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
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