown (6:32 - GE: Vol.2, 3; SPG; DB)
Sheep and Goat Walkin’ to the Pasture, pf
Shenandoah (1:44 - GE: Vol.3; SPG)
Shepherd’s Hey! (2:06 - GE: Vol.1, 4, 6, 9, 13, 14, 17; SPG; CMPG; DUP-3)
Shoemaker from Jerusalem (3:18 - GE: Vol.13, 14)
Six Dukes Went A-fishin’ (2:19  - GE: Vol.2, 3 [4:00], 18; HJB)
Six Settings of Rudyard Kipling (16:34 - GE: Vol.2)
Skye Boat Song (SON No. 3) (3:30 - GE: Vol.9, 12 [1:52])
Slow Dance (Stanford), pf
Soldier, Soldier (Kipling No. 6) (3:39 - GE: Vol.2, 7 [2:45], 18)
Song of Autumn (1:34 - GE: Vol.12)
Song of Värmeland (Scandinavian Suite No. 2) (2:51 - GE: Vol.11, 13)
Spoon River (4:57 - GE: Vol.15; CMPG; DUP-3 [2:34]; DUP-5)
Sprig of Thyme (2:35 - GE: Vol.12; SPG; HJB)
Stålt Vesselil see Proud Vesselil
Stormy (1:19 - GE: Vol.3)
Sussex Mummers’ Christmas Carol (3:40 - GE: Vol.13, 17; DUP-3)
Swedish Air and Dance (Scandinavian Suite No. 1) (2:38 - GE: Vol.13)
Tents of the Happy Tribes from "Lonely Desert Man" (1:15 - GE: Vol.17)
Theme and Variations (8:53 - GE: Vol.13)
There was a Pig went out to Dig (1:57 - GE: Vol.3; SPG)
There Were Three Friends (1:54 - GE: Vol.1)
This Is No Plaid (Songs of the North) (1:25 - GE: Vol.12)
Thou Gracious Power (2:52 - GE: Vol.3)
Three Ravens (4:02 - GE: Vol.9; HJB; DB)
Three Settings of Robert Burns (13:10 - GE: Vol.7)
Three Scotch Folksongs (4:14 - GE: Vol.16)
Tiger-Tiger! (Jungle Book No. 9) (1:40 - GE: Vol.5, 17, 18; HJB)
To a Nordic Princess (12:31 - GE: Vol.11; DUP-1 [7:14])
To Echo (Ella Grainger No. 1) (1:37 - GE: Vol.12)
Train Music (0:36 - GE: Vol.16; DUP-5)
Tribute to Foster (11:15 - DB)
Turkey in the Straw, pf
Turn Ye to Me (Songs of the North) (2:42 - GE: Vol.12)
Twa Corbies (3:28 - GE: Vol.7, 14)
Two Musical Relics of My Mother, 2pf
Two Sea Shanties see Shenandoah; Stormy
Two Sisters for cello and harmonium (2:30 - GE: Vol.14)
Under A Bridge (Under en Bro) (3:44 - GE: Vol.11, 12)
Up-Country Song (Colonial Song) (0:54 - DUP: 5)
Variations on Handel’s Harmonious Blacksmith (1:28 - GE: Vol.12)
Walking Tune (4:02 - GE: Vol.1, 14, 16; CMPG; DUP-1)
Warriors, The (18:17 - GE: Vol.6; KMPG; 2 pf: GE-Vol.10 [9:19]; DUP-5 [20:03])
We Have Fed Our Sea for a Thousand Years (3:14 - GE: Vol.5)
We Were Dreamers (3:49 - GE: Vol.1)
Weaving Song (Songs of the North) (1:50 - GE: Vol.12)
When the World Was Young  , 2pf
Widow’s Party (4:14 - GE: Vol.5, 7, 10, 17 [1:44]; DUP-3 [2:01])
Will ye gang to the Hielands, Leezie Lindsay? (from SON) (2:34 - GE: Vol.2, 16 [1:05]; DUP-3)
Willie’s gane to Melville Castle (from Songs of the North) (1:45 - GE: Vol.2)
Willow Willow (4:18 - GE: Vol.2, 12 [2:10], 14; SPG; HJB)
Woman Are A Gane Wud, The (SON No. 9) (1:20 - GE: Vol.7)
Wraith of Odin, 2pf
Ye Banks and Braes O’Bonnie Doon (2:56 - GE: Vol.3, 4, 10, 14, 15, 18; DUP-5)
Yon Wild Mossy Mountains (3:51 - GE: Vol.7)
Young British Soldier (7:17 - GE: Vol.7)
Youthful Rapture (5:04 - GE: Vol.9, 13; CMPG)
Youthful Suite (25:08 - GE: Vol.6)
Zanzibar Boat Song (4:40 - GE: Vol.10; DUP-5)


