Charles 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.
Genre: impressionism
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Top Tracks
- 6 Short Pieces: Evening Song - Live
- Roman Sketches, Op. 7: III. The Fountain of the Acqua Paola
- 3 Tone-Pictures, Op. 5: No. 1, The Lake at Evening
- Roman Sketches, Op. 7: No. 4, Clouds
- The White Peacock
- Poem for Flute & Piano
- Piano Sonata, A. 85: Feroce - Allegretto con moto
- Winter Landscape
- Piano Sonata, A. 85: Tempo primo, flebile - Agitato molto - Poco agitato - Tranquillamente, espressivo
- Poem For Flute And Orchestra - 2024 Remastered Version
- Three Tone Pictures, Op. 5: No. 1, The Lake at Evening
- 3 Preludes: Prelude No. 2
- 3 Tone-Pictures, Op. 5: No. 2, The Vale of Dreams (Version for orchestra)
- Piano Sonata: III. Allegro vivace
- Piano Sonata: II. Molto tranquillo
- Piano Sonata: I. Feroce - Allegretto con moto
- Fantasy Pieces, Op. 6: II. Notturno
- Roman Sketches, Op. 7: II. The Fountain of the Acqua Paola
- Roman Sketches, Op. 7: I. The White Peacock
- Roman Sketches, Op. 7: No. 1, The White Peacock
Albums (49)
- Ocean Breezes - Music for an Offshore Voyage (2026)
- Forest Murmurs (2025)
- Con fuoco: Romantic Works (2024)
- Griffes Piano Sonata (2023)
- From Rags to Riches: 100 Years of American Song (Live) (2022)
- America 1 (2021)
- Impressionistic Piano Music (2020)
- The Sylvan Winds Perform Music of the Gilded Age (2019)
- AMEB Piano Series 18 Grade 8 (2018)
- Impressionism Music (2018)
- Klassische Flötenmusik (2018)
- The Gerard Schwarz Collection (2017)
- Anthology of American Piano Music, Vol. 2 - American Nocturnes (2017)
- Griffes: The Vale of Dreams, Piano Music (2017)
- Calm Classical Piano (2016)
- American Album for Flute (2015)
- Great Works for Flute & Orchestra (2013)
- Charles Tomlinson Griffes: Piano Music (2013)
- The Complete Solo & Concerto Studio Recordings (Recorded 1928-1957) (2013)
- Taylor: Through the Looking Glass - Griffes: Poem - The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan (2012)
- Songs by 20th Century American Composers (2011)
- The Pleasure-Dome of Kubla Khan (2010)
- The Pleasure-Dome of Kubla Khan (2010)
- The Pleasure-Dome of Kubla Khan (2010)
- American Classics: Stephen Foster/ Charles Tomlinson Griffes / Aaron Copland (2008)
- The Dark Side of the Flute (2006)
- Blue Ridge Parkway [Drive Time] (2005)
- My Name Is Barbara (2005)
- The Very Best Of Thomas Hampson (2005)
- All My Heart: Deborah Voigt Sings American Songs (2005)
- Griffes: Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan / The White Peacock (2004)
- Griffes: Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan / The White Peacock (2004)
- Griffes: Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan / The White Peacock (2004)
- Howard Hanson conducts American Masterworks (2004)
- Cafe Au Lait (2001)
- Griffes: Piano Works, Vol. 2 (2000)
- Griffes: Piano Works, Vol. 2 (2000)
- Piano by the Sea (1999)
- Griffes: The White Peacock (Recorded 1946) (1970)
- GRIFFES: 3 Tone Pictures / De Profundis / Sonata (1998)
- Griffes: 3 Tone Pictures / De Profundis / Sonata (1998)
- Serene Journeys Through Classical Music (1998)
- Charles Griffes's Piano Music (1970)
- Sure on This Shining Night: The Romantic Song in America (1997)
- Charles Tomlinson Griffes: Collected Works for Piano (1997)
- A Russian Christmas (1997)
- Where the Music Comes From (1992)
- Charles Tomlinson Griffes: Collected Works for Piano (1970)
- Works by Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1976)
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