Steve Schwartz takes me to task:
>Richard Pennycuick:
>
>>We're used to having our musicians purloined by other countries because
>>they need to perform elsewhere to become well-known. ... Among other
>>Australians to be mistakenly given other nationalities: Malcolm
>>Williamson, Percy Grainger, ...
>
>"Mistakenly?" Percy Grainger died a United Statesperson and in fact
>lived longer in the US than in either Australia or Britain.
So he did, but that does not mean he should be referred to as an American
composer without any qualification. That was my gripe.
Richard Pennycuick
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