John Elliot Griffis (January 28, 1893 – 1967) was an American composer.
4-621: Griffis or Griffiss is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Elliot Griffis , composer William Elliot Griffis , orientalist Rhoda Griffis (born 1965), American actress Townsend Griffiss , aviator See also [ edit ] 16253 Griffis , asteroid Griffiss International Airport , in Rome, New York Griffis Sculpture Park , in Cattaraugus County, New York [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
8-679: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Elliot Griffis Born in Boston , the son of the noted Orientalist William Elliot Griffis , he attended public schools in Ithaca, New York , as well as The Manlius School before going to Ithaca College . He went to Yale University to work with Horatio Parker from 1913 until 1915, and studied at the New England Conservatory of Music with Daniel Gregory Mason , Harry Newton Redman , and George Whitefield Chadwick before serving in
12-826: The United States Army . In 1931, he was awarded a Pulitzer Fellowship for his String Quartet in C Major. (This was twelve years before the Pulitzer Prize for Music was first awarded in 1943.) Griffis taught at Grinnell College , the Westchester Conservatory of Music and the St. Louis Conservatory of Music before settling in Los Angeles . Much of his output was chamber music , especially piano pieces and songs; he did, however, compose some works for orchestra and one opera , 1963's The Port of Pleasure . He died in 1967 and
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