February 4 - February 10 Listening/Composer Assignment (remember that listening assignments apply to the weeks during which the listening is assigned.)

Ferde Grofe (Fer-die Grow-fay)

Composer (If this link doesn't take you to the right composer, click on "by composer" on the page and find the composer of the week there): http://www.dsokids.com/listen/ComposerDetail.aspx?composerID=49

Grand Canyon Suite, mvt: "On the Trail": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVKVB0MImOg

Question: What are the names of some of Grofe's most famous pieces? Can you hear the "hemoila" in the movement of listening (2 against 3 beats) when the main "trail" theme enters (it sounds like a horse walking)?