GRAINGER, PERCY ALDRIDGE (1882– ), Aus tralian pianist and composer, was born at Brighton, Melbourne, on July 8, 1882. He studied with Louis Pabst in Melbourne, with Kwast at Dr. Hoch's conservatorium, Frankfurt, and later with Busoni. From 190o to 1915 he lived in London, during which period he made extensive concert tours and also collected the folk-tunes of which his very effective arrangements are widely known. In 1915 he settled in the United States. His compositions include: Molly on the Shore for orch., small orch., strings; Shepherd's Hey for orch., also for I2 voices; Mock Morris, sm. orch.. strings; Irish Tune from County Derry, strings and horns, strings only; Clog Dance : Handel in the Strand, piano and strings ; paraphrase on the "Flower Waltz" from Cassenoisette, Tschaikovsky, for piano ; choruses with instruments ; Brigg Fair, tenor solo and mixed chorus.