Australian-American composer Percy Grainger (1882-1961) worshipped the outdoors. His “Walking Tune” for solo piano was conceived in 1900 during a tramp through the Scottish Highlands. Composer-producer Amirkhanian uses the synthesizer to combine sounds recorded out-of-doors with prerecorded sounds from a variety of sources to produce a homage to the prominent 20th century composer.|WALKING TUNE: A “ROOM MUSIC” FOR PERCY GRAINGER SERIES: New American Raido| no 3 Australian-American composer Percy Grainger (1882-1961) worshipped the outdoors. His “Walking Tune” for solo piano was conceived in 1900 during a tramp through the Scottish Highlands. Composer-producer Amirkhanian uses the synthesizer to combine sounds recorded out-of-doors with prerecorded sounds from a variety of sources to produce a homage to this prominent 20th century composer. Written and performed by Charles Amirkhanian. BROADCAST: 1987.
Walking tune : a “room music” for Percy Grainger / written and performed by Charles Amirkhanian.
PRA Archive #:
SZ0408.03
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1987
Item Duration:
1 reel (29 min.) : 7 1/2 ips., stereo.|29:00
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Station: Non Pacifica Programming
Program: Walking tune : a “room music” for Percy Grainger / written and performed by Charles Amirkhanian.
Series: New American radio ; no. 3
Distributor: Distributor
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- PRA Archive #: SZ0408.03
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- Program: Walking tune : a “room music” for Percy Grainger / written and performed by Charles Amirkhanian.
- Series: New American radio ; no. 3
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- Distributor: Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archive, 1987.
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