Ferde Grofé: Mississipi Suite (Pt I. Father of Waters)
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Ferde Grofé Reminisces About George Gershwin
An interview with composer Ferde Grofé about his role in George Gershwins creation of Rhapsody in Blue. This was found in a warehouse on old reel to reel tape, recorded in the 50's or 60's, believe it or not. 8)
Ferde Grofé - Hollywood Suite
Hollywood Suite (1935, rev. 1938) I. On the Set - Sweepers II. The Stand-in III. Carpenters and Electricians IV. Preview V. Production Number VI. Director - Star - Ensemble By popular request, I'm posting this orchestral suite by American composer Ferde Grofé (1892-1972). Originally a ballet, Grofé extracted the music heard here for a six-movement suite. This is light (I might even say frivolous) music, but it's fun all the same. Here is the scenario that accompanied the ballet: "The ballet "Hollywood" is a synthesis of what this famed name symbolizes for the whole world, the glamorous but artificial atmosphere of motion pictures. As the action starts the scene is actually nothing but the empty space; but a sign says this is "Stage No.4." A laborer sweeps the floor with motions as fatally unconcerned as the swinging of a clock pendulum, when a girl appears, typically representative of that place called Hollywood. Extra, stand-in, or double, in turn or all in one (let us call her the Double) she is the one whom glamour attracted, hunger tamed, and hope still sustains. Carpenters come and build a set in which electricians bring lights and to which set-dressers and property-men put the finishing touches. Each crew in turn casually calls the double, either to check the plan of a column, or the proper hanging of a prop, or the correct adjustment of the lighting. Everybody evidently needs her, but she nevertheless seems to be soon ignored by all. Cameramen, assistant-directors <b>...</b>
Sunrises - Grofe 'Sunrise'
Spectacular sunrise pictures. Audio track is 'Sunrise' from Grand Canyon Suite by Ferde Grofe.
Ferde Grofé - Niagara Falls Suite (1/2)
Niagara Falls Suite (1961) I. Father of the Waters II. Devil's Hole Massacre III. Honeymooners An orchestral suite by the American composer and arranger Ferde Grofé (1892-1972), best known for his collaboration with the Paul Whiteman orchestra in the 1920's. The Niagara Falls Power Company commisioned Grofé to compose this suite in honour of the completion of the first stage of construction of the hydroelectric station at the Falls. Conductor: William T. Stromberg Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
rhapsody in blue george gershwin, arranged by Ferde Grofe part 1
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Ferde Grofé - Niagara Falls Suite (2/2)
Niagara Falls Suite (1961) IV. The Power of Niagara An orchestral suite by the American composer and arranger Ferde Grofé (1892-1972), best known for his collaboration with the Paul Whiteman orchestra in the 1920's. The Niagara Falls Power Company commisioned Grofé to compose this suite in honour of the completion of the first stage of construction of the hydroelectric station at the Falls. Conductor: William T. Stromberg Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
"On The Trail" (comp. Ferde Grofe) (Darius Scott and the Resolution Trio at Grind On Cafe)
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Darius Scott and the Resolution Trio at Grind On Cafe: 3/1/2009 Performing "On The Trail" (comp. Ferde Grofe) Darius Scott -piano Amy Shook -bass Dominic Smith -drums Special guest: Paul Hannah -tenor saxophone Video by Molly Gallant and Eva Scott
Ferde Grofé - Hudson River Suite (1/2)
Hudson River Suite (1955) I. The River II. Henry Hudson III. Rip Van Winkle An orchestral suite by the American composer and arranger Ferde Grofé (1892-1972), best known for his collaboration with the Paul Whiteman orchestra in the 1920's. The Hudson River Suite consists of a series of tableaux depicting the river, its environs, its history and folklore, and its passage through New York City. Grofé had been working on a tone poem called Rip Van Winkle, after the story by Washington Irving, but rather than finishing it as a stand-alone work, he included it as the third movement of this suite. Conductor: William T. Stromberg Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Mardi Gras - Ferde Grofe: Mississippi Suite - Part 1
The NOVA Manassas Symphony Orchestra, James Villani, Music Director, Michelle Rupert, Assistant Conductor, presented "Mardi Gras" on March 5, 2011 at Merchant Hall at the Hylton Performing Arts Center in Manassas, Virginia. The orchestra is the Manassas and Prince William County area's premier all-volunteer community-service symphony orchestra. Our diverse blend of local artists and great music, along with unique programs and family-friendly atmosphere, are designed to delight both our long-time patrons and newest audience members. The NOVA Manassas Symphony Orchestra is a college and community organization comprised of residents of the greater Manassas area and students at the NVCC Manassas Campus. The orchestra exists for the purpose of performing symphonic literature to provide a quality orchestral experience for college students as well as a performance outlet for the talent and training of the community members. The orchestra serves to enlighten and educate the general public.
