Trackimage | Playbut | Trackname | Playbut | Trackname |
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57665845 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite: 1. Sunrise | 04:21 Tools | |
57665824 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite: i. Sunrise | 00:00 Tools | |
19619058 | Play | Mississippi Suite: III. Old Creole Days | 03:03 Tools | |
19619024 | Play | On The Trail | 03:31 Tools | |
57665825 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite: ii. Painted Desert | 03:03 Tools | |
19619027 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite: III. On the Trail | 07:48 Tools | |
19619023 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite: IV. Sunset | 05:10 Tools | |
57665826 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite: I Sunrise | 05:10 Tools | |
19619029 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite, (First Movement) 'Sunrise' | 06:28 Tools | |
57665827 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite: v. Cloudburst | 03:31 Tools | |
57665828 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite: III On the Trail | 03:31 Tools | |
57665830 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite: V Cloudburst | 05:12 Tools | |
57665847 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite: 3. On the Trail | 08:33 Tools | |
57665829 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite: On the Trail | 03:31 Tools | |
57665831 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite: II The Painted Desert | 05:12 Tools | |
57665832 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite: IV Sunset | 05:12 Tools | |
57665887 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite: 2. The Painted Desert | 07:22 Tools | |
57665889 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite: 4. Sunset | 07:22 Tools | |
57665833 | Play | Rhapsody in Blue (arr. F. Grofe for piano and orchestra) | 04:18 Tools | |
19619018 | Play | Sunrise | 05:12 Tools | |
57665898 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite: 5. Cloudburst | 02:07 Tools | |
19619021 | Play | Cloudburst | 08:55 Tools | |
19619127 | Play | Mississippi Suite: I. Father of the Waters | 04:18 Tools | |
57665836 | Play | Mississippi, "A Journey in Tones": I Father of Waters | 05:38 Tools | |
57665838 | Play | Mississippi, "A Journey in Tones": II Huckleberry Finn | 03:32 Tools | |
19619022 | Play | Sunset | 05:20 Tools | |
19619100 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite: II. The Painted Desert | 05:24 Tools | |
57665840 | Play | Mississippi, "A Journey in Tones": III Old Creole Days | 03:32 Tools | |
19619028 | Play | Painted Desert | 05:45 Tools | |
57665841 | Play | Mississippi, "A Journey in Tones": IV Mardi Gras | 03:32 Tools | |
19619137 | Play | Niagara Falls Suite: I Thunder of the Waters | 03:32 Tools | |
19619046 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite: Sunrise | 05:38 Tools | |
57665846 | Play | Rhapsody in Blue (arr. F. Grofé for piano and orchestra) | 08:33 Tools | |
57665842 | Play | Niagara Falls Suite: II Devil's Hole Massacre | 08:19 Tools | |
57665844 | Play | Niagara Falls Suite: III Honeymooners | 04:21 Tools | |
57665843 | Play | Mississippi Suite (1925): I. Father of Waters | 08:19 Tools | |
57665835 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite | 05:24 Tools | |
19619041 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite: Cloudburst | 08:33 Tools | |
87713373 | Play | On The Trail From Grand Canyon Suite | 08:33 Tools | |
19619114 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite 1. Sunrise | 00:00 Tools | |
57665854 | Play | Niagara Falls Suite: IV Power of Niagara | 05:06 Tools | |
57665834 | Play | I Sunrise | 00:00 Tools | |
