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Converse, Frederick Shepherd
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Biography with summaries of education and influences, teaching, and major works from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa.../learning/grove.html?record=2115
Information about him and his operas from usopera.com, including selected libretto in HTML and text, scores in various formats, and purchase links for books and recordings.
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Frederick Shepherd Converse Converse is best known for his orchestral works, including the groundbreaking Flivver Ten Million, Converse also had the distinction of being the first American composer to have one of his works played at the Metropolitan Opera: The Pipe of Desire,...Brief life history with comments on his various genres and Naxos discography.
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Composer The youngest of seven children, he began lessons on the piano at the age of ten. His unusual talent was spotted very early on, in particular a gift for composition. In turn, he pursued advanced musical studies at Harvard, from...