Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofé, known as Ferde Grofé (March 27, 1892 – April 3, 1972) (pronounced /ˈfərdiː ˈɡroʊfeɪ/) was an American composer, arranger...

composition and passed the score, titled A Rhapsody in Blue, to Ferde Grofé, Whiteman's arranger. Grofé finished orchestrating the piece on February 4—a mere eight...

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...

Another 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...

playing 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”...

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...

written by Ferde Grofé in 1949, depicting the westward travels of pioneers through the 'harsh lands' of Death Valley in California. Grofe was commissioned...

The 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...

composers Leroy Shield, Marvin Hatley, Raymond Scott, Edward MacDowell, Ferde Grofé, and others. They have been referred to as a "documentary orchestra"...

orchestration, had his Rhapsody in Blue arranged and orchestrated by Ferde Grofé. Erik Satie wrote his three Gymnopédies for solo piano in 1888. Eight...

Resources. Retrieved May 10, 2023. Burns, Alex (October 15, 2021). "Ferde Grofé 'Mississippi Suite': A Journey Down Memory Lane". Classicalexburns. Retrieved...

(Uncredited) The evocative soundtrack was written by American composer Ferde Grofé, who used a theremin in portions of the score. This was the first use...

being 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...

Warkill is a 1968 American drama film written and directed by Ferde Grofé Jr. and starring George Montgomery, Tom Drake, Conrad Parham, Eddie Infante...

Brothers. Kollmar's original choice for composer [of Early to Bed] was Ferde Grofé, best known as the orchestrator of George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue"...

American-Colombian co-production Western film written and directed by Ferde Grofé Jr. Shot in Colombia, the film starred Chuck Connors and Cesar Romero...

March 25 – Andy Clyde, Scottish-born screen actor (d. 1967) March 27 – Ferde Grofé, American pianist, composer (d. 1972) March 28 Corneille Heymans, Belgian...

'industrial music'." Similarly, in 1972 The New York Times described works by Ferde Grofé (especially 1935's A Symphony in Steel) as a part of "his 'industrial...

Mississippi; Tone Journey is a 1926 orchestral suite in four movements by Ferde Grofé, depicting scenes along a journey down the Mississippi River from its...

Whiteman conducting, orchestrated by Will Vodery. Reorchestrated by Ferde Grofé and retitled 135th Street in 1925 for a performance at Carnegie Hall...

Charpentier, Jeremiah Clarke, Léo Delibes, Paul Dukas, Reinhold Glière, Ferde Grofé, Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Dmitri Kabalevsky, Aram Khachaturian, Edward...

Ancient Caves (2020) Death Valley Suite (1949), a symphonic suite by Ferde Grofé, inspired by the history and geography of Death Valley "Death Valley"...

Niagara Falls," in which Adam and Eve are living at the Falls. Composer Ferde Grofé was commissioned by the Niagara Falls Power Generation project in 1960...

Montgomery announced the second of two films he'd make with Ferde Grofé Jr., the first being Warkill. Grofé later said the film would be part of a slate of 12...

They commissioned light pieces by composers such as Leroy Anderson, Ferde Grofé, and George Gershwin to write original works, along with theatre music...

heard at the 1939 New York World's Fair. The Novachord Orchestra of Ferde Grofé performed daily at the Ford stand with four Novachords and a Hammond...

Trylon and Perisphere. Composer (and Rhapsody in Blue orchestrator) Ferde Grofé was commissioned by the World's Fair to compose a piece of symphonic...

Ligeti: Le Grand Macabre Ralph Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia antartica Ferde Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite Jerry Goldsmith: The Blue Max Fazıl Say: Symphony...

dancer Leroy Milton Grider (1854–1919), Los Angeles real estate man Ferde Grofé (1892–1973), composer Kenneth Hahn (1920–1997), county supervisor and...

The Third Hand) is a 1988 American horror film written and directed by Ferde Grofé Jr. and starring Ken McLeod, David Anthony Smith, Monte Markham, Peter...