Brigg Blog was very interested to see this poster relating to Percy Grainger in the window of our Tourist Information Centre.For those who don’t know, composer Percy came to Brigg early in the 20th century and collected folk songs, including a rendition of the now-famous Brigg Fair by Joseph Taylor of Saxby All Saints.
The haunting melody was subsequently immortalised by Frederic Delius through his classic rhapsody which is still performed by classical orchestras to this day (search Brigg Fair on YouTube if you want to hear one).
Percy, Fred and North Lincolnshire Music and Drama Festival are all inter-connected and have done much to put Brigg on the national and international cultural map, particularly since the arrival of the internet.
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Percy Grainger was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1882. He studied to become a concert pianist. In the years 1905-1908, Grainger meticulously studied Lincolnshire folksongs, making precise notes about dialect, rhythm, and accentuation. From 1906, he recorded many of these songs using a phonograph.
ReplyDeleteFrederick Delius found inspiration in Grainger's notations for his English Rhapsody, 'Brigg Fair', being a set of orchestral variations on the song 'Brigg Fair', as recorded by Grainger. Percy Grainger died in the US in 1961, aged 79.