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This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Unicycling is the activity of riding a unicycle. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Percy Aldridge Grainger (8 July 1882 – 20 February 1961) was an Australian-born pianist, composer, and champion of the saxophone and the Concert band. ... Sebastien Grainger Sebastien Grainger (born April 11, 1979 in Mississauga), is a Canadian musician. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... W.W. Grainger, Inc. ...

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Percy Grainger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (948 words)
Percy Aldridge Grainger (8 July 1882 – 20 February 1961) was an Australian-born pianist, composer, and champion of the saxophone.
From 1901 to 1914 Grainger lived in London where he befriended and was influenced by Edvard Grieg, developing a particular interest in recording the folk songs of rural England.
Rose Grainger's health, however, both mental and physical, was in decline, and she committed suicide in 1922 by jumping from a tall building.
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Grainger notated the song as she was singing, and she never knew that he had been present.
As Grainger felt his creative urges were tied to his sexual drive, when he was diagnosed with testicular cancer, he initially refused treatment - surgical castration - because he felt this would quite literally remove his urge to compose.
Grainger assisted with the design and construction of his own museum at the University of Melbourne, one of the very few truly autobiographical museums in the world.
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