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Frederick Shepherd Converse (January 5, 1871 – June 8, 1940), was an American composer of classical music, whose works include four operas and five symphonies.
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- Frederick Converse collection, 1890s-1960s
About Frederick Shepherd Converse. Upon his return to the Boston area, Converse became deeply involved in its musical life. From 1900 to 1902 he was an instructor in harmony at the New England Conservatory; from 1903 to 1907 he taught at Harvard College, first as an instructor, later as an assistant professor, resigning in 1907 to devote more time to composition.
Jun 4, 2024 · Frederick Shepherd Converse (born Jan. 5, 1871, Newton, Mass., U.S.—died June 8, 1940, Westwood, Mass.) was an American composer whose essentially Romantic music is coloured with chromaticism and advanced harmonies.
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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.
Frederick S. Converse. Frederick Shepherd Converse (b. Newton, Mass., Jan. 5, 1871; d. Westwood, Mass., June 8, 1940) was an American composer, teacher and administrator. Converse graduated from Harvard College in 1893 where he studied with John Knowles Paine.
Converse was born in Newton, Massachusetts, the son of Edmund Winchester and Charlotte Augusta Converse. His father was a successful merchant, and president ...
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This piano sonata was composed near the end of Converse's life (1937). While fully in the Romantic idiom, it includes some of the composer's experiments in ...
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