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Frederick Converse

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56: 328:, Op. 21, romantic opera in one act, text by George Edward Barton. It has a legendary subject, of Celtic origin, based upon the mingling of the old pagan nature worship and the incoming Christian morality. The story rests upon the principle that man may force the way of his desires against the divine order but that he pays the penalty. The work is an avowed fantasy. First produced January 31, 1906, Jordan Hall, Boston, Massachusetts in 1906, and in 1909 was the first opera by an American composer to be presented at the 42: 909: 95:. Converse had already received instruction in piano playing, and the study of musical theory was a most important part of his college course. Upon his graduation in 1893, his violin sonata (op. 1) was performed and won him highest honors in music. 87:, the son of Edmund Winchester and Charlotte Augusta (Shepherd) Converse. His father was a successful merchant, and president of the National Tube Works and the Conanicut Mills. Frederick Converse's higher education was at 121:
in Boston. He then joined the faculty of Harvard University as instructor in music, and was appointed assistant professor in 1905. Two years later he resigned, and afterwards devoted himself exclusively to composition.
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Beauty and the Beast, or Sinbad the Sailor, His Adventures with Beauty and the Peacock Lady in the Castle of the Forty Thieves
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Symphony #6 in F minor (completed March 1940, premiered after his death by the Indianapolis Symphony in November 1940)
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After six months of business life, for which his father had intended him, he returned to the study of composing,
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Los Gringos, or an Interior View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chile, and Polynesia
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American Sketches, for orchestra (Manhattan, The Father of Waters, Chicken Reel, Bright Angel Trail)
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Converse largely numbering his works after Op. 30 except for the arrangement for band of
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Symphony in C minor (written 1919, premiered February 1920 by the Boston Symphony)
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Symphony in D minor, Op. 7 (not counted by Converse with his later symphonies)
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contemporaries, his works often dealt with American subjects. The lush
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He married, 6 June 1894, Emma Tudor, daughter of Frederic Tudor of
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List of composers performed and unperformed operas at USOpera.com
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Even though he was firmly committed to composing in the late
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List of music students by teacher: C to F#Frederick Converse
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Frederick Shepherd Converse (1871-1940): His Life and Music
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became the first American work ever to be performed at the
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Tone poem Prophecy, biblical symphony commissioned by
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String Quartet No. 2, Op. 18 (1905), dedicated to the
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Op. 23, overture, entr'actes and incidental music to
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Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
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Vol. XXIX, No. 2 238:Sonata for violin and piano, Op. 1 (pub. 1900) 1168:University of Music and Theatre Munich alumni 595:Times, Special to The New York (1915-06-15). 8: 778:"WITH SOME ORCHESTRAS; SCHOOLS AND COURSES" 411:, Op. 30, symphonic poem for full orchestra 1013:Frederick Converse collection, 1890s-1960s 994: 985: 960:"'Puritan Passions Given Boston Pre-View'" 536:Rhapsody for clarinet and orchestra (1938) 40: 29: 1047:International Music Score Library Project 701: 699: 697: 695: 764: 728: 582: 570: 558: 306:, concert overture for orchestra, Op. 16 206:. Today, Converse is best known for his 185:has been compared to the early style of 988: 977:. Vol. 89, Iss. 3. p. 21 551: 423:, Op. 91, and Symphony Nr. 6. op. 107. 259:, Op. 6, concert overture for orchestra 125:Among Converse's notable students were 1128:Classical musicians from Massachusetts 653:"American Opera at the Met: 1910-1935" 7: 1153:Pupils of George Whitefield Chadwick 1148:Musicians from Newton, Massachusetts 1103:20th-century American male musicians 1088:19th-century American male musicians 926:The Cyclopædia of American Biography 921:"Converse, Frederick Shepherd"  460:, reverie for cello and piano (1906) 399:Three songs for medium voice, Op. 28 956:. October 27, 1923. Vol. 39, Iss. 1 679:The Pipe of Desire and other plays 443:Symphony in F major (written 1934) 25: 1053:Liner Notes for Naxos CD 8.559116 1043:Free scores by Frederick Converse 946:. October 15, 1923. Vol. 1, No. 5 119:New England Conservatory of Music 1108:20th-century classical composers 1093:19th-century classical composers 907: 870:Garofalo, Robert Joseph (1994). 253:, Op.5, for piano 4-hands (1896) 108:Royal Academy of Music in Munich 102:being his teacher in piano, and 54: 1098:20th-century American composers 1083:19th-century American composers 689:. Boston: The Merrymount Press. 247:Waltzes for piano 4-hands Op. 4 918:Homans, James E., ed. (1918). 895:The Oxford Dictionary of Music 801:Cooper, Michael (2016-03-01). 676:Barton, George Edward (1905). 330:'old' Metropolitan Opera House 1: 1138:American male opera composers 708:"Frederick Shepherd Converse" 480:Song of the World Adventurers 440:Symphony in E minor (fp 1923) 1158:Pupils of John Knowles Paine 1113:American classical composers 1025:How to use archival material 655:. 2007-03-17. 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In 1910, Converse's 241:Suite for piano Op. 2 85:Newton, Massachusetts 83:Converse was born in 474:Boston Opera Company 316:The Mystic Trumpeter 272:Endymion's Narrative 212:The Mystic Trumpeter 1002:Library of Congress 964:Motion Picture News 488:Masque of St. Louis 427:Without opus number 392:at the time of the 386:Henry Augustus Wise 1034:Frederick Converse 807:The New York Times 782:The New York Times 746:The New York Times 685:2016-03-04 at the 633:The New York Times 601:The New York Times 528:Serge Koussevitsky 368:Hagar in der Wüste 326:The Pipe of Desire 200:Metropolitan Opera 195:The Pipe of Desire 137:(1907-1953). See: 112:Joseph Rheinberger 104:George W. 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Index

Frederick Shepherd Converse


composer
classical music
Newton, Massachusetts
Harvard College
John K. Paine
Carl Baermann
George W. Chadwick
Royal Academy of Music in Munich
Joseph Rheinberger
New England Conservatory of Music
Alan Hovhaness
Florence Price
Hisato Ohzawa
List of music students by teacher: C to F#Frederick Converse
Westwood, Massachusetts
Brookline, Massachusetts
Junius Spencer Morgan III
Romantic
European
orchestral
program music
Richard Strauss
opera
The Pipe of Desire
Metropolitan Opera
New York
symphonic poem

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