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Charles Griffes

p, 1884-1920 US, Elmira, New York
Musician / Composer of Classical
A.k.a. Charles Tomlinson Griffes

Charles Tomlinson Griffes (pron. GRIFF-iss) (September 17, 1884 – April 8, 1920) was an American composer for piano, chamber ensembles and voice.

     
Genres
  • Classical
  • Folk
  • World
Popular Tracks   
6 Short Pieces: Evening Song - Live on From Rags to Riches: 100 Years of American Song by Stephanie Blythe, Steven Blier & New York Festival Of Song
Roman Sketches, Op. 7: III. The Fountain of the Acqua Paola on Griffes: The Vale of Dreams, Piano Music by Charles Griffes & Emanuele Torquati
3 Tone-Pictures, Op. 5 (version for orchestra): No. 2. The Vale of Dreams on Taylor: Through the Looking Glass - Griffes: Poem - The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan by Gerard Schwarz
The White Peacock on Griffes: Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan / The White Peacock by Charles Griffes
3 Tone-Pictures, Op. 5 (version for piano): No. 1. The Lake at Evening on The Pleasure-Dome of Kubla Khan by Charles Griffes & Solungga Fang-Tzu Liu
Roman Sketches, Op. 7: No. 4. Clouds on The Pleasure-Dome of Kubla Khan by Charles Griffes & Solungga Fang-Tzu Liu
Charles Griffes- Poem for flute and piano on The Dark Side of the Flute by Laurel Zucker and Marc Shapiro
Poem for Flute and Orchestra on Blue Ridge Parkway [Drive Time] by Various Artists
Poem: Poem for Flute and Orchestra on Griffes: Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan / The White Peacock by Charles Griffes
Griffes - Three Poems of Fiona Macleod: The Lament of Ian the Proud on My Name Is Barbara by Barbara Bonney

