FERDE GROFÉ

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Composer Ferde Grofe, the Prince Minister of Jazz, was born Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofe (pronounced grow-fay) on March 27, 1892 in New York City. While still a child, Grofe’s family moved to Los Angeles, California. His father was an actor and baritone singer while his mother was a cellist and music instructor.

Growing up in Los Angeles, Grofe attended public schools and studied with several music instructors, first his mother and then Pietro Floridia and Ricardo Dallera. He attended St. Vincent’s College under family pressure to study law but in 1908, he found work as a violinist at convention halls and as a pianist and arranger for various with dance bands.

In 1909, he produced his first commissioned work, The Elks Grand Reunion March, for the Elks Convention in Los Angeles. This same year, Grofe was hired by the Los Angeles Symphony as a violist, a position he maintained for
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FERDE GROFÉ Grand Canyon Suite album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Grand Canyon Suite
Third Stream 1958
FERDE GROFÉ Ferde Grofe  Played By 101 Strings ‎: Ferde Grofe's Grand Canyon Suite album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Ferde Grofe Played By 101 Strings ‎: Ferde Grofe's Grand Canyon Suite
Third Stream 1958
FERDE GROFÉ Ferde Grofé, Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, The conducted by Felix Slatkin ‎: Grand Canyon Suite / Mississippi Suite album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Ferde Grofé, Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, The conducted by Felix Slatkin ‎: Grand Canyon Suite / Mississippi Suite
Third Stream 1958
FERDE GROFÉ The Lure Of The Grand Canyon album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Lure Of The Grand Canyon
Third Stream 1961
FERDE GROFÉ Rocketship X-M (The Original Soundtrack Score) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Rocketship X-M (The Original Soundtrack Score)
Jazz Related Soundtracks 1977
FERDE GROFÉ Great American Grofé album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Great American Grofé
Third Stream 1997
FERDE GROFÉ Grand Canyon Suite; Mississippi Suite; Niagara Falls Suite (Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/William T. Stromberg) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Grand Canyon Suite; Mississippi Suite; Niagara Falls Suite (Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/William T. Stromberg)
Third Stream 1999
FERDE GROFÉ Death Valley Suite; Hudson River Suite; Hollywood Suite (Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/William Stromberg) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Death Valley Suite; Hudson River Suite; Hollywood Suite (Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/William Stromberg)
Third Stream 2002
FERDE GROFÉ The Roaring 20s album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Roaring 20s
Stride Piano 2008

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