Frederick Shepherd Converse Collection
Span: 1890s-1960s
Bulk: 1900-1930s
English
collection
15 ft.
15 boxes
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.
Music and literary manuscripts, programs, librettos, notebooks, photographs, newspaper clippings, sound recordings
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Frederick Shepherd Converse Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress
Converse, Frederick Shepherd
Papers and music of the early 20th century American composer and teacher.
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Chamber Music
Choral Music
Piano Music
Opera
Film Music
Orchestral Music
Converse, Frederick Shepherd
Hanson, Howard
Garofalo, Robert
Performing Arts Encyclopedia
scdb
Music Division, Library of Congress
IHAS
110201
loc.natlib.scdb.200033608