词条 | Death Valley Suite |
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The Death Valley Suite is a short symphonic suite written by Ferde Grofé in 1949, depicting the westward travels of pioneers through the 'harsh lands' of Death Valley in California. Grofe was commissioned by the Death Valley 49ers, a non profit organization devoted to preserving pioneering and mining history of the Death Valley region (consisting of Death Valley National Park and surrounding area).[1] The composition and music was part of a pageant celebrating the 100th anniversary of the 49ers who came by way of Death Valley in search of gold and other riches and celebration of the California state centennial (1850-1950).[2] The original performance was conducted by Grofe with the Hollywood Bowl Symphony on December 3, 1949 in the Desolation Canyon area of Death Valley National Monument (Now Death Valley National Park). The music was used in the background as a procession of covered wagons entered the area. Actor James Stewart narrated the pageant celebration. The 1949 pageant was attended by 65,000 people.[3][4] The movements are titled:[5]
Total length of composition is 17 minutes and 11 seconds. The Death Valley Suite and the Death Valley 49ers Pageant of 1949Background information of Ferde Grofe's commissioned with the State of California and the Death Valley 49ers history, historical background, pageant pictures, pageant advertising can be seen on the following links: Ferde Grofe's Desert Water Hole composition for orchestra, his biography and background of the pageant can be viewed at this link (pdf form): The 1949 Pageant Guide and its conception can be seen at this link: References1. ^{{cite web|last1=49ers|first1=Death Valley|title=About Us|url=http://www.deathvalley49ers.org/|website=www.deathvalley49ers.org/|publisher=Death Valley 49ers|accessdate=2014-08-01}} {{Ferde Grofé}}{{Italic title}}2. ^{{cite web|last1=Thomas|first1=Danny Ray|title=1949 #0 DV 49ers|url=http://www.dannyraythomas.com|website=www.dannyraythomas.com/dv'49er_keepsakes/1949_00_dv_centennial_celebration/index.html|publisher=Death Valley 49ers|accessdate=2015-10-01}} 3. ^{{cite web|last1=Thomas|first1=Danny Ray|title=1949 #0 DV 49ers|url=http://www.dannyraythomas.com|website=www.dannyraythomas.com/dv'49er_keepsakes/1949_00_dv_centennial_celebration/index.html|publisher=Death Valley 49ers|accessdate=2015-10-01}} 4. ^{{cite web|last1=49ers|first1=Death Valley|title=About Us|url=http://www.deathvalley49ers.org/|website=www.deathvalley49ers.org/|publisher=Death Valley 49ers|accessdate=2014-08-01}} 5. ^{{cite book|last1=Cotton|first1=Martin|title=Ferde Grofe|date=2008|publisher=EMI}} 5 : Suites by Ferde Grofé|Compositions for symphony orchestra|1952 compositions|Death Valley|Orchestral suites |
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