Grand Canyon Suite Iii. On The Trail Excerpt - Music
Grand Canyon Suite Iii. On The Trail Excerpt by Ferde Grofé
Ferde Grofé
Artist Biography For Ferde Grofé
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.
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Biography - Ferde Grofé
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.
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