Editing Ferde Grofé (section)

== Compositions==
Grofé composed a large number of works in a variety of styles, commonly in symphonic jazz.

'''Orchestral works'''

* ''Broadway at Night'' (1924)
* ''Theme and Variations on Noises from a Garage'' (1925)
* ''[[Mississippi Suite|Mississippi Suite (Tone Journey)]]'' (1926)
* ''Three Shades of Blue'' (1927)
* ''Metropolis: a Fantasy in Blue'' (1928)
* ''Free Air'' (1928)
* ''Over There Fantasie (WWI Patriotic Medley)'' (c.1929) also known as the ''Ode to the American Soldier''
* ''[[Grand Canyon Suite]]'' (1931)
* ''Knute Rockne'' (1931) [[Symphonic poem|tone poem]]
* ''Blue Flame'' (1931)
* ''Rip Van Winkle''  (1932–1954)   Grofé worked on this tone poem for over two decades, before starting over and reworking the thematic material into the ''Hudson River Suite''
* ''Tabloid: Four Pictures of a Modern Newspaper'' (1933)
* ''A Day At The Farm, for orchestra'' (1934–1935)
* ''Madison Square Garden Suite'' (1930s) <ref>{{cite web|last1=Bowers|first1=Jack|title=The Metropole Orchestra: Tabloid Suite (2004)|url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/tabloid-suite-metropole-orchestra-basta-review-by-jack-bowers.php|website=www.allaboutjazz.com|date=3 December 2004 |publisher=All Abou Jazz|access-date=3 December 2004}}</ref>
* ''Christmas Eve, for orchestra'' (1934)
* ''Killarney (An Irish Fantasy)'' (1934)
* ''Ode to the Star Spangled Banner, for orchestra,'' first performance of autograph score given in 2014<ref name="baltimoresun.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/arts/artsmash/bal-baltimore-symphonys-20142015-season-to-explore-spiritual-themes-20140304,0,2999368.story|title=Baltimore Symphony's 2014–2015 season to explore spiritual themes – Baltimore Sun|author=Baltimore Sun|date=5 March 2014|work=baltimoresun.com|access-date=15 September 2015}}</ref>
* ''A Symphony in Steel'' (1936)
* ''Jewel Tones Suite'' (1936) Consisting of Ruby, Emerald, Diamond, Sapphire and Opal
* ''Yankee Doodle Rhapsody (American Fantasie)'' film score (1936)
* ''Jungle Ballet'' (1937) 
* ''Rudy Vallee Suite'' (1937)
* ''Ode to Freedom, for orchestra'' (1937)
* ''Café Society'' (1938) a ballet, score rediscovered and repremiered in 2010
* ''Tin Pan Alley: The Melodic Decades'' (1938)
* ''Kentucky Derby Suite'' (1938)
* ''Six Pictures of Hollywood'' (1938) also known as the ''Hollywood Suite'', reworked thematic material from his earlier ''Hollywood Ballet''
* ''Trylon and Perisphere'' (1939) one movement tone poem for the [[1939 New York World's Fair|New York World's Fair]] of 1939–40  (later renamed ''Black Gold'')
* ''Wheels, for orchestra'' (1939) dedicated to the [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] dealers of America
* ''An American Biography, for orchestra'' (1939–1940) about the life of and dedicated to [[Henry Ford]]
* ''Uncle Sam Stands Up'' (1941) a patriotic cantata, based on a text by [[Ben Hecht]], for baritone solo, chorus, and orchestra
* ''Billy the Kid'', unfinished and unpublished, some of this material may have been used in his score for the movie [[The Return of Jesse James]]
* ''Aviation Suite'' (1944). Movements: The Take-Off, Glamour Girl, Plane Loco, Clouds, Happy Landing
* ''March for Americans'' (1945)
* ''Deep Nocturne, for orchestra'' (1947)
* ''[[Death Valley Suite]]'' (1949)
* ''Lincoln's Gettysburg Address'' (1954)
* ''Hudson River Suite'' (1955). Movements: The River, Henry Hudson, Rip Van Winkle, Albany Night Boat, New York
* ''Dawn at Lake Mead, for orchestra'' (1956)
* ''Valley of the Sun Suite'' (1957)
* ''Yellowstone Suite'' (1960)
* ''San Francisco Suite'' (1960)
* ''[[Niagara Falls Suite]]'' (1960–61)
* ''World's Fair Suite (1964)
* ''Atlantic Crossing'' (1965), a tone poem for orchestra, and chorus with both male and female narrators
* ''Hawaiian Suite'' (1965)
* ''Halloween Fantasy for Pizzicato Strings'' (1966) also known as ''Trick or Treat for Orchestra''
* ''Requiem for a Ghost Town'' (1968)