19619110 | Play | Hollywood Suite: Production Number | 02:18 Tools | |
57665839 | Play | Mississippi Suite: I. Father Of Waters | 03:32 Tools | |
57665837 | Play | III On the Trail | 05:38 Tools | |
19619101 | Play | Sand Storm | 01:19 Tools | |
19619153 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite: Sunset | 05:00 Tools | |
19619118 | Play | Mississippi Suite: II. Huckleberry Finn | 02:21 Tools | |
19619037 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite - On The Trail | 07:02 Tools | |
19619122 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite: Painted Desert | 05:32 Tools | |
57665863 | Play | Death Valley Suite: Funeral Mountains | 02:21 Tools | |
57665882 | Play | Hudson River Suite: The River | 03:03 Tools | |
19619030 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite - Cloudburst | 08:19 Tools | |
57665852 | Play | Rhapsody in Blue (arr. F. Grofe for piano and jazz band) | 07:24 Tools | |
19619116 | Play | Mississippi Suite: IV. Mardi Gras | 04:55 Tools | |
57665875 | Play | Rhapsody in Blue (Arr. F. Grofé for Piano & Orchestra) | 05:54 Tools | |
57665850 | Play | Theremin Solo | 07:24 Tools | |
19619096 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite - I. Sunrise | 05:15 Tools | |
19619020 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite - Sunset | 04:21 Tools | |
57665866 | Play | Main Title | 02:34 Tools | |
19619035 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite - Sunrise | 05:18 Tools | |
57665849 | Play | Huckleberry Finn | 05:00 Tools | |
57665848 | Play | IV Sunset | 08:33 Tools | |
57665902 | Play | Rhapsody in Blue (jazzband version) | 02:07 Tools | |
19619083 | Play | Mardi Gras | 04:55 Tools | |
57665870 | Play | Death Valley Suite: Desert Water Hole | 05:54 Tools | |
57665851 | Play | Rhapsody In Blue | 07:24 Tools | |
19619034 | Play | On The Trail (from the Grand Canyon Suite) | 07:24 Tools | |
57665853 | Play | II Huckleberry Finn | 07:24 Tools | |
57665880 | Play | Death Valley Suite: Sand Storm | 03:03 Tools | |
57665868 | Play | Broadway at Night (1924) | 05:54 Tools | |
19619062 | Play | IV. Mardi Gras | 05:06 Tools | |
57665856 | Play | V Cloudburst | 05:06 Tools | |
57665859 | Play | IV Power of Niagara | 04:55 Tools | |
87713375 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite: III. On the Trail (excerpt) | 07:22 Tools | |
57665855 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite - IV. Sunset | 05:06 Tools | |
57665857 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite - III. On the Trail | 05:06 Tools | |
57665860 | Play | I Thunder of the Waters | 04:55 Tools | |
19619113 | Play | Funeral Mountains | 02:47 Tools | |
57665927 | Play | 6 Pictures Of Hollywood: On The Set - Sweepers | 03:11 Tools | |
57665955 | Play | Hudson River Suite: New York! | 05:47 Tools | |
57665861 | Play | Henry Hudson | 02:21 Tools | |
57665862 | Play | II Devil's Hole Massacre | 02:21 Tools | |
57665901 | Play | Metropolis: A Blue Fantasy (1928) | 02:07 Tools | |
57665946 | Play | 6 Pictures of Hollywood: Production Number | 07:23 Tools | |
57665881 | Play | Mississippi Suite (1925): III. Old Creole Days | 03:03 Tools | |
57665867 | Play | Old Creole Days | 02:47 Tools | |
57665939 | Play | Hudson River Suite: Henry Hudson | 07:23 Tools | |
57665879 | Play | Painted Desert from Grand Canyon Suite | 03:03 Tools | |
19619140 | Play | III. Old Creole Days | 04:10 Tools | |
19619026 | Play | I. Sunrise | 05:54 Tools | |
19619131 | Play | II. Huckleberry Finn | 02:34 Tools | |
87713374 | Play | Mississippi suite | 02:47 Tools | |
57665864 | Play | III Honeymooners | 02:34 Tools | |
57665914 | Play | 6 Pictures Of Hollywood: The Stand-in | 05:11 Tools | |
