Percy Grainger
CHILDRENS MARCH for piano duet
Bardic Edition BDE890
CHILDREN'S MARCH - 'Over the hills and far away', version for piano duet (1 piano, 4 hands) by Walden Hughes.
Grainger's Children's March was originally written in 1918 for piano and military band and was performed by the Coast Artillery Band of the U.S. Army in which Grainger was serving at that time as a bandsman (2nd class). In February of the same year, Grainger went into the studio of the Duo-Art Company, New York, and prepared several piano rolls of sketches for intended compositions. There was a possibility that the Army Band would be sent to France on stretcher duty and Grainger, ever mindful that he could be killed in action, set about recording for posterity his current musical thoughts. Amongst these recordings is a short sketch for a setting of a Faeroese Folk Song Tjugundi Bidil the opening notes of which are strikingly similar to the tune of the Children's March.
This version for piano duet was commissioned by the distinguished American harpsichordist and fortepianist, Igor Kipnis (1930-2002).
Duration 6½ minutes
Grainger's Children's March was originally written in 1918 for piano and military band and was performed by the Coast Artillery Band of the U.S. Army in which Grainger was serving at that time as a bandsman (2nd class). In February of the same year, Grainger went into the studio of the Duo-Art Company, New York, and prepared several piano rolls of sketches for intended compositions. There was a possibility that the Army Band would be sent to France on stretcher duty and Grainger, ever mindful that he could be killed in action, set about recording for posterity his current musical thoughts. Amongst these recordings is a short sketch for a setting of a Faeroese Folk Song Tjugundi Bidil the opening notes of which are strikingly similar to the tune of the Children's March.
This version for piano duet was commissioned by the distinguished American harpsichordist and fortepianist, Igor Kipnis (1930-2002).
Duration 6½ minutes
