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Ferdinand Rudolph von
Grofé (March 27, 1892 –
April 3, 1972),
known as
Ferde Grofé (/ˈfɜːrdi ɡroʊˈfeɪ/) was an
American composer, arranger, pianist, and...
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rhapsody with
Gershwin playing the piano. Whiteman's
arranger Ferde Grofé orchestrated the
rhapsody several times,
including the 1924
original scoring...
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familiar piece in Whiteman's
repertoire was
Grand Canyon Suite by
Ferde Grofé.
Whiteman hired many of the best jazz
musicians for his band, including...
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Program music is a term
applied to any
musical composition on the
classical music tradition in
which the
piece is
designed according to some preconceived...
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Grand Canyon Suite is a
suite for
orchestra by
Ferde Grofé,
composed between 1929 and 1931. It was
initially titled Five
Pictures of the
Grand Canyon...
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found its way onto the
classical music concert stage.
Composer Ferde Grofé depicted the
birthplace of the
Mississippi River and the
Native Americans...
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composer Ferde Grofé.
Grofé had died
fifteen years prior to the
making of the film, but
Russell was
given access to
numerous recordings by
Grofé's son in Los...
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Filloy Nadal 2001, p. 30.
Leyenaar 2001, pp. 125–26.
Grofe 2016, p. 1-12. Šprajc 2011, p. 87-95.
Duverger 1999. Houston,
Stephen (2006)...
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alongside them. One of the
first prominent big band
arrangers was
Ferde Grofé, who was
hired by Paul
Whiteman to
write for his “symphonic jazz orchestra”...
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jailed for a time and the song was
given to John Boles.
Composer Ferde Grofé, best
known for his
Grand Canyon Suite, was, in
these early years, a well...