57665928 | Play | 6 Pictures of Hollywood: Preview | 03:11 Tools | |
57665869 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite - V. Cloudburst | 05:54 Tools | |
57665893 | Play | Mississippi Suite (1925): IV. Mardi Gras | 02:07 Tools | |
57665904 | Play | Rhapsody in Blue (original version, arr. F. Grofe) | 05:13 Tools | |
57665865 | Play | III Old Creole Days | 02:34 Tools | |
57665935 | Play | 6 Pictures of Hollywood: Director - Star - Ensemble | 04:06 Tools | |
57665959 | Play | Hudson River Suite: Albany Night Boat | 09:38 Tools | |
57665934 | Play | Death Valley Suite: '49er Emigrant Train | 02:32 Tools | |
57665885 | Play | Three Shades of Blue (1926): II. Alice Blue | 03:03 Tools | |
57665921 | Play | Sunrise From Grand Canyon Suite | 07:33 Tools | |
57665872 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite - II. Painted Desert | 05:54 Tools | |
57665873 | Play | Director - Star - Ensemble | 05:54 Tools | |
57665936 | Play | 6 Pictures of Hollywood: Carpenters and Electricians | 04:06 Tools | |
57665953 | Play | Hudson River Suite: Rip Van Winkle | 05:47 Tools | |
89587591 | Play | Mississippi Suite "A Journey in Tones": II. Huckleberry Finn | 05:47 Tools | |
89587592 | Play | Mississippi Suite "A Journey in Tones": IV. Mardi Gras | 05:47 Tools | |
57665903 | Play | Mississippi Suite (1925): II. Huckleberry Finn | 05:13 Tools | |
19619040 | Play | Approaching Mars | 02:07 Tools | |
57665876 | Play | II The Painted Desert | 05:54 Tools | |
57665877 | Play | Albany Night Boat | 05:54 Tools | |
19619048 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite for orchestra: Cloudburst | 09:04 Tools | |
57665878 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite: "Sunrise" | 05:54 Tools | |
57665895 | Play | The Painted Desert | 02:07 Tools | |
89587593 | Play | Mississippi Suite "A Journey in Tones": I. Father of Waters | 02:07 Tools | |
57665874 | Play | Mississippi Suite - IV. Mardi Gras | 05:54 Tools | |
57665922 | Play | Three Shades of Blue (1926): III. Heliotrope | 07:33 Tools | |
57665883 | Play | On the Set - Sweepers | 03:03 Tools | |
57665884 | Play | The Stand-In | 03:03 Tools | |
89587594 | Play | Rhapsody in Blue (arr. F. Grofe for wind ensemble) | 03:03 Tools | |
19619044 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite for orchestra: Sunrise | 05:13 Tools | |
19619141 | Play | Mississippi Suite - III. Old Creole Days | 03:03 Tools | |
57665894 | Play | Father Of The Waters | 02:07 Tools | |
19619039 | Play | III. On the Trail | 07:22 Tools | |
57665969 | Play | Mississippi Suite: Mardi Gras | 04:24 Tools | |
57665924 | Play | Three Shades of Blue (1926): I. Indigo | 07:33 Tools | |
57665900 | Play | Tabloid Suite: Four Pictures of A Modern Newspaper (1932): Run of the News | 02:07 Tools | |
57665888 | Play | '49er Emigrant Train | 07:22 Tools | |
57665890 | Play | I Father of Waters | 07:22 Tools | |
57665891 | Play | Tabloid Suite: Four Pictures of A Modern Newspaper (1932): Sob Sister | 07:22 Tools | |
57665892 | Play | Rip Van Winkle | 02:07 Tools | |
57665911 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite for orchestra: Painted Desert | 05:23 Tools | |
87713376 | Play | Rhapsody in Blue (arr. F. Grofe for piano and jazz ensemble) | 04:06 Tools | |
57665886 | Play | Mississippi Suite - II. Huckleberry Finn | 09:04 Tools | |
57665896 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite - 1. Sunrise | 02:07 Tools | |
19619049 | Play | V. Cloudburst | 08:25 Tools | |
57665897 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite: II The Painted Desert | 02:07 Tools | |
19619043 | Play | Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite - 1. Sunrise | 05:13 Tools | |
