This orchestral suite written for California’s centennial celebrations premiered in Death Valley, CA in December 1949, with the composer conducting. The work is divided into four parts:
Funeral Mountains
49er Emigrant Train
Desert Water Hole
Sand Storm
Lyrics for this song have yet to be released
Death Valley Suite was written by Ferde Grofé.
Ferde Grofé released Death Valley Suite on Sat Dec 03 1949.