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Paul Whiteman
Paul Whiteman
American jazz musician and radio personality
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Steven Richman
Steven Richman
American conductor
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George Gershwin
George Gershwin
American composer and pianist (1898-1937)
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Nathaniel Shilkret
Nathaniel Shilkret
American composer, conductor, clarinetist, pianist, business executive, and music director
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Al Gallodoro
Al Gallodoro
American musician
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Roy Bargy
Roy Bargy
American musician
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Morton Gould
Morton Gould
American composer, conductor, arranger, and pianist
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Constant Lambert
Constant Lambert
British composer and conductor
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Werner Janssen
Werner Janssen
American conductor
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Arthur Benjamin
Arthur Benjamin
Australian composer, pianist, conductor and teacher
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Andre Kostelanetz
Andre Kostelanetz
American conductor
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Albert Roussel
Albert Roussel
French composer
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Akira Ifukube
Akira Ifukube
Japanese composer (1914-2006)
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Alec Wilder
Alec Wilder
American composer, lyricist
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Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein
American composer, conductor, author, music lecturer, and pianist
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Johnny Green
Johnny Green
American conductor, arranger, composer, pianist; Harvard AB 1928, achieved early fame as a songwriter and orchestra leader in the 1920s and 1930s
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Willard Robison
Willard Robison
American vocalist, pianist, and composer of popular songs
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Tolib Shakhidi
Tolib Shakhidi
Soviet composer
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Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
orchestra
Ferde Grofé
American composer, arranger, pianist and instrumentalist

Ferde Grofé

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American composer, arranger, pianist and instrumentalist
Nominated For
Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score
Ferde Grofé

Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofé, known as Ferde Grofé (March 27, 1892 – April 3, 1972) was an American composer, arranger, pianist and instrumentalist. He is best known for his 1931 five-movement tone poem, Grand Canyon Suite.

During the 1920s and 1930s, he went by the name Ferdie Grofé or Ferdy Grofé.