57665899 | Play | Preview | 02:07 Tools | |
19619045 | Play | Interrupted Mission | 03:11 Tools | |
19619134 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite - 3. On The Trail | 07:21 Tools | |
19619054 | Play | I. Father of Waters | 03:24 Tools | |
19619047 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite for orchestra: Sunset | 05:23 Tools | |
57665910 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite for orchestra: On The Trail | 05:23 Tools | |
19619050 | Play | IV. Sunset | 04:38 Tools | |
19619036 | Play | II. Painted Desert | 06:09 Tools | |
89587595 | Play | Mississippi Suite "A Journey in Tones": III. Old Creole Days | 06:09 Tools | |
57665952 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite : 3. On the Trail | 07:23 Tools | |
89587596 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite (Remastered): I. Sunrise | 07:23 Tools | |
57665918 | Play | Mississippi Suite: Father Of Waters | 05:11 Tools | |
57665940 | Play | Mississippi Suite: Huckleberry Finn | 07:23 Tools | |
57665919 | Play | None Came Back | 05:11 Tools | |
19619031 | Play | The Grand Canyon Suite | 07:33 Tools | |
57665905 | Play | IV Mardi Gras | 05:13 Tools | |
57665906 | Play | Carpenters and Electricians | 05:13 Tools | |
57665907 | Play | II The Painted Desert | 05:13 Tools | |
57665923 | Play | 6 Pictures of Hollywood: Hollywood Suite: Production Number | 07:33 Tools | |
57665908 | Play | New York! | 05:13 Tools | |
57665909 | Play | The River | 05:13 Tools | |
19619033 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite - Painted Desert | 05:22 Tools | |
57665912 | Play | Mississippi Suite - I. Father Of The Waters | 05:23 Tools | |
57665913 | Play | Sunrise: 'Grand Canyon Suite' | 05:23 Tools | |
57665972 | Play | Floating Free | 08:56 Tools | |
87713377 | Play | The Grand Canyon Suite: III. On the Trail | 04:29 Tools | |
19619123 | Play | The Martian Mutants | 06:00 Tools | |
57665943 | Play | Death Valley Suite (1997 Digital Remaster): Funeral Mountains | 07:23 Tools | |
19619147 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite - 4. Sunset | 05:11 Tools | |
89587597 | Play | Sunrise (Grand Canyon Suite) | 05:11 Tools | |
57665915 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite - 5. Cloudburst | 05:11 Tools | |
89587598 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite (Remastered): III. On the Trail | 05:11 Tools | |
89587599 | Play | March for Americans | 05:11 Tools | |
87713378 | Play | Countdown - Launch - Into Orbit | 05:47 Tools | |
57665916 | Play | Desert Water Hole | 05:11 Tools | |
57665917 | Play | Hollywood Suite | 05:11 Tools | |
89587600 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite (Remastered): II. Painted Desert | 05:11 Tools | |
57665957 | Play | Mississippi Suite: Old Creole Days | 05:47 Tools | |
87713385 | Play | Mississippi Suite (1997 Digital Remaster): Old Creole Days | 05:47 Tools | |
57665920 | Play | Mississippi Suite - Mardi Gras | 07:33 Tools | |
57665963 | Play | Exploring The Red Planet | 09:38 Tools | |
57665925 | Play | Tabloid Suite: Four Pictures of A Modern Newspaper (1932): Comic Strip | 03:11 Tools | |
57665926 | Play | Four Pictures of a Modern Newspaper: Run Of The News | 03:11 Tools | |
57665965 | Play | Mississippi Suite: 3. Old Creole Days | 06:19 Tools | |
19619071 | Play | Mississippi Suite for orchestra: IV: Mardi Gras | 04:06 Tools | |
57665950 | Play | Death Valley Suite (1997 Digital Remaster): Sand Storm | 07:23 Tools | |
87713379 | Play | The Grand Canyon Suite: II. Painted Desert | 07:23 Tools | |
89587601 | Play | The Grand Canyon Suite: I. Sunrise | 07:23 Tools | |
57665929 | Play | On The Trail (Grand Canyon Suite) | 03:11 Tools | |
