tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post6875409829657116419..comments2024-03-29T15:04:20.549+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Percy Grainger's music, sex life and his Australian MuseumHelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-32957217254375654492016-11-06T10:54:00.693+11:002016-11-06T10:54:00.693+11:00Thank you. I am very pleased the exhibition has be...Thank you. I am very pleased the exhibition has been extended until the middle of next year. The original plan for one fortnight during the Melbourne Festival was never going to be adequate for most Victorians and tourists.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-46917904462763171182016-11-05T10:30:11.621+11:002016-11-05T10:30:11.621+11:00From the democratisation of art to the promotion o...From the democratisation of art to the promotion of non-western musical traditions, Grainger's ideas made him an outsider in his age. But it didn't stop there: a vegetarian and extreme fitness junkie, designer of multi-coloured costumes and supporter of 'sexual outsiders', it's no wonder that it took so long for the rest of the world to begin to get a handle on the composer.<br /><br />Let the University of Melbourne's Grainger Museum lead you on a journey through the life and works of one of music's most idiosyncratic geniuses, and compare your own time and place with his. Due to the success of the festival and interest in the Percy Grainger: The Accidental Futurist Exhibition, it has been extended to June 2017.Grainger Museum, University of Melbournehttp://grainger.unimelb.edu.au/visit/exhibitions/current/percy-grainger-the-accidental-futuristnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-2482871421344644692016-09-03T23:27:40.665+10:002016-09-03T23:27:40.665+10:00Annie
you are super.... I would never have found ...Annie<br /><br />you are super.... I would never have found a 2008 post unless someone put great big arrows on the ground for me to follow. Apart from anything else, my memory is fading fast :(<br /><br />Thanks also for the IPG Society page - that Percy Grainger house at 7 Cromwell Place, White Plains NY is terrific. Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-20965828979594462732016-09-01T18:46:31.622+10:002016-09-01T18:46:31.622+10:00A great post as always dear Hels. The towelling cl...A great post as always dear Hels. The towelling clothes have not had any imitators, sadly. I have collected enough of those old patterns to recreate a Grainger suit if only I got offline and onto the Singer treadle and did it. From the far west of Victoria, one has to be a genius to manage to get to the Grainger museum when it is actually open. over at Ann O'Dyne I gave Perc a go back in 2008 and <a href="http://bwican.blogspot.com.au/2008/06/percy-grainger-edw.html" rel="nofollow">I commend it to you for some of the comment</a>ors.Ann ODynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159263330547329077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-26950527567675480072016-08-25T01:07:47.908+10:002016-08-25T01:07:47.908+10:00Fashionista
Percy wrote "my mother mooted th...Fashionista<br /><br />Percy wrote "my mother mooted the idea of clothes made of Turkish towels – cool in summer, warm in the winter, and washable at all times. I leaped at the idea, seeing therein a chance to return to something comparable with the garish brilliance of the skyblue and scarlet garments of our Saxon and Scandinavian forefathers. The result of my mother’s and my teamwork is the field of towel-clothing is seen in Collected Photographs:<br />http://collectedphotographs.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/percy-grainger-towel-clothes-and.html<br /><br />Garish is correct.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-45369357741139019902016-08-25T01:01:45.328+10:002016-08-25T01:01:45.328+10:00Student
what a confusion Percy's father was. ...Student<br /><br />what a confusion Percy's father was. He had a stellar career working across Australia on important building projects, often with Charles D'Ebro, one of my favourite British-Australian architects. But he was later plagued by ill-health, drinking, promiscuity, VD and catastrophic investments. <br /><br />Fortunately for Percy, John Grainger only stayed back in Britain by himself for a short time before returning to Australia. Unfortunately for Percy, his dad found a new woman and lived across the southern states of Australia.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-78785066482920593902016-08-25T00:51:18.991+10:002016-08-25T00:51:18.991+10:00Andrew
