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    Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofé, known as Ferde Grofé (March 27, 1892 – April 3, 1972) (pronounced /ˈfərdiː ˈɡroʊfeɪ/) was an American composer, arranger...
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    Ferde AS is a Norwegian toll company owned by Agder, Rogaland and Vestland counties. The company was created on 5 October 2016 is headquartered in Bergen...
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    performed the rhapsody with Gershwin playing the piano. Whiteman's arranger Ferde Grofé orchestrated the rhapsody several times including the 1924 original...
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    discount system from 01.012.18 » Ferde". Ferde. 2018-11-28. Retrieved 2019-04-12. "What is a zero-emission vehicle? » Ferde". Ferde. Retrieved 2019-04-12. "Nullutslippskjøretøy...
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    446 kr respectively, before discount. "Bomanlegg og priser Rv. 13 Ryfast". Ferde.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 7 February 2024. "Verdens lengste undersjøiske...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • Grand Canyon Suite (category Suites by Ferde Grofé)
    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...
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    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...
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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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    (2014) Ancient Caves (2020) Death Valley Suite (1949), a symphonic suite by Ferde Grofé, inspired by the history and geography of Death Valley "Death Valley"...
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  • Charpentier, Jeremiah Clarke, Léo Delibes, Paul Dukas, Reinhold Glière, Ferde Grofé, Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Dmitri Kabalevsky, Aram Khachaturian, Edward...
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    St. Louis Georgie Stoll The Merry Monahans Hans J. Salter Minstrel Man Ferde Grofé and Leo Erdody Sensations of 1945 Mahlon Merrick Song of the Open...
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    description of Ford in the 1937 novel The Flivver King. Symphonic composer Ferde Grofé composed a tone poem in Henry Ford's honor (1938). "Lord, Mr. Ford"...
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    clene (wheel) for wonder of his hwe men hade set in his semblaunt sene he ferde as freke were fade and oueral enker grene         (bob) full clean. (wheel)...
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    also wrote lyrics to some classical pieces including "On the Trail" from Ferde Grofe's Grand Canyon Suite. The Vocalstra premiered a vocalese version of...
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  • chose to score the film largely with compositions by American composer Ferde Grofé. Grofé had died fifteen years prior to the making of the film, but...
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    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”...
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    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...
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  • Kennicott Davis 1892 1980 American Giorgio Federico Ghedini 1892 1965 Italian Ferde Grofé 1892 1972 American Grand Canyon Suite; Mississippi Suite Ilmari Hannikainen...
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    20 April 2008. Retrieved 3 April 2009. "Hardangerbrua" (in Norwegian). Ferde A. Retrieved 3 April 2009. "Longer than the Golden Gate". Aftenposten. Archived...
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    Gershwin included a celesta solo in the score to An American in Paris. Ferde Grofe also wrote an extended cadenza for the instrument in the third movement...
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  • act of Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto, and the fifth (Cloudburst) movement of Ferde Grofé's Grand Canyon Suite. Lightning within the cloud causes the entire...
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  • Oblique (in Hungarian: Ferde) is a collage by Hungarian artist Victor Vasarely from 1966 to 1974. Its dimensions are 78 x 77 centimeters. The picture...
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  • The Day of the Wolves (category Films directed by Ferde Grofé Jr.)
    Richard 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...
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  • Masuda Himeyuri students in Battle of Okinawa 1968 Philippines Warkill Ferde Grofé Jr. US Colonel and Philippine guerillas hunt down Japanese in 1945...
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    Victor Talking Machine Company at their studios in Camden, New Jersey. Ferde Grofé arranged the composition and played piano on the recording. Whiteman's...
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    vaudeville and short-film routines. In 1935, famed composer and arranger Ferde Grofe joined them as musical director. Burns realized that they were too...
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    work, Rhapsody in Blue, for orchestra and piano. It was orchestrated by Ferde Grofé and premiered by Paul Whiteman's Concert Band, in New York. It subsequently...
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  • clearly on acoustic recordings. George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, in Ferde Grofe's original jazz-orchestra arrangement, includes tenor banjo, with...
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