89587602 | Play | Mississippi Suite (1997 Digital Remaster): Mardi Gras | 03:11 Tools | |
87713380 | Play | Mississippi Suite: 2. Huckleberry Finn | 07:23 Tools | |
87713381 | Play | Hard Hearted Hannah (arr. F. Grofe) (Ampico piano roll recording | 07:23 Tools | |
57665930 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite, Third Movement: On the Trail | 03:11 Tools | |
19619095 | Play | Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite - 3. On The Trail | 07:23 Tools | |
57665931 | Play | The Grand Canyon Suite: Cloudburst | 06:00 Tools | |
57665932 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite - The Painted Desert | 06:00 Tools | |
19619126 | Play | Mississippi Suite - Old Creole Days | 02:32 Tools | |
57665933 | Play | Charleston | 02:32 Tools | |
19619133 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite: 1st Movement (Sunrise) | 06:29 Tools | |
57665945 | Play | Mississippi Suite for orchestra: I: Father of the Waters | 07:23 Tools | |
57665949 | Play | Father of Waters | 07:23 Tools | |
57665947 | Play | Mississippi Suite for orchestra: III: Old Creole Days | 07:23 Tools | |
57665951 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite "Sunrise" | 07:23 Tools | |
57665937 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite On the Trail | 04:06 Tools | |
57665968 | Play | Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2: I. Adagio sostenuto | 04:24 Tools | |
19619056 | Play | Niagara Falls Suite: II Devil's Hole Massacre | 04:29 Tools | |
87713389 | Play | Mississippi Suite (1997 Digital Remaster): Father Of Waters | 04:24 Tools | |
89587603 | Play | Show Me the Way to Go Home (arr. F. Grofe) (Ampico piano roll recording) | 04:24 Tools | |
57665979 | Play | Death Valley Suite (1997 Digital Remaster): 49er Emigrant Train | 08:56 Tools | |
57665938 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite (Sunrise) | 04:29 Tools | |
57665941 | Play | Mississippi Suite - Huckleberry Finn | 07:23 Tools | |
57665942 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite, | 07:23 Tools | |
57665944 | Play | Death Valley Suite: 49er Emigrant Train | 07:23 Tools | |
57665948 | Play | Mississippi Suite (1925) | 07:23 Tools | |
89587604 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite: Op Weg Naar Bethlehem | 07:23 Tools | |
89587605 | Play | Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite - 2. Painted Desert | 07:23 Tools | |
89587606 | Play | Limehouse Blues (arr. F. Grofe) (Ampico piano roll recording) | 07:23 Tools | |
57665954 | Play | I Father of Waters | 05:47 Tools | |
89587607 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite (Remastered): IV. Sunset | 05:47 Tools | |
87713383 | Play | Death Valley Suite (1997 Digital Remaster): Desert Water Hole | 05:47 Tools | |
89587608 | Play | Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue (arr. F. Grofe) (Ampico piano roll recording) | 05:47 Tools | |
57665956 | Play | Five Pictures of the Grand Canyon (1931): Painted Desert | 05:47 Tools | |
89587609 | Play | The Grand Canyon Suite: V. Cloudburst | 05:47 Tools | |
19619149 | Play | Niagara Falls Suite: IV Power of Niagara | 09:38 Tools | |
19619138 | Play | Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite - 5. Cloudburst | 08:56 Tools | |
89587610 | Play | End Title | 08:56 Tools | |
89587611 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite: excerpt (1931): Cloudburst | 08:56 Tools | |
57665975 | Play | Five Pictures of the Grand Canyon (1931): Sunset | 08:56 Tools | |
57665958 | Play | Mississippi Suite - Father of Waters | 09:38 Tools | |
57665960 | Play | Five Pictures of the Grand Canyon (1931): Sunrise | 09:38 Tools | |
