Percy Grainger

• List of Illustrations ; Prefatory Notes by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears ; Appreciaton by Leopold Stokowski ; Author's Preface ; 1. 'Bubbles' ; 2. Doctors and Dustbin Lids ; 3. 'Perks' joins the Frankfurt Gang ; 4. Saint and Sinner ; 5. Grettir the Strong Flexes his Muscles ; 6. 'The years before the war were Hell' ; 7. The Twisted Genius and the Dinkum Aussie ; 8. Packed Houses and Zulu Warriors ; 9. 'I am an Australian, not a Corsican' ; 10. Unto Brigg Fair ; 11. The Little Half-Viking ; 12. 'Poor put-upon Percy' ; 13. 'Adieu Old World! I would hail a New World' ; 14. 'Your mad side has ruined us' ; 15. Beatless Music, Blue-Eyed English, and a Nordic Princess ; 16. 'The measure of my artistic defeat' ; 17. 'I shall go back to the joys of my teen-years' ; 18. 'Your loving but defeated, Percy' ; Select Source List ; Appendix A. Catalogue of Grainger's Published Original Compositions and Arrangements ; Appendix B. Statements on 'Free Music' ; Appendix C. Preface to Spoon River, American Folk-Music Setting No. 2 ; Appendix D. Discography: Performances by Grainger ; Appendix E. Catalogue of Duo-Art Piano Rolls made by Grainger ; Appendix F. Select Bibliography: Performances of Grainger's Works by Others ; Index

excellent book.