DONALD BYRD, On The Trail (Ferde Grofe)
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5th tune from Byrd's "Mustang!" album. Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on June 24, 1966. Originally released on Bluenote (84238). Donald Byrd (trumpet); Sonny Red (alto saxophone); Hank Mobley (tenor saxophone); McCoy Tyner (piano); Walter Booker (bass) Freddie Waits(drums).
Ferde Grofé - Hudson River Suite (2/2)
Hudson River Suite (1955) IV. Albany Night Boat V. New York! An orchestral suite by the American composer and arranger Ferde Grofé (1892-1972), best known for his collaboration with the Paul Whiteman orchestra in the 1920's. The Hudson River Suite consists of a series of tableaux depicting the river, its environs, its history and folklore, and its passage through New York City. Grofé had been working on a tone poem called Rip Van Winkle, after the story by Washington Irving, but rather than finishing it as a stand-alone work, he included it as the third movement of this suite. Conductor: William T. Stromberg Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Mardi Gras from the Mississippi Suite by Ferde Grofe & Performed by the SFLGFB Concert Band
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My original arrangement for concert band from the 1925 Paul Whiteman score by Ferde Grofe, performed March 19, 2008 by the San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band (SFLGFB). Original score provided by the Paul Whiteman Collection at Williams College with special permission from Alfred Publishing. This is movement 4 of 4 from the suite. Contact me with any inquiries or visit sflgfb.org
Ferde Grofé - Suite del Gran Cañón (III - En el camino) - Grand Canyon (III - On the trail)
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Ferde Grofé (1892-1972) estrenó esta obra en 1931. Una composición con un lenguaje musical que se deriva principalmente del impresionismo. Grofé dejó escritas algunas interesantes notas sobre la génesis de su obra. Así, la idea principal del ritmo en este "On the trail" no le vino en Arizona viendo el Cañón, si no oyendo en su hotel de Chicago el ruido en la calle de un martillo pilón, y la balada del cowboy en este mismo movimiento le vino de la nana que cantaba a su pequeño hijo varón. Curiosidades para terminar en una preciosa pieza musical.
JAMES MELTON SINGS - DAYBREAK - FERDE GROFE 1946.wmv
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JAMES MELTON SINGS..."DAYBREAK", FROM FERDE GROFE..."MISSISSIPPI SUITE.... ENJOY!!!!
rhapsody in blue george gershwin, arranged by Ferde Grofe part 2
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my favourite version of rhapsody in blue!, george gershwin arranged by Ferde Grofe part 2
Scenes of Yosemite National Park Music by Ferde Grofe (PARTIAL RECORDING)
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'Scenes of Yosemite National Park' Music by Frede Grofe (1892-1972) ('Sunset' from the "Grand Canyon Suite") Film courtesy of The Yosemite Fund www.yosemitefund.org
Ferde Grofé - Grand Canyon Suite - III. On the Trail
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Ferde Grofé: Mississipi Suite (Pt III. Old Creole Days)
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Ferde Grofé: Mississipi Suite (Pt III. Old Creole Days) 1926
Ferde Grofé - Grand Canyon Suite - V. Cloudburst
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FERDE GROFE - Death Valley Suite, II. 1849er. Emigrant Train.wmv
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Perdidos en el salvaje desierto, muertos de sed, los emigrantes afrontan el ardiente sol de Valle de la Muerte. Se oye el crujir de los secos ejes, el raspar las ruedas de los carros, el bramar de los bueyes y los gritos y latigazos de los conductores. Los indios al acecho esperan la posibilidad para atacar, se oyen el zumbido de flechas, los gritos de bueyes heridos y la confusión entre los emigrantes. Aún, a pesar de obstáculos casi insuperables, el espíritu indomable de los pioneros se eleva para darles fuerza y coraje.
CFYO On the Trail from Grand Canyon Suite by Ferde Grofe
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CFYO Central Florida Youth Orchestra Symphony plays On the Trail from Grand Canyon Suite. Springtime Serenade Concert: A Tribute to Jonathan May. Saturday, May 1st, 2010. Conducted by Michael Miller. Video by Gerard Hazuka
Ferde Grofé - Grand Canyon Suite - II. The Painted Desert
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Ferde (Ferdie) Grofé (27 March 1892 – 3 April 1972) was a prominent American composer, arranger and pianist. During the 1920s and 1930s, he went by the name Ferdie Grofé.
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Evening Shadows (1907–08, pub. 1915) for solo piano
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Wonderful One (1920; pub. 1923) for female vocalist and piano
Broadway at Night (1924)
Mississippi Suite (Tone Journey) (1925)
Theme and Variations on Noises from a Garage (1925)
Three Shades of Blue (1927)
Metropolis: a Fantasy in Blue (1928)
Free Air (1928)
Redemption (1930) film score
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Knute Rockne (1931) tone poem
Sonata for Flute and Bicycle Pump
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Tabloid Suite: Four Pictures of a Modern Newspaper (1933)
A Day At The Farm, for orchestra (1934–1935)
Diamond Jim (1935) movie score
Christmas Eve, for orchestra
Hot Lips popular song
Miss Mischief (1937) for piano, dedicated to Shirley Temple
Jungle Ballet (1937) written at the request of Dmitri Tiomkin
Diana, for solo saxophone and piano
Templed Hills (pub. 1940) popular song
Hollywood Ballet
Rudy Vallee Suite
Ode to Freedom, for orchestra (1937)
Yankee Doodle Rhapsody (American Fantasie) film score (1936)
Café Society (1938) a ballet, score rediscovered and repremiered in 2010
Tin Pan Alley: The Melodic Decades (1938)
Killarney: Irish Fanstasie for Orchestra (1938)
Kentucky Derby Suite (1938)
Saxophone Concerto (1939) unfinished, unpublished work written for Cecil Leeson
Trylon and Perisphere one movement tone poem the New York World's Fair of 1939-40 (later rennamed Black Gold)
Wheels, for orchestra (1939) dedicated to the Ford dealers of America
An American Biography, for orchestra (1939–1940) about the life of and dedicated to Henry Ford
Six Pictures of Hollywood also known as the Hollywood Suite, reworked thematic material from his earlier Hollywood Ballet
Ode to the Star Spangled Banner, for orchestra
Valsanne, for solo saxophone and piano
Blue Flame
Over There Fantasie (WWI Patriotic Medley) (c.1929) also known as the Ode to the American Solder
Uncle Sam Stands Up a patriotic cantata, based on a text by Ben Hecht, for baritone solo, chorus, and orchestra
Billy the Kid, unfinished and unpublished, some of this material may have been used in his score for the movie The Return of Jesse James
Aviation Suite (1944)
Minstrel Man (film)|Minstrel Man (1944) movie score. Grofe was nominated for his only Academy Award for this score
A Symphony in Steel
Deep Nocturne, for orchestra (1947)
Death Valley Suite (1949)
Time Out of Mind (1950) rejected movie score
Rocketship X-M movie score
The Return of Jesse James (1951) movie score
Blue Fantasy in B Flat
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (1954)
March for Americans
Halloween Fantasy for Strings also known as Trick or Treat for orchestra
Atlantic Crossing a tone poem for orchestra, chorus with both male and female narrators
Hudson River Suite (1955)
Scalawag for concert band (1956)
Dawn at Lake Mead, for orchestra (1956)
Valley of Enchantment Suite for concert band (1956)
Valley of the Sun Suite (1957)
Gallodoro's Serenade for Saxophone and Piano (1958) written for the virtuoso Al Gallodoro
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in D (1959) a long one-movement concerto
Yellowstone Suite (1960)
San Francisco Suite (1960)
Niagara Falls Suite (1960–61)
''World's Fair Suite (1964)
Hawaiian Suite (1965)
Virginia City: Requiem for a Ghost Town (1968)
Lonely Castle for solo flute (1968)
Christine for cello and piano (1969)
Grofé's Grand Canyon Suite, performed by the NBC Symphony, conducted by Arturo Toscanini. On LP and on the recently out-of-print CD, it is coupled with works by George Gershwin, and (on the CD) Samuel Barber and John Philip Sousa.
Grofé's Grand Canyon Suite, performed by the New York Philharmonic (with John Corigliano, Sr.as the violin soloist) conducted by Leonard Bernstein. Coupled with Bernstein conducting Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue (with Bernstein at the piano) and An American in Paris (Sony 63086)
Grofé's Grand Canyon Suite, performed by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antal Doráti. Coupled with Doráti conducting Gershwin's (London/Decca Jubilee 430712)
Symphonic Jazz: Grofé and Gershwin, performed by the Harmonie Ensemble/New York conducted by Steven Richman (Bridge Records 9212), playing:
* Grofé's Mississippi Suite (the original Whiteman Orchestra version)
* Gershwin's Second Rhapsody for Orchestra with Piano arranged by Grofé, with Lincoln Mayorga on the piano (premiere recording)
* Grofé's Gallodoro's Serenade for Saxophone and Piano with Al Gallodoro on alto saxophone and Mayorga on piano (premiere recording)
* Grofé's Grand Canyon Suite (original Whiteman Orchestra version; first complete recording)
Grofé's Grand Canyon Suite and Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (with Jesus Maria Sanroma) with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Grofé. Out-of-print Everest LP, reissued on CD in 1997.
Liner notes by Don Rayno for Symphonic Jazz: Grofé and Gershwin (Bridge Records 9212)
Ferde Grofé and the Grand Canyon Suite
Biography of Ferde Grofé for the Songwriters Hall of Fame
The Virginian-Pilot (27 October 1994)">"Little Johnny a Famous Pitchman" by Frank Roberts. The Virginian-Pilot (27 October 1994)
Early life
Born Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofé, in New York City, Grofe came by his extensive musical interests naturally. Of French Huguenot extraction, his family had four generations of classical musicians. His father, Emil von Grofé, was a baritone who sang mainly light opera; his mother, Elsa Johanna Bierlich von Grofé, a professional cellist, was also a versatile music teacher who taught Ferde to play the violin and piano. Elsa's father, Bernardt Bierlich, was a cellist in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in New York and Elsa's brother, Julius Bierlich, was first violinist and concertmaster of the Los Angeles Symphony.
Musical education
Ferde's father died in 1899, after which his mother took Ferde abroad to study piano, viola and composition in Leipzig, Germany. Ferde became proficient on a wide range of instruments including piano (his favored instrument), violin, viola (he became a violist in the LA Symphony), baritone horn, alto horn and cornet. This command of musical instruments and composition gave Ferde the foundation to become first an arranger of other composers' music and then a composer in his own right.Grofé left home at age 14 and variously worked as a milkman, truck driver, usher, newsboy, elevator operator, helper in a book bindery, iron factory worker, and as a piano player in a bar for two dollars a night and as an accompanist. He continued studying piano and violin. When he was 15 he was performing with dance bands. He also played the alto horn in brass bands. He was 17 when he wrote his first commissioned work.
Arranger for Paul Whiteman
Beginning about 1920, he played the jazz piano with the Paul Whiteman orchestra. He served as Whiteman's chief arranger from 1920-1932. He made hundreds of arrangements of popular songs, Broadway show music, and tunes of all types for Whiteman.Grofé's most memorable arrangement is that of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, which established Grofé's reputation among jazz musicians. Grofé took what Gershwin had written for two pianos and orchestrated it for Whiteman's jazz orchestra. He transformed Gershwin's musical canvas with the colors and many of the creative touches for which it is so well known. He went on to create two more arrangements of the piece in later years. Grofé's 1942 orchestration for full orchestra of Rhapsody in Blue is the one most frequently heard today. In 1928, George Gershwin wrote a letter to ASCAP complaining that Grofé had listed himself as the composer of Rhapsody in Blue. In spite of this misunderstanding, Grofé served as one of the pallbearers at Gershwin's funeral in 1937.
In 1932, The New York Times called Grofé "the Prime Minister of Jazz". This was an oblique reference to the fact that Whiteman was widely called "King of Jazz", especially after the appearance of the 1930 film of that name which featured Whiteman's music.
Due to Grofé's ubiquity in arranging large-scale musical works and a perceived paucity of American achievements in serious music, the German conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler complained that "America has no composers, only arrangers."
During this time, Grofé also recorded piano rolls for the American Piano Company (Ampico) company in New York. These captured performances were embellished with additional notes after the initial recording took place to attempt to convey the thick lush nature of his orchestra's style. Hence the published rolls are marked "Played by Ferde Grofé (assisted)".
Not everybody appreciated Grofé's flowery arrangements during this time. In a review of a Whiteman jazz concert in New York, one writer said the music was expected to be pleasing, and "it proved so when it was repeated last night, in spite of the excessive instrumentation of Ferde Grofé." A writer of a later generation said "the Grofé and Gould pieces were the essence of slick commercialism..."
Radio
Mardi Gras (from Mississippi Suite) was recorded in the radio transcription series Shilkret Novelties in 1931. and again by Nathaniel Shilkret in RCA Victor's transcription series His Majesty's Voice of the Air in 1932. On the Trail (from Grand Canyon Suite) was also recorded in the His Majesty's Voice of the Air transcriptions. In January 1933 the premiere of his Tabloid, an orchestral suite in 4 movements, was presented in Carnegie Hall. In 1937, he conducted a concert tribute to George Gershwin at Lewisohn Stadium. The turnout (20,223 people) was the largest in that stadium's history.In 1934, Grofé announced that he was working on an opera, to be based on the Edgar Allan Poe story "The Fall of the House of Usher".
Films
He began his second career as composer of film scores in 1930, when he provided arrangements (and perhaps portions of the score) for the film King of Jazz. Published data for this movie do not list Grofé as the score's composer, however. He is also credited with the film score for the 1930 movie Redemption.A review for the 1944 Joseph Lewis film Minstrel Man states "the music, scored by Ferde Grofé, is an outstanding item." Grofe was nominated, along with Leo Erdody, for an Academy Award in the category "Scoring of a Musical Picture" for this film.
In 1944, he was a panelist on A Song Is Born, judging the works of unknown composers. Before that time he had served several times as judge or co-judge in musical contests.
Grofé was later employed as a conductor and faculty member at the Juilliard School of Music where he taught orchestration.
Grofé's compositions
In addition to being an arranger, Grofé was also a serious composer in his own right. While still with Whiteman, in 1925, he wrote Mississippi Suite, which Whiteman recorded in shortened format in 1927. He wrote a number of other pieces, including a theme for the New York World's Fair of 1939 and suites for Niagara Falls and the Hudson River. Possibly as a result of his World's Fair theme, 13 October 1940 was designated Ferde Grofé Day at the American pavilion of the World's Fair. Grofé conducted his Niagara Falls Suite as part of the ceremony marking the opening of the first stage of the Niagara Falls Power Generation project.In 1960, work was announced on a musical production based on the life of Samuel Langhorne Clemens. The music was first assigned to Victor Young, but Grofé was later brought in to complete the work.
Today, Grofé remains most famous for his Grand Canyon Suite (1931), a work regarded highly enough to be recorded for RCA Victor with the NBC Symphony conducted by Arturo Toscanini (in Carnegie Hall in 1945, with the composer present). The earlier Mississippi Suite is also occasionally performed and recorded. Grofé conducted the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in his Grand Canyon Suite and his piano concerto (with pianist Jesús Maria Sanromá) for Everest Records in 1960; the recording was digitally remastered and issued on CD in 1997.
He also composed original film music, including the scores to Early to Bed (1928), Minstrel Man (1944), Time Out of Mind (1947), Rocketship X-M (1950) and The Return of Jesse James (1950).
Personal life
Although he spent the first half of his life living in New Jersey and working in and around New York City, by 1945 he had moved to Los Angeles full time. In 1945 he sold his Teaneck, New Jersey home.Grofé was married to his first wife Mildred Grizzelle a singer in 1916 and divorced in 1928. He filed for divorce in Las Vegas, Nevada from his second wife Ruth, whom he married in 1929 in May 1951. The day after the divorce was granted, he married his third wife Anna May Lampton (13 January 1952).
Ferde Grofé died in Santa Monica, California on 3 April 1972, at age 80, and was buried in the Mausoleum of the Golden West at the Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, California. He left four children, Ferdinand Rudolf Jr., Anne, Robert and Delight, all of the Los Angeles area. His obituary was carried in the 4 April 1972 issue of the New York Times.
Composition list
Grofé composed a large number of works in a variety of styles, commonly in symphonic jazz.His soundtrack to the 1950 science fiction film Rocketship X-M included the use of the theremin. His monumental Grand Canyon Suite is his best known work, a masterpiece in orchestration and evocation of mood and location.
Selected discography
References
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