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Discography



Title Artist Year Type
The Vale Of Dreams - Piano MusicCharles Griffes, Emanuele Torquati2017Album
American Flutescape: A Tapestry Of Premieres & ClassicsJan Vinci, Reiko Uchida, New York Dream Orchestra, Mark Vinci, Jennifer Higdon, Katherine Hoover, Paul Hindemith, Charles Griffes2016Album
American Piano Sonatas Volume 2Peter Lawson - Charles Griffes, Roger Sessions, Charles Ives2008Album
My Name Is BarbaraBarbara Bonney, Malcolm Martineau, Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein, Benjamin Britten, Aaron Copland, Charles Griffes, Roger Quilter2005Album
Howard Hanson Conducts American MasterworksHoward Hanson Conducts: Samuel Barber • Walter Piston • George Whitefield Chadwick • Charles Ives • Edward MacDowell • Morton Gould • William Schuman • Peter Mennin • Douglas Moore • Charles Griffes ‒ Eastman-Rochester Orchestra2004Compil.
The Pleasure Of Kubla Khan, The White Peacock, Three Poems Of Fiona McLeodCharles Griffes2003Album
Complete Piano Works Volume 1Charles Griffes, Michael Lewin1999Album
American MasterpiecesLeonard Bernstein, Charles Ives, William Schuman, Samuel Barber, Morton Gould, Charles Griffes, Edward MacDowell, George Gershwin, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Arthur Benjamin, Richard Rodgers, Virgil Thomson, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, André Kostelanetz1997Compil.
The Kairn Of Koridwen - A Druid LegendCharles Griffes - Emil De Cou1994Album
Great American ComposersAaron Copland, Charles Griffes, Morton Gould, Howard Hanson1994Compil.
Philharmonic Waltzes / Quickstep / The White Peacock / Billy The KidMorton Gould, Charles Griffes, Aaron Copland, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Leopold Stokowski1993Album
American Piano Sonatas Volume 2Peter Lawson - Charles Griffes, Roger Sessions, Charles Ives1993Album
Complete Piano MusicCharles Griffes - Joseph Smith1992Album
LiederCharles Ives · Charles Griffes · Edward MacDowell - Thomas Hampson, Armen Guzelimian1991Album
The Musical Fantasies Of Charles Griffes And Deems TaylorCharles Griffes, Deems Taylor, Gerard Schwarz, Seattle Symphony Orchestra1990Album
Works ByM. William Karlins / Howard Sandroff / Charles Griffes / Carl Ruggles1990Album
Flute WorksJacques Ibert – Charles Griffes – Carl Nielsen – William P. Perry / Keith Bryan, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Zuohuang Chen1990Album
Three Romances, Poem, 6 Etudes Tanguistiques, Chant De LinosStephanie Jutt, Randall Hodgkinson, William Thomas McKinley, Charles Griffes, Astor Piazzolla, André Jolivet1990Album
The Moscow SessionsMoscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Alexander Tchaikovsky, Modest Mussorgsky, Dmitri Shostakovich, Alexander Glazunov, Walter Piston, Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, Charles Griffes, Charles Ives1987Album
The Moscow Sessions Vol 3Lawrence Leighton-Smith, Dimitrij Kitaenko, Dmitri Shostakovich, Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, Charles Griffes, Alexander Glazunov, Burl Ives1987Album
Love For Three Oranges / La Valse / Poem For Flute And OrchestraSergei Prokofiev / Maurice Ravel / Charles Griffes / Orchestra Of Radio Luxembourg, Jeannot A. Welter1987Album
Piano Music Of Charles Tomlinson GriffesCharles Griffes1983Album
The Songs Of Charles T. GriffesFaith Esham, Irene Gubrud, Jan Opalach And Lucy Shelton With Pianists Margo Garrett, Jeffrey Goldberg And Thomas Muraco - Charles Griffes1982Album
Constance Keene Plays American MusicConstance Keene - Charles Griffes / Abram Chasins1981Album
Collected Works For PianoCharles Griffes - Denver Oldham1981Album
Piano MusicCharles Griffes, Aldo Mancinelli1977Album
Veronica Jochum Plays Compositions Of Edward A. MacDowell, Charles T. GriffesVeronica Jochum Plays Compositions Of Edward MacDowell, Charles Griffes1977Album
Howard Hanson: Symphony no.2 "Romantic" / Charles Griffes: The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan, The White PeacockHoward Hanson, Charles Griffes1976Album
The Pleasure-Dome Of Kubla Khan / Three Poems Of Fiona MacLeod / Song Of The Dagger / Four Impressions / Three Tone-Pictures / Four German SongsCharles Griffes1976Album
New England Triptych; Symphony No. 5; Poem For Flute And OrchestraWilliam Schuman, Peter Mennin & Charles Griffes1964Album
Pleasure Dome Of Kubla Khan / White Peacock / Clouds / Bacchanale / Memories Of My Childhood / Poem For OrchestraCharles Griffes / Charles Martin Loeffler / Howard Hanson Conducting The Eastman-Rochester Orchestra1956Album
Indian Suite, Poem For Flute And Orchestra, The Portrait Of A LadyEdward MacDowell, Charles Griffes, TaylorAlbum
Water Music Of The ImpressionistsFranz Liszt, Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, Charles Griffes - Carol RosenbergerAlbum
Poem For Flute And Orchestra / Suite In E Major, Op. 63 For String OrchestraCharles Griffes / Arthur FooteAlbum
Roman Sketches - Piano SonataCharles Griffes, Leonid HambroAlbum
Sonata / "Three-page Sonata" / Suite "In The Bottoms"Charles Griffes, Charles Ives, Robert Nathaniel Dett / Clive LythgoeAlbum
Roman Sketches - Piano SonataCharles Griffes, Leonid HambroAlbum
Bicentenaire U.S.A Bicentennial 1776 - 1976John Philip Sousa, Edward MacDowell, Charles Griffes, Charles Ives, Ferde Grofé, Virgil Thomson, Howard Hanson, Robert Russell Bennett, George Gershwin, Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, Morton Gould, William Schuman, Walter Piston, Leroy AndersonCompil.
Griffes: Piano Sonata/ Rudhyar: Granites/ Weber: EpisodesWilliam Masselos ,Plays Charles Griffes, Dane Rudhyar, Ben WeberCompil.
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