Griffes

(grif’-és), Charles Tom lins on, Elmira, N. Y., Sept. 7, 1884—New York, April 8, 1920; composer; one of the most gifted and individual creators of Amer. impre ionistic music, particularly for orch. and piano; studied with Jedliczka, Galston, Klatte, Loewengard and Humperdinck; taught in Berlin, later at ®arrytown,; N.Y j0and N-9 ¥-3 0c. “The of Kubla Khan’? for orch.; Poem for flute orch.; (dance-drama) ‘‘The Kairn of Koridwen” for wind, harp, celesta and piano; Japanese mime play, ‘‘Schojo’’; 2 pieces for string quartet; piano sonata, and many shorter works for this instrument, incl. ‘‘Four Roman Sketches” (among ‘‘The Peacock’ particularly pop, in its orchestrated version); and a quantity of original songs, incl. Japanese poems set in pentatonic scale; his early death was a deep lo to Amer. music.