Ferde (Ferdinand Rudolph von) Grofé

Japanese: グローフェ - ぐろーふぇ(英語表記)Ferde (Ferdinand Rudolph von) Grofé
Ferde (Ferdinand Rudolph von) Grofé

American composer and arranger. Born in New York. After ten years as a violinist with the Los Angeles Symphony, he became an arranger for the Paul Whiteman Orchestra around 1919, and made a name for himself with his orchestration of Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" in 1924. Among his own compositions, "Grand Canyon" (1931) is particularly famous, but he also left behind descriptive orchestral works with American themes.

[Shuhei Hosokawa]

[References] | Grand Canyon

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

アメリカの作曲家、編曲者。ニューヨーク生まれ。ロサンゼルス交響楽団にバイオリン奏者として10年間在籍したのち、1919年ごろからポール・ホワイトマン楽団の編曲者となり、24年ガーシュインの『ラプソディー・イン・ブルー』のオーケストレーションによって名をあげた。自作のなかでは『グランド・キャニオン』(1931)が際だって名高いが、ほかにアメリカを題材にした描写的な管弦楽曲を残している。

[細川周平]

[参照項目] | グランド・キャニオン

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