Niagara Falls Suite
Composition by Ferde Grofé
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The Niagara Falls Suite is a musical composition written by Ferde Grofé in 1960, and performed at Niagara Falls in 1961.[1]
Background
Grofé was commissioned in 1960 by the New York Power Authority to compose a symphonic suite, which would be played to commemorate the opening of the Robert Moses Niagara Power Plant.[2] On 10 February 1961, the plant's opening day, Grofé would perform the suite with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.[3][4] The piece is one of Grofé's last orchestral works.[3]
Movements
The composition consists of four movements:[3]
- I. Thunder of the Waters
- II. Devils' Hole Massacre
- III. Honeymooners
- IV. Power of Niagara
