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Percy Grainger is born in Melbourne, Australia.
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Percy begins studying piano at the age of 10.
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Percy gives a series of concerts in October 1894 at Melbourne’s Royal Exhibition Building. It is his first public concert appearance at the age of 12.
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Percy begins collecting original versions of folk songs after being inspired by a lecture given by folksong historian Lucy Broadwood.
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Percy and his mother come to the U.S. Grainger joins the U.S army as bandsman in Coast Artillery Corps
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Percy becomes a naturalized U.S. citizen.
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After struggling with physical and mental health problems for years, his mother, Rose, commits suicide while Percy is on a tour of the West coast.
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Percy marries Ella Strom.
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During the second World War Percy spends his time doing concerts for charity. He performs up to 140 concerts in a year. His health begins to see a decline.
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Percy stops composing any new works. He limits himself to rescoring works, both his own and others.
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He gives his last public concert at Dartmouth College in Hanover.
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Percy Grainger dies in White Plains on 20 February 1961 (age 78). He was buried in the Aldridge family vault in West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide.