Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofé (March 27, 1892 – April 3, 1972), known as Ferde Grofé (/ˈfɜːrdi ɡroʊˈfeɪ/) was an American composer, arranger, pianist, and...

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...

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...

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...

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”...

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...

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...

region has found its way onto the classical music concert stage. Composer Ferde Grofé depicted the birthplace of the Mississippi River and the Native Americans...

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

featuring John Legend & Tori Kelly) "Rhapsody In Blue (Grass)" Béla Fleck & Ferde Grofé, arrangers (Béla Fleck featuring Michael Cleveland, Sierra Hull, Justin...

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

(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...

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...

composers such as Claude Debussy, Antonio Vivaldi, Ottorino Respighi, and Ferde Grofé. All tracks are written by Chip Davis, unless otherwise noted. Chip Davis...

entire work himself, unlike the Rhapsody in Blue which was scored by Ferde Grofé, Paul Whiteman's section pianist and principal orchestrator. The English...

Egan and directed, written and produced by Ferde Grofe Jr., the son of the renowned composer, Ferde Grofe, who had previously worked in the Philippine...

Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninoff 1998–99 Grand Canyon Suite by Ferde Grofé Violin Concerto by Felix Mendelssohn Swan Lake by Pyotr Tchaikovsky...

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

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