Percy Grainger
HARVEST HYMN for 1 piano 6 hands
Bardic Edition BDE107
'dished-up’ for 1 piano, 6 hands.
Grainger began sketching this work in London, 1905 with the title ‘Hymny Tune’. Eventually he changed the title to ‘Harvest Hymn’, and as such was completed in Sweden in 1932. It is an elaboration of the earlier sketches and as such is meant to represent an apotheosis of hymn-like melodies. The work exists in many different forms from versions for piano solo to full orchestra with or without voices. In fact, Grainger states on the front cover of the published score that all the possible versions are interchangeable and can be combined together. This version for 1 pianos, 6 hands may also be used with any of the other published versions as it is in the same key and contains the same number of bars.
Grainger began sketching this work in London, 1905 with the title ‘Hymny Tune’. Eventually he changed the title to ‘Harvest Hymn’, and as such was completed in Sweden in 1932. It is an elaboration of the earlier sketches and as such is meant to represent an apotheosis of hymn-like melodies. The work exists in many different forms from versions for piano solo to full orchestra with or without voices. In fact, Grainger states on the front cover of the published score that all the possible versions are interchangeable and can be combined together. This version for 1 pianos, 6 hands may also be used with any of the other published versions as it is in the same key and contains the same number of bars.
