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Ferde Grofé

1892 - 1972

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Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofé (March 27, 1892 – April 3, 1972), known as Ferde Grofé () was an American composer, arranger, pianist, and instrumentalist. He is best known for his 1931 five-movement symphonic poem, Grand Canyon Suite, and for orchestrating George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue for its 1924 premiere. During the 1920s and 1930s, he went by the name Ferdie Grofé. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ferde Grofé is the 1,077th most popular composer (up from 1,251st in 2019), the 6,344th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,110th in 2019) and the 60th most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Ferde Grofé ranks 1,077 out of 1,451Before him are Lars-Erik Larsson, Christoph Demantius, Franco Faccio, Semen Hulak-Artemovsky, Yuri Shaporin, and Hans Huber. After him are Annibale Padovano, Petr Eben, František Škroup, Arturo Márquez, Walter Piston, and John Ottman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Ferde Grofé ranks 208Before him are Jaan Kikkas, Walter Bathe, Bessie Coleman, Tsuru Aoki, Gaetano Belloni, and Pierre Frieden. After him are Cuno Hoffmeister, Gerhard Rohlfs, Lydia Lopokova, Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh, Mieczysław Horszowski, and Ronald Rawson. Among people deceased in 1972, Ferde Grofé ranks 166Before him are Reginald Owen, Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, Leo G. Carroll, Franciska Gaal, Gavriil Popov, and Meena Kumari. After him are Cecil Day-Lewis, Erwin Stresemann, Antal Szabó, Bernabé Ferreyra, John Hutchinson, and Vera Karalli.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ferde Grofé ranks 6,345 out of 20,380Before him are John C. Lilly (1915), Fletcher Henderson (1897), Sharon Gless (1943), Rockwell Kent (1882), Rainn Wilson (1966), and Fred Alexander (1880). After him are Scott LaFaro (1936), Thomas Lennon (1970), Black Kettle (1803), Henry Lee III (1756), Phyllis Schlafly (1924), and Danny Davis (1941).

Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Ferde Grofé ranks 60Before him are Meredith Monk (1942), Roger Sessions (1896), William Christie (1944), Kevin MacLeod (1972), Frederic Rzewski (1938), and Joseph Lamb (1887). After him are Walter Piston (1894), John Ottman (1964), Peter H. Gilmore (1958), Harry Partch (1901), W. C. Handy (1873), and Alf Clausen (1941).