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Ferde Grofé

1892 - 1972

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Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofé, known as Ferde Grofé (March 27, 1892 – April 3, 1972) (pronounced ) was an American composer, arranger, pianist, and instrumentalist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ferde Grofé has received more than 259,735 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Ferde Grofé is the 1,113th most popular composer (down from 1,016th in 2019), the 6,239th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,857th in 2019) and the 64th most popular American Composer.

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  • 260k

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  • 47.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Ferde Grofé ranks 1,113 out of 1,216Before him are Luís de Freitas Branco, Arthur Benjamin, Errico Petrella, Victor Massé, Conlon Nancarrow, and Dario Marianelli. After him are Nicolas Slonimsky, Jean-Joseph Mouret, Pauline Oliveros, Gavin Bryars, Artur Lemba, and Vano Muradeli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Ferde Grofé ranks 198Before him are P. C. Chang, Stanisław Ostrowski, Jean de Bie, Alexander Chervyakov, Jonni Myyrä, and Dorothy Garrod. After him are Tsuru Aoki, Pierre Frieden, Antonio María Barbieri, Lauge Koch, Eddie Cantor, and Gregory La Cava. Among people deceased in 1972, Ferde Grofé ranks 167Before him are Edmund Wilson, Kenny Dorham, Carlo Agostoni, Sir George Thomas, 7th Baronet, Adriaan Fokker, and Jamini Roy. After him are Jan Wils, Henry Dreyfuss, Jan Diddens, Walter Lang, Charu Majumdar, and Mikhail Artamonov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ferde Grofé ranks 6,239 out of 18,182Before him are Jon Turteltaub (1963), John Bell Hood (1831), Sylvanus Morley (1883), Ruby Bridges (1954), David Keith (1954), and Jack Parsons (1914). After him are Jill Tarter (1944), Harry Beaumont (1888), Mark Boone Junior (1955), Charles Daniels (1885), Casey Kasem (1932), and Lhasa de Sela (1972).

Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Ferde Grofé ranks 64Before him are Morton Gould (1913), Roger Sessions (1896), William Christie (1944), Peter H. Gilmore (1958), Carter Burwell (1954), and Conlon Nancarrow (1912). After him are Pauline Oliveros (1932), Gunther Schuller (1925), Kevin MacLeod (1972), Glenn Branca (1948), Elliot Goldenthal (1954), and John Corigliano (1938).