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Charles Tomlinson Griffes (Elmira, New York, September 17, 1884 – New York City, April 8, 1920) was an American composer for piano, chamber ensembles and for voice.
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Griffes, Charles Tomlinson (grĭf`ĭs), 1884–1920, American composer, b. Elmira, N.Y. A pupil of Humperdinck Humperdinck, Engelbert (hŭm`pərdĭngk, Ger. ĕng`əlbĕrt h..

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Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884-1920), American composer, one of the most highly respected of his generation. Born in Elmira, New York, he studied in Berlin with the German composer Englebert Humperdinck and taught music in Tarrytown, N.Y. His early, impressionistic works, influenced by German romanticism, show a detailed reflection of images and moods. In The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan (piano, 1912; orchestrated, 1919) and the ballet Sho-jo (1917) he used Oriental idioms. With the powerful Piano Sonata (1918) he moved to a more abstract, dissonant style.