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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
- Researchers wishing to work with special collections are advised to inquire in advance about availability of material since many special collections are stored off-site.
- 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