Walking Tune (Grainger, Percy)

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Scores and Parts

Quintet Version

Editor First edition (reprint)
Publisher. Info. London: Schott & Co., 1912.
Reprinted Boca Raton: Masters Music Publications, 1998. Catalog M1158
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Piano Version

Publisher. Info. London: Schott & Co., 1912. Plate S. & Co. 3137.
Reprinted Boca Raton: Masters Music Publications, 1998. Catalog M1070 (#595529)
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General Information

Work Title Walking Tune
Alternative. Title Room-Music Tit-Bits, No.3
Composer Grainger, Percy
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IPG 31
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1905
First Publication. 1912
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Early 20th century
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn

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  • As he explains in his Self-Portrait, the _tune_- not the whole piece- came to mind in 1900. Composition ("worked out"), not just arrangement for wind, was completed in 1905. - Schissel

Version History

  • Composed for wind quintet, 1905
  • Arranged for solo piano, 1905