title: Ferde Grofé
text: Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofé also known as Ferde Grofé (27 March 1892 – 3 April 1972) was an American musician, composer, 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.
  
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  1892 births
  1972 deaths
  20th-century American musicians
  20th-century American composers
  American pianists
  Musicians from New York City