Another nincompoop like sir Thomas Beecham?: Percy Grainger and the interrelationship of performers and composers

In the past few years I have written about musical interpretation, most recently in conjunction with Treitler's concept of 'the historical imagination,' and about the ontology of musical recordings. I have also written about community/creative capital and careers in music, and on Percy Grainger: his piano playing and teaching, his concerts in Canada, and his role as an advocate for musical democracy. The present study weaves together these seemingly disparate research strands by considering the moral, ethical and musical responsibilities of performers to composers, with specific reference to Percy Grainger.