The Grainger Edition (Chandos Records) and other Grainger recordings
The Grainger Edition (GE), Vol. 1 – Orchestral Works 1 (Chandos 9493)
The Grainger Edition (GE), Vol. 2 – Songs for Baritone (Chandos 9503)
The Grainger Edition (GE), Vol. 3 – Works for Chorus & Orchestra 1 (Chandos 9499)
The Grainger Edition (GE), Vol. 4 – Works for Wind Orchestra 1 (Chandos 9549)
The Grainger Edition (GE), Vol. 5 – Works for Chorus & Orchestra 2 (Chandos 9554)
The Grainger Edition (GE), Vol. 6 – Orchestral Works 2 (Chandos 9584)
The Grainger Edition (GE), Vol. 7 – Songs for Tenor (Chandos 9610) OP
The Grainger Edition (GE), Vol. 8 – Works for Wind Orchestra 2 (Chandos 9630)
The Grainger Edition (GE), Vol. 9 – Works for Chorus & Orchestra 3 (Chandos 9653) OP
The Grainger Edition (GE), Vol. 10 – Works for Pianos (Chandos 9702)
The Grainger Edition (GE), Vol. 11 – Works for Chorus & Orchestra 4 (Chandos 9721)
The Grainger Edition (GE), Vol. 12 – Songs for Mezzo Soprano (Chandos 9???)
The Grainger Edition (GE), Vol. 13 – Works for Chamber Ensemble 1 (Chandos 9???)
The Grainger Edition (GE), Vol. 14 – Works for Chamber Ensemble 2 (Chandos 9???)
The Grainger Edition (GE), Vol. 15 – Orchestral Works 3 (Chandos 9???)
The Grainger Edition (GE), Vol. 16 – Works for Solo Piano 1 (Chandos 9???)
The Grainger Edition (GE), Vol. 17 – Works for Solo Piano 1 (Chandos 9???)
The Grainger Edition (GE), Vol. 18 – Works for Unaccompanied Chorus (Chandos 9???)

Other Grainger Recordings
Salute to Percy Grainger (SPG) (London 425 159)
Music of Percy Grainger (KMPG) (Koch 3-7003)
Music of Percy Grainger (CMPG) (Chandos 8377)
Percy Grainger Dished Up for Piano (DUP), Vol. 1: Original Works (Nimbus 5220)
Percy Grainger Dished Up for Piano (DUP), Vol. 2: Arrangements (Nimbus 5232)
Percy Grainger Dished Up for Piano (DUP), Vol. 3: Folksongs (Nimbus 5244)
Percy Grainger Dished Up for Piano (DUP), Vol. 4: Arrangements (Nimbus 5255)
Percy Grainger Dished Up for Piano (DUP), Vol. 5 (Nimbus 5286)
Percy Grainger Jungle Book (HJB) (Hyperion 66863)
Danny Boy – The Music of Percy Grainger (DB) (Philips 446 657-2)


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