Dancing Along To Grainger Playing Grainger

Another example of one of my favorite pet categories: Artist(s) Performing Their Own Work(s). Only in this case, it’s not words (like most of the things I’ve found). It’s music.

Percy Grainger’s, specifically. The crazy Australian composer and pianist. (Note: I say crazy because of his hair…and his tempos. Not because I have any reason to think that he was actually crazy.)

Though the break-neck pace at which he takes his own “Country Gardens” (below) makes one wonder. (Here. A comparison.)

I’ll be honest, though. The insane tempos are fun. Really fun.

Attribution(s): “Percy Aldridge Grainger” by Unknown is licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons; “Melbourne International Exhibition” (equally Unknown) is also licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.