Ferde Grofé (1892-1972)
Last updated: 29.01.24
According to the Internet source given below, Ferde Grofé was an American composer, arranger, pianist and instrumentalist.
He was taken abroad in 1899 by his mother to study piano, viola and composition in Leipzig, Germany. He was proficient on a number of instruments including piano, violin, viola, baritone horn, alto horn and cornet.
Leaving home aged 14 he played in a piano bar for two dollars a night also as an accompanist as well as numerous other jobs. Still just 14 he composed his first work, Four Rags for Piano (1906), and his first commissioned work when 17.
By 1920, he was playing jazz piano with the Paul Whiteman orchestra. and went on be Whiteman's principal arranger. As well as being a composer of many works (including orchestral) he recorded, worked on radio and TV, conducted and taught.
He was taken abroad in 1899 by his mother to study piano, viola and composition in Leipzig, Germany. He was proficient on a number of instruments including piano, violin, viola, baritone horn, alto horn and cornet.
Leaving home aged 14 he played in a piano bar for two dollars a night also as an accompanist as well as numerous other jobs. Still just 14 he composed his first work, Four Rags for Piano (1906), and his first commissioned work when 17.
By 1920, he was playing jazz piano with the Paul Whiteman orchestra. and went on be Whiteman's principal arranger. As well as being a composer of many works (including orchestral) he recorded, worked on radio and TV, conducted and taught.
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Ferde Grofé (1892-1972) has at least 1 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.
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Wonderful One Music by: Ferde Grofé. Co-Author: Marshall Neilan, Paul Whiteman Words by: Dorothy Terriss Performed by: Martha Pryor
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| Title | Attribution | Instruments | Source | Remarks |
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Suez (1922) | F. Grofé (music) Peter DeRose (coauth.) Will Pancoast (words) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana |  |
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Wonderful One (1922) | F. Grofé (music) Marshall Neilan (coauth.) Paul Whiteman (coauth.) Dorothy Terriss (words) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | |
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 21 works by Ferde Grofé (1892-1972).
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys:
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| Harlem | 1906 | from Four Rags for Piano | |
| Hobble | 1906 | from Four Rags for Piano | |
| Persimmon | 1906 | from Four Rags for Piano | |
| Rattlesnake | 1906 | from Four Rags for Piano | |
| Stop Your Kiddin' | 1922 | Jimmy McHugh (co-author) | |
| Suez | 1922 | Peter DeRose (co-author) Will Pancoast (words) Vincent Lopez (perf.) |
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| Wonderful One | 1922 | Marshall Neilan (co-author) Paul Whiteman (co-author) Dorothy Terriss (words) Peter Bontsema (perf.) John McCormack (perf.) Edward Miller (perf.) Gertrude Moody (perf.) Helen Moretti (perf.) Martha Pryor (perf.) |
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| Cyclone, The | 1923 | Pub. | |
| Daybreak | 1926 | Harold Adamson (words) Tommy Dorsey (perf.) |
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| Father of Waters | 1926 | ||
| Mardi Gras | 1926 |  |
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| ⇑ Old Creole Days | 1926 | |
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| Alice Blue | 1927 | |
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| Heliotrope | 1927 | ||
| Indigo (w&m) | 1927 | Pub. | |
| Musette | 1928 | Pub. | |
| Blue Flame | 1929 | Pub. | |
| Free Air | 1929 | ||
| Count Your Blessings | 1933 | Irving Caesar (words) Edgar Guest (words) Jimmie Durante (perf.) Stuart Erwin (perf.) Marjorie Rambeau (perf.) Lupe Velez (perf.) |
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| Symphony in Steel | 1936 | ||
| Miss Mischief | 1937 | Pub. |