Frederick Shepherd Converse Collection [collection]

Title

Frederick Shepherd Converse Collection [collection]

Dates Created

Span: 1890s-1960s

Bulk: 1900-1930s

Language

English

Form

collection

Physical Description

15 ft.

15 boxes

Abstract

In the late nineteenth century, Frederick Converse studied at Harvard University and later at the Akademie der Tonkunst in Munich. On returning to the USA, he became active in the musical life of Boston, teaching for a time at The New England Conservatory of Music and then at Harvard University. Converse was at the height of his career as a composer between 1907 and 1914. He was one of the earliest American composers to write successful symphonic poems; his oratorio, Job, was the first American oratorio to be performed in Germany.

Contents Note

Music and literary manuscripts, programs, librettos, notebooks, photographs, newspaper clippings, sound recordings

Microfilm available

No

Preferred Citation

Frederick Shepherd Converse Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress

Access Permissions

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Subjects

Chamber Music

Choral Music

Piano Music

Opera

Film Music

Orchestral Music

Converse, Frederick Shepherd

Hanson, Howard

Garofalo, Robert

Repository

Music Division, Library of Congress

Last Updated: 02-01-2011