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King of Jazz at this time was fat, jovial Paul Whiteman. But the power behind King Whiteman's throne was a bland, easy-spoken, Manhattan-born Californian named Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofe. As Whiteman's arranger. Ferde Grofe dressed up many a sleazy Tin Pan Alley Cinderella and made it the belle of the ball. Even the late George Gershwin's renowned Rhapsody in Blue was a mere sketch until Grofe got hold...
...Flag of Victory"Blon *Overture to "The Marriage of Figaro" Mozart *Largo from "Xerxes" Handel *Ouverture Solennelle, "1812" Tchaikovsky *French Military March, from the "Algerian" Suite Saint-Saens *Overture to "Benvenuto Cellini" Berlioz *"Where the Citrons Bloom," Waltzes Strauss *Divertissement Ibert *"On the Trail," from the "Grand Canyon" Suite Grofe "Turkey in the Straw" Arranged by Guion Torch Dance from "Henry VIII" German *Selections checked (*) are available on records at Briggs & Briggs Music Store, Harvard Square...
...theWartburg" from "Tannhauser" Wagner *"The Royal Fireworks," Suite Handel *"Dance Macabre," Symphonic Poem Saint-Saens *"Slavonic Dance No. 6 in A-flat major Dvorak *"Bolero" Ravel SARITA Spanish Dancer Bulerias F. Moscoso Farruca R. Romero Sanjuanito R. Romero Granada A. Ross "Cracked Ice," Rhapsody Peggy Stuart (Orchestrated by Ferde Grofe) The Composer at the piano *Malaguena Lecuona-Grofe *"Wintergreen for President," from "Of Thee I Sing" Gershwin (Regular prices for balconies) *Selections checked (*) are available on records at Briggs & Briggs Music Store, Harvard Square...
...Father of Victory," MarchGanne Overture to "Oberon" Weber "Silver Shadows," Tango Repper Dance of the Comedians, from "The Bartered Bride" Smetana large from "Now World" Symphony Deverak Fantasia, "Aida" Verdi Songs by the Student Nurses Glee Club On the Trail Grofe Cole Porter Hits of 1937 Arranged by Lewis Harris "Ridin' High"--"I've Got you Under My Skin"--"It's D'Lovely" "Strike Up the Band" Gedrshwin
...foolish enough to try to place myself in a class, for example, with Ravel and Sibelius, whom I admire tremendously," says Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofe ("Ferde Grofe"), "but there is a real place for my kind of music. Some time, when I get older-I am 44 now-I may try a strict symphony form, but in the meantime I am going on trying to describe America in music." The America of Ferde Grofe (pronounced Ferdy GroFay), plump onetime arranger for Paul Whiteman and for the past five years a highly successful semi-classical musician on his own, is bounded...