Alan Grofe scampered out the front door of his house and he hasn’t stopped running since. On May 12, Grofe placed 18th with a time of 29 minutes, 29 seconds in the 5K run held at the National Senior ...

Daniel H. Grofe, 83, of 5th Street, Boyertown, passed away on Tuesday, November 12, 2012 in his residence. Born in Boyertown, he was the son of the late Charles D. and Mabel R. (Reidenauer) Grofe. He ...

“I am not foolish enough to try to place myself in a class, for example, with Ravel and Sibelius, whom I admire tremendously,” says Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofe (“Ferde Grofe”), “but there is a real ...

If Robinson Crusoe’s Man Friday had left him, gone adventuring on his own, it would have upset 18th Century literature no more than jazzdom was upset last week when Ferde Grofe stepped forth in ...

Patricia A. (Smith) Grofe, 78, Boyertown, widow of David E. Grofe, who died Dec. 13, 1991, died Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010, in Manatawny Manor. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Theodore D.

At the end, when the audience cheered, it was the culmination of a two-year project—the rediscovery of a long-forgotten piece of music by a once-renowned American composer. And I'd like to think that ...

Ferde Grofe thought about traveling newlyweds when he wrote his Niagara Falls Suite. We hear the Bournemouth Symphony play The Honeymooners, by Grofe, under the baton of Willam Stromberg.

GROFE – Patricia A. (Smith) Grofe, 78, of Boyertown, widow of David E. Grofe (died December 13, 1991) died Tuesday, October 26, 2010 in the Manatawny Manor. Funeral services are 10 a.m., Saturday, ...