Composer

Charles Tomlinson Griffes

American composer (1884-1920)

1884–1920

187 works and musical collections

Born: 1884
Died: 1920
Birthplace: Elmira
Place of death: New York City
Citizenship / historical state: United States
Period (estimated from birth year): Modern

Biography

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.

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Life and musical career

Occupations: composer
Education: Stern Conservatory
Instruments played: piano
Languages used: English
VIAF ID: 5120121
ISNI: 0000000080847164
GND ID: 119322463
Library of Congress ID: n80089682
MusicBrainz ID: 44b8f10a-0523-4479-bd6d-a3828dc960ae

Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments: Piano, Voice, Low Voice, Vocal, Organ
Genres represented: Classical
Source entries with composition dates: 6

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

Sheet music catalogue page 2 of 4

Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.

Works and musical collections with sheet music details
Title	Work details	Listed instruments	Sheet music
Maryland, My Maryland	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
In the Harem	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Phantoms	See work details	Piano Organ Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Impression du Matin (Early Morning in London)	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Am Kreuzweg wird begraben	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
They buried him at the crossroads	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
An den Wind	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Meeres Stille	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
So halt' ich endlich dich umfangen	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Mit schwarzen Segeln	See work details	Low Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Das sterbende Kind	See work details	Low Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
The Dying Child	See work details	Low Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Nottwina	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Barcarolle	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
3. The Night Winds	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
The Lake At Evening, Op. 5, No. 1	Catalogue / opus Op. 5, No. 1	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
2. Notturno	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Waikiki	See work details	Piano Organ Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
This Book Of Hours	See work details	Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Come,Love,Across The Sunlit Land	See work details	Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Tears	See work details	Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
The First Snowfall	See work details	Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
The Half-Ring Moon	See work details	Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
La Fuite De La Lune	See work details	Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
We'll To The Woods,& Gather May	See work details	Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
So-Fei Gathering Flowers	See work details	Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Auf Geheimem Waldespfade (C Griffes) (by A Lonely Forest Pathway)	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Konnt'ich Mit Dir Dort Oben Gehn (C Griffes) (If I Could Go Wtih You)	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Elfe (Elves) (C Griffes)	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Auf Ihrem Grab (Upon Their Grave) (Tragodie 3) (C Griffes)	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Wohl lag'ich eins in Gram und Schmerz	See work details	Piano Organ Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Dixie	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Reveille	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Columbia, The Gem Of The Ocean (The Red, White And Blue)	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Three Tone-Pictures, op. 5, no. 1: The Lake at Evening	Catalogue / opus op. 5, no. 1	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Poem - Flute - Flute	See work details	Piano Flute Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Poem - Piano Score - Piano Score	See work details	Piano Flute Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Poem - Set of Parts	See work details	Piano Flute Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
The Three Tone-Pictures, op. 5 01: Lake at Evening	Catalogue / opus op. 5	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
White Peacock," from Roman Sketches, Op. 7, No. 1	Catalogue / opus Op. 7, No. 1	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Two Birds Flew Into the Sunset Glow	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Les Ballons	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Pierrot	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Cleopatra to the Asp	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Le R?veillon (Dawn)	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
At last I hold you	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
To the Wind	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Calm Sea	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details

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