# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ferde-grofe
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:00:33.988Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ferde-grofe"
name: "Ferde Grofé"
slug: "ferde-grofe"
description: "Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofé, known as Ferde Grofé was an American composer, arranger, pianist, and instrumentalist. He is best known for his 1931 five-movement symphonic poem the Grand Canyon Suite, and for orchestrating George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue for its 1924 premiere."
tagline: "American composer, arranger, pianist and instrumentalist (1892–1972)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ferde_Grof%C3%A9.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1892-03-27"
deathDate: "1972-04-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.43
  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.61681733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0342928/"
    handle:    "nm0342928"
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    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0tWfibobfCwFxRF5PpBVyR"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Ferde Grofé"
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    title: "퍼디 그로페"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ferde Grofé"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1040947"
    title: "Ferde Grofé Jr."
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump