What is Ferde Grofé?
<!-- please do not add an infobox, per [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Composers#Lead section]]--> [[File:Ferde Grofé.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Ferde Grofé]] '''Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofé''' also known as '''Ferde Grofé''' (27 March 1892 – 3 April 1972) was an [[Americans|American]] musician, [[composer]], [[Arrangement (music)|arranger]] and [[pianist]]. He is best known for his 1931 five-movement tone poem, ''[[Grand Canyon Suite]]'', and for having orchestrated [[George Gershwin]]'s ''[[Rhapsody in Blue]]'' prior to its 1924 premiere. During the 1920s and 1930s, he went by the name '''Ferdie Grofé'''.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=_xkZIjk3lXAC&q=ferdie+%22ferde+grofe%22&pg=PA18 Goldman Harry and Ed Angel. ''Kenneth Strickfaden, Dr. Frankenstein's Electrician''. McFarland, 2005.]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Grofe, Ferde}} [[Category:1892 births]] [[Category:1972 deaths]] [[Category:20th-century American musicians]] [[Category:20th-century American composers]] [[Category:American pianists]] [[Category:Musicians from New York City]] {{US-bio-stub}}