*nod* the Museum is not regularly shaped, ...Andrew<br /><br />*nod* the Museum is not regularly shaped, probably typical of its date. See<br />http://grainger.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/image/0006/1308885/Museum-exterior-2010b.jpg<br /><br />The inside is well worth visiting!Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-29377758733672698192016-08-24T15:43:38.375+10:002016-08-24T15:43:38.375+10:00Did Percy really wear floppy towelling "cloth...Did Percy really wear floppy towelling "clothes" in public?Fashionistanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-82889874369432872212016-08-24T14:11:34.830+10:002016-08-24T14:11:34.830+10:00I think I know the rather oddly shaped museum at M...I think I know the rather oddly shaped museum at Melbourne University. I didn't know there was a museum within and it sounds like it might be interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-82578688387396358312016-08-24T10:49:13.821+10:002016-08-24T10:49:13.821+10:00If John Harry Grainger was such a successful archi...If John Harry Grainger was such a successful architect, what happened to him after he left his wife and child. That surely must have affected Percy, as he grew up.Another Studentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-40464021553468885332016-08-24T09:15:13.797+10:002016-08-24T09:15:13.797+10:00Parnassus
I am actually delighted that Grainger&#...Parnassus<br /><br />I am actually delighted that Grainger's records were a staple of your 78rpm days. Since his death in 1961, I think it would be far enough to say he has become a bit of a neglected composer. People might well recognise Country Gardens or Molly on the Shore, but would they know who wrote those pieces and where the composer came from? Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-14102944677293584042016-08-24T09:10:04.299+10:002016-08-24T09:10:04.299+10:00bazza
Are you familiar with our TAFE Colleges? Th...bazza<br /><br />Are you familiar with our TAFE Colleges? They provide tertiary training and qualifications that are much more vocationally oriented than our universities. I lecture in a TAFE here in the centre of Melbourne.<br /><br />Re the anti-Semitism which I did not mention because Grainger had enough character or behavioural flaws to fill 3 blog posts, it may have seemed strange to his contemporaries. Perhaps because he seemed fixated on Nordic culture and racial superiority, he often wrote and spoke in very racist and anti-Semitic terms. But which came first? His mother was definitely anti-Semitic and taught it to her son when he was still a young lad.<br /><br />Percy's wife definitely looked like a Nordic princess; perhaps she reminded Grainger of his mother.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-51142058185402599002016-08-23T21:08:37.997+10:002016-08-23T21:08:37.997+10:00Hello Hels, I am sorry to read about Grainger...Hello Hels, I am sorry to read about Grainger's distasteful personal life and opinions, which lower him in my estimation. <br /><br />Lately, your blog really coincides with my old record collection, Grainger records also being a staple of 78rpm days. Grainger and Melba might be at the very top of Australian musicians, but there were plenty of others in that era. Some that come to mind are Ada Crossley, John Brownlee, Frances Alda, Malcolm McEachern, Peter Dawson, and perhaps a little later Marjorie Lawrence--no shortage of great names!<br />--JimParnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-47718044029858546152016-08-23T19:58:30.254+10:002016-08-23T19:58:30.254+10:00Hi Hels. This one is difficult for me. Once I wrot...Hi Hels. This one is difficult for me. Once I wrote a post in the series on my Blog called <i>My Heroes</i> about Albert Einstein. Somebody commented “....ah yes, but he was cruel to the women in life...” This caused me to think; many famous people had chaotic or unpleasant private lives and the dilemma is whether or not to take this into account when judging or even appreciating them. For example I have always had a problem dealing with Wagner because of this. You may have guessed that I am referring to Percy Grainger’s virulent Antisemitism. None of this affects his genuine brilliance and I am grateful to you for this interesting post. One of my favourite pieces of music remains Grainger’s <i>Molly on the Shore</i>. Incidentally Grainger always spoke with a ‘plummy’ English accent.<br />By the way, where do you deliver your lectures and to who?<br />(PS: I always have difficulty with the who/whom, subject/object thing!)<br /><b><a href="http://todiscoverice.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> CLICK HERE for Bazza’s fabulous Blog ‘To Discover Ice’</a></b>bazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794010156639774028noreply@blogger.com