Julius Röntgen
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Julius Engelbert Röntgen was a German-Dutch composer of classical music. He was a friend of Liszt, Brahms and Grieg.
Julius Röntgen
Engelbert Röntgen, father of composer, in 1870
Röntgen in 1918
Röntgen (right), with Edvard Grieg (left of picture) Percy Grainger, and Nina Grieg, at "Troldhaugen", July 1907.
Percy Grainger
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Percy Aldridge Grainger was an Australian-born composer, arranger and pianist who moved to the United States in 1914 and became an American citizen in 1918. In the course of a long and innovative care
Julius Röntgen
…music and songs. Gaudeamus became a meeting place for many important composers and musicians; among the visitors in that house were Pablo Casals and Percy Grainger. At that time, Röntgen studied musical analysis and was interested in the work of Hindemith, Stravinsky, Schönberg, and Willem Pijper. In 1930 Röntgen…
Percy Grainger by Bain News Service
Princes Bridge, Melbourne, designed by John Grainger
An 1880 lithograph of the Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, venue for Percy Grainger's early concerts, October 1894
Grainger aged 18, towards the end of his Frankfurt years