Mississippi Suite
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The Mississippi Suite (Tone Journey) is an orchestral suite in four movements by Ferde Grofé, depicting scenes along a journey down the Mississippi River from its headwaters of Minnesota down to New Orleans.
[edit] History
The piece was composed by Grofé in 1925 and first performed in the summer of that year by Paul Whiteman's orchestra at the Hippodrome Theatre, New York City.
[edit] Movements
- I. Father of Waters
- II. Mark Twain Huckleberry Finn
- III. Old Creole Days
- IV. Mardi Gras
The entire piece runs about 13-14 minutes.
[edit] Recordings
Paul Whiteman recorded the piece in 1927 in abbreviated form (minus the first movement) because of the space limitations of the 12-inch 78-rpm disk, the lengthiest recording format available at that time.
The first full recording of the work, as Grofé composed and orchestrated it, was made in 2004 by Steven Richman conducting the Harmonie Ensemble/New York and released in 2006 (Bridge Records 9212).
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