'''Concertos'''

* ''Saxophone Concerto''  (1939) unfinished, unpublished work written for [[Cecil Leeson]]
* ''Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in D Minor'' (1958) a long one-movement concerto Grofé had been working on since 1931

'''Ballets'''

* ''Tabloid Ballet'' (1930)
* ''Jungle Ballet'' (1937) written at the request of [[Dimitri Tiomkin]]
* ''Hollywood Ballet'', (1938, revised 1940), later rearranged and restored, and released as the ''Hollywood Suite''
* ''Café Society'' (1938) a ballet, score rediscovered and repremiered in 2010

'''Movie scores'''

* ''[[Early to Bed (1928 film)]]'' [[silent film]] score
* ''[[King Of Jazz]]'' (1930)  arranger, probable contributing composer
* ''[[Redemption (1930 film)]]''
* ''[[Diamond Jim]]'' (1935)
* ''Yankee Doodle Rhapsody'' (1937) short film score <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0342928/|title=Ferde Grofé Sr.|work=IMDb|access-date=15 September 2015}}</ref>
* ''[[Minstrel Man (film)]]'' (1940)  nominated for an [[Academy Award]]
* ''Time Out of Mind'' (1947) rejected score
* ''[[Rocketship X-M]]'' (1950)
* ''[[The Return of Jesse James]]'' (1950)
* ''[[A Christmas Story]]'' (1983)  Several movements of the Grand Canyon Suite were used in the film score

'''Works for concert band'''

* ''Elks' Grand Reunion March & Two-step'' (1909) his first commissioned work, for an [[Elks]] Club Convention in [[Los Angeles]]
* ''Scalawag'' (1956)
* ''Valley of Enchantment Suite'' (1956)

'''Chamber music and solo works'''

* ''Four Rags for Piano'' (1906) Grofé's first compositions, written at the age of 14
** I. Harlem
** II. Rattlesnake
** III. Persimmon
** IV. Hobble
* ''Souvenir'' (1907) for solo cello, written for Grofé's grandfather
* ''Evening Shadows'' (1907–08, pub. 1915) for solo piano
* ''Wonderful One'' (1920; pub. 1923) for female vocalist and piano. Music by Paul Whiteman and Ferdie Grofé. Words by Dorothy Terriss. Adapted from a theme by Marshall Neilar
* ''Sonata for Flute and Bicycle Pump''
* ''A Sailor's Reward'' (1926) A Musical Drama of the Sea - for Ukulele in D
* ''Queen of Egypt'' (1933) for piano. Music by Ferdie Grofé & Peter De Rose, Lyric by Billy Colligan
* ''Ruby'' (1936) for piano, from the suite "Jewel Tones"
* ''Miss Mischief'' (1937) for piano, dedicated to [[Shirley Temple]]
* ''Diana'', for solo saxophone and piano
* ''Templed Hills'' (pub. 1940) popular song
* ''Table d'Hôte'' (1945)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ferde-grofe.net/music.html|title=Ferde Grofé {{!}} The Music|website=www.ferde-grofe.net|access-date=2016-05-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403150700/http://ferde-grofe.net/music.html|archive-date=2016-04-03|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=UriShohamFlutist|title=Ferde Grofé - Table d'Hôte - Flute, Violin, Viola|date=2014-09-09|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGqyT3fm7bQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/QGqyT3fm7bQ| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|access-date=2016-05-25}}{{cbignore}}</ref> for flute, violin and viola
* ''Festiviana'' (1949) A Modern Composition for the Piano 
* ''Grofe's Serenade'' (pub. 1949) for piano, dedicated to his wife
* ''Gallodoro's Serenade for Saxophone and Piano'' (1958) written for the virtuoso [[Al Gallodoro]]
* ''Valsanne'' (1959) for solo saxophone and piano 
* ''Lonely Castle'' (1968) for solo flute 
* ''Christine'' (1969) for cello and piano
* ''Sequoia'' (1970, Final Opus) for flute, oboe, and strings

Since 2010, the scores ''Requiem for a Ghost Town'', the ballet ''Café Society'' and the ''Ode to the Star-Spangled Banner'' have been performed in newly published musicological scores based on the manuscripts on file with the [[Library of Congress]].<ref name="baltimoresun.com"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.broadstreetreview.com/music/grofes_lost_cafe_society_rediscovered |title=Grofe's lost "Café Society' rediscovered |last=Anderson |first=Janet |date=May 4, 2010 |website=www.broadstreetreview.com |access-date=May 25, 2016}}</ref>