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Charles Tomlinson Griffes

Charles Tomlinson Griffes (US: GRIFF-fiss; September 17, 1884 – April 8, 1920) was an American composer for piano, chamber ensembles and voice. His initial works are influenced by German Romanticism, but after he relinquished the German style, his later works make him the most famous American representative of musical Impressionism, along with Charles Martin Loeffler. He was fascinated by the exotic, mysterious sound of the French Impressionists, and was compositionally much influenced by them while he was in Europe. He also studied the work of contemporary Russian composers such as Scriabin, whose influence is also apparent in his use of synthetic scales.

Birth and Death Data: Born September 17, 1884 (Elmira), Died April 8, 1920 (New York City)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1926 - 1939

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor CVE-62655 12-in. 6/19/1930 The white peacock Olga Samaroff Stokowski Piano solo composer  
Victor CVE-81522 12-in. 1/17/1934 The pleasure dome of Kublai Kahn Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra ; Eugene Ormandy Orchestra composer  
Victor CVE-81523 12-in. 1/17/1934 The pleasure dome of Kublai Kahn Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra ; Eugene Ormandy Orchestra composer  
Victor CS-023448 12-in. 5/27/1938 Two sketches (based on Indian themes) Coolidge Quartet String quartet composer  
Victor CS-023449 12-in. 5/27/1938 Two sketches (based on Indian themes) Coolidge Quartet String quartet composer  
Victor CS-023450 12-in. 5/27/1938 Two sketches (based on Indian themes) Coolidge Quartet String quartet composer  
Victor CS-031577 12-in. 1/30/1939 When I bring you colour'd toys Glenn Darwin ; Elsa Fiedler Male vocal solo, with piano composer  
Columbia W149148 10-in. 10/16/1929 By a lonely forest pathway Alexander J. Kisselburgh Male vocal solo, with piano composer  
Columbia W98656 12-in. 5/3/1929 The white peacock Dame Myra Hess Piano solo composer  
Brunswick E19480-E19481 10-in. 6/4/1926 By a lonely forest pathway Frederic Persson ; Elisabeth Rethberg Soprano vocal solo, with piano composer  
Friends of Recorded Music GM204A 12-in. 12/31/1937 Piano sonata Harrison Potter Piano solo composer  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Griffes, Charles Tomlinson," accessed November 24, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102854.

Griffes, Charles Tomlinson. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102854.

"Griffes, Charles Tomlinson." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 November 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102854

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