Mississippi Suite Overture

Ferde Grofé

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General Info

Year: 1925 / 1954
Duration: c. 7:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Leo Feist
Cost: Score and Parts - Out of print.

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Movements

1. Father of Waters
2. Huckleberry Finn
3. Old Crede Days
4. Mardi Gras

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
E-flat Horn or Alto I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:

Bass Drum
Crash Cymbals
Snare Drum
Vibraphone (or Orchestra Bells)
Wood Blocks (2)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

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Media

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State Ratings

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Performances

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Kings Park Concert Band (Springfield, Va.) (Rich Bergman, conductor) - 8 July 2022
Ole Brook Wind Symphony (Brookhaven, Miss.) (Leroy Smith, conductor) – 26 April 2019
Parkland College (Champaign, Ill.) Wind Ensemble (Jonathan Beckett, conductor) – 11 March 2018
King's Park (Fairfax, Va.) Concert Band (Rich Bergman, conductor) - 9 November 2014
Ramsey Wind Symphony (Rockland, N.Y.) (Charles Yassky, conductor) - 21 March 2010

Works for Winds by This Composer

Concerto for Piano in F (as transcriber) (1925/1928)
Death Valley Suite (arr. D. Bennett)
Elk's Grand Reunion (1909)
Grand Canyon Suite (tr. Bass) (1931)
Hawaiian Suite (1965)
Hendrick Hudson from ''Hudson River Suite'' (arr. Hawkins)
March for Americans (1945)
Mardi Gras from ''Mississippi Suite'' (arr. Leidzen)
Mississippi Suite Overture (arr. Bennett) (1925/1954)
N-E-W-S (1958)
Ode to an American Soldier (1958)
On the Trail (arr. Bennett) (1931/1951)
On the Trail from ''Grand Canyon Suite'' (arr. Leidzen) (1931/1935)
Over There Fantasie (as arranger; scored by Leidzen) (1917/1937/1951)
Owls to Parade (1953)
Paris Portrait from ''Atlantic Crossing'' (arr. Yoder)
Rhapsody in Blue (as transcriber) (1924/1938)
Scalawag (1956)
Salute to Grofé, A (arr. Yoder) (1955)
San Francisco Suite (arr. Tam) (1960/2015)
Symphony in Steel (1935)
Themes from "Grand Canyon Suite" (ar. Wagner) (1931)
Valley of Enchantment (1958)

Resources

Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Ferde Grofe." Accessed 7 November 2014
Girsberger, Russ. Percussion Assignments for Band & Wind Ensemble. Volume I: A-K. Galesburg, MD: Meredith Music Publications, 2004, 128. Print.
Grofé, F.; Bennett, D. (1954). Mississippi Suite Overture [score]. Leo Feist, Inc.: New York.