- Mississippi Suite is the first of Grofé’s iconic orchestral suites centered around an American landscape. This work, published in 1926, represents a journey down the Mississippi River and consists of four movements with descriptive titles:
- Father of Waters (depicting the start of the Mississippi River in Minnesota)
- Huckleberry Finn
- Old Creole Days
- Mardi Gras1
- Mississippi Suite was written during Grofé’s tenure as an arranger for Paul Whiteman’s orchestra.2
Sources
- “Mississippi (Grofé, Ferde),” IMSLP, accessed March 27, 2025, https://imslp.org/wiki/Mississippi_(Grof%C3%A9%2C_Ferde).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Ferde Grofé,” Encyclopedia Britannica, accessed March 27, 2025, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ferde-Grofe.
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