Praise About Griffes
For Griffes' Two Sketches for String Quartet Based on Indian Themes "…manifestation of a school of American composition with the courage of its convictions, sincere and of high ideals." The Musical Leader April 1919
The apex of his career was in 1919 when a New York newspaper wrote: "…that rare bird, an American composer with imagination" Every major newspaper in Boston and New York wrote articles about Griffes during this year.
In 1920, The Musical Leader wrote: "After a long hard battle, the king of shadows struck down one of the most brilliant leaders of the young American school of composers, Charles Tomlinson Griffes."