57665961 | Play | Five Pictures of the Grand Canyon (1931): Cloudburst | 09:38 Tools | |
57665962 | Play | Ferde Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite - 1. Sunrise | 09:38 Tools | |
57665964 | Play | Mississippi Suite: IV Mardi Gras | 09:38 Tools | |
19619066 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite - 2. Painted Desert | 06:19 Tools | |
87713386 | Play | Mississippi Suite for orchestra: II: Huckleberry Finn | 06:19 Tools | |
89587612 | Play | Death Valley Suite: I. Funeral Mountains | 06:19 Tools | |
89587613 | Play | Death Valley Suite: III. Desert Water Hole | 06:19 Tools | |
89587614 | Play | George White's Scandals of 1924, Revue: Somebody loves me (arr. F. Grofe) (Ampico piano roll recording) | 06:19 Tools | |
57665966 | Play | Three Shades of Blue (1926) | 06:19 Tools | |
19619119 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite: Sunrise (First Movement) | 06:29 Tools | |
87713387 | Play | Mississippi Suite: 1. Father of Waters | 06:29 Tools | |
19619089 | Play | Niagara Falls Suite: III Honeymooners | 04:24 Tools | |
89587615 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite (1997 Digital Remaster): Sunrise | 04:24 Tools | |
87713388 | Play | Mississippi Suite: 4. Mardi Gras | 04:24 Tools | |
89587616 | Play | Grand Canyon Suite (Remastered): V. Cloudburst | 04:24 Tools | |
89587617 | Play | The Grand Canyon Suite: IV. Sunset | 04:24 Tools | |
89587618 | Play | Mississippi Suite (1997 Digital Remaster): Huckleberry Finn | 04:24 Tools | |
89587619 | Play | Thinking of You (arr. F. Grofe): Makin' Whoopee: Thinkin' of you (arr. F. Grofe) (Ampico piano roll recording) | 04:24 Tools | |
89587620 | Play | Mississippi Suite; II Huckleberry Finn | 04:24 Tools | |
89587621 | Play | Somebody Else Took You Out of My Arms (arr. F. Grofe) (Ampico piano roll recording) | 04:24 Tools | |
57665971 | Play | IV Mardi Gras | 04:24 Tools | |
57665973 | Play | Mississippi Suite: II Huckleberry Finn | 08:56 Tools | |
57665974 | Play | Grofe: Death Valley Suite (Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, William Stromberg) - Hudson River Suite: New York! (5:15) | 08:56 Tools | |
57665976 | Play | Tabloid Suite: Four Pictures of A Modern Newspaper (1932): Going to Press | 08:56 Tools | |
57665977 | Play | Mississippi Suite: I Father of Waters | 08:56 Tools | |
57665978 | Play | Mississippi Suite: III Old Creole Days | 08:56 Tools | |
57665980 | Play | Mississippi Suite - I Father Of Waters | 08:56 Tools |
Ferde Grofé, (1892 – 1972) was an American pianist, arranger and composer. Born Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofé on 27th March 1892 in New York City, 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 and his mother, Elsa Johanna von Grofé, was a professional cellist. She 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. Ferde's father died in 1899 and Elsa took Ferde abroad to study piano, viola and composition in Leipzig, Germany. Given such a musical background, it is perhaps understandable that Ferde became proficient over a remarkable range of instruments including piano (his favored instrument), violin, viola (he became a violist in the Los Angeles Symphony), baritone horn, alto horn, and cornet. This command of musical instruments and composition gave Ferde the foundation to later become first an arranger of other composers' music and then an orchestrator of his own compositions. Grofé left home at the age of fourteen 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 fifteen he was performing with dance bands. He also played the alto horn in brass bands. He was seventeen when he wrote his first commissioned work He died on 3rd April 1972. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.