Griffis, Elliot

Variant names

Dates:

Birth 1893-01-28

Death 1968

Biographical notes:

Composed 1925; rev. 1940. First performance by the WNYC Concert Orchestra of the WPA, New York, Jan. 28, 1940, broadcast over Station WNYC, Macklin Marrow conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of A Persian fable : ballade for orchestra / Ellis Griffis. 1940. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52093618

Composed 1925-26. Rewritten 1931 and again 1934.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Paul Bunyan, Colossus : symphonic poem / by Elliot Griffis. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52093571

Composed 1937. First performance Ithaca, 2 May 1949, the Cornell University Orchestra, George Louis Coleman conductor, Ida Deck Haigh pianist, Luther Noss organist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Montevallo : concerto for strings, piano and organ : based on southern mountain tunes / by Elliot Griffis. 1938. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52093609

American composer.

From the description of Selected compositions of Elliot Griffis. (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702121397

Originally composed as Concerto for strings, piano and organ (see callno.: 975m). This version 1938.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Montevallo : symphonic suite for orchestra (based on southern "white" folks tunes) / Elliot Griffis. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52093611