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Converse, Frederick Shepherd
composer, teacher, administrator, composer
born: 05 Jan 1871 |
Newton, Massachusetts / state, USA |
Source: 1 |
born: 15 Jan 1871 |
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Source: 2,3 |
born: 25 Jan 1871 |
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Source: 4 |
died: 08 Jun 1940 |
Westwood, Massachusetts / state, USA |
Source: 1 |
Struble, John Warthen
The history of American classical music : MacDowell through Minimalism
By John Warthen Struble
Facts on File, 1995, 444 p.
Borroff, Edith
Clark, J. Bunker
American opera : a checklist
By Edith Borroff
Edited by J. Bunker Clark
Detroit: Harmonie Park Press, 1992, 334 p.
Number of People : 2,319
Tawa, Nicholas E.
Mainstream music of early twentieth century America
The composers, their times, and their works
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1992, 209 p.
      (Series: Contributions to the Study of Music and Dance; 28)
Bierley, Paul E.
Rehrig, William H.
The heritage encyclopedia of band music : composers and their music
Edited by Paul E. Bierley
William H. Rehrig
Westerville, Ohio: Integrity Press, 1991
Number of People : 8,916
Sadie, Stanley
Hitchcock, H. Wiley
The new Grove dictionary of American music
edited by H. Wiley Hitchcock and Stanley Sadie
New York, N.Y. : Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1986. 4 v.
Number of People : 3,993
Gillespie, Johan
Gillespie, Anna
A bibliography of nineteenth-century American piano music.
With location sources and composer biography-index
Johan Gillespie and Anna Gillespie
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1984
      (Series: Music Reference Collection; 2)
Butterworth, Neil
A dictionary of American composers
Number of People : 525
Anderson, E. Ruth
Contemporary American composers
A biographical dictionary
Second edition
Compiled by E. Ruth Anderson
Boston: G. K. Hall, 1982, 578 p.
Number of People : 3,986
Stieger, Franz
Opernlexikon
Teil IV: Nachtrage
Tutzing: Hans Schneider, 1982
Number of People : 1,584
Gleason, Harold
Early American music : music in America from 1620 to 1920
Bloomington, Indiana: Frangipani Press, 1981
      (Series: Music Literature Outlines: Series III)
Press, Jaques Cattell
ASCAP biographical dictionary of composers, authors and publishers
Fourth edition
Compiled for the American Society of Composers, Authors and publishers by Jaques Cattell Press
New York: R. R. Bowker, 1980, 589 p.
Number of People : 8,161
Sadie, Stanley
The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians
Number of People : 20,506
Johnson, H. Earle
First performances in America to 1900 : works with orchestra
Detroit: Information Coordinators, 1979, 446 p.
      (Series: Bibliographies in American Music; Four)
Robijns, Jozef
Zijlstra, Miep
Algemene muziek enciclopedie
hoofdred., J. Robijns en Miep Zijlstra
Haarlem: De Haan, [1979]-1984
Number of People : 16,262
Resch, Rita Marje
Carman, Judith E.
Gaeddert, William Kenneth
Art-song in the United States 1801-1976
An annotated bibliography
By Judith E. Carman, William K. Gaeddert, Rita M. Resch
National Association of Teachers of Singing, Inc., 1976, 308 p.
Anderson, Ruth
Contemporary American composers
A biographical dictionary
1st ed.
Boston: G. K. Hall, 1976, 513 p.
Number of People : 3,758
Sundstrom, Einar
Morin, Gosta
Moberg, Carl-Allan
Sohlman's musiklexikon
2. rev. och utvidgade uppl.
Redaktion: Gosta Morin, Carl-Alan Moberg och Einar Sundstrom
Stockholm: Sohlman Forlag, 1975-1979, 5 v.
Number of People : 10,962
Limbacher, James L.
Film music : from violins to video
Compiled and edited by James L. Limbacher
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1974
Number of People : 4,664
Claghorn, Charles Eugene
Biographical dictionary of American music
West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co., 1974, 491 p.
Number of People : 3,156
Rosner, Helmut
Bulling, Burchard
Frank, Paul
Noetzel, Florian
Kurzgefasstes Tonkunstler Lexikon
Fortfuhrt von Burchard Bulling, Florian Noetzel, Helmut Rosner
Wilhelmshaven: Heinrichshofen, 1974
       Note: Zweiter Teil: Erganzungen und Erweiterungen seit 1937
Number of People : 16,276
A list of works performed at the American Composers' Concerts and Festivals 1925-71
p. 9 In:
American Composers' Concerts and Festivals of American Music 1925-71; cumulative repertoire
Institute of American Music of the University of Rochester
Rochester, NY: 1972, 75 p.
Thomson, Virgil
Nabokov, Nicolas
American music since 1910
With an introduction by Nicolas Nabokov
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971, 204 p.
      (Series: Twentieth century composers; volume 1)
Ewen, David
European composers today
A biographical and critical guide
New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1969
Garofalo, Robert Joseph
The life and work, of Frederick Shepherd Converse (1871-1940)
Catholic University of America (Washington, D.C.). 1968. dissertation. [Note: "1968/69"]
Bellows, George Kent
Howard, John Tasker
A short history of music in America
By John Tasker Howard and George Kent Bellows
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1967, 496 p.
Zenei lexikon
Budapest: Zenemukiado Vallalat, 1965
Number of People : 4,351
Prieberg, Fred K.
Lexikon der neuen Musik
Freiburg: K. Alber, 1958, 494 p.
Pena, Joaquin
Angles, Higinio
Querol Gavalda, Miguel
Diccionario de la musica labor
Iniciado por Joaquin Pena
Continuado por Higinio Angles
Con la colaboracion de Miguel Querol y otros distinguidos musicologos espanoles y extranjeros
Barcelona: Editorial Labor, 1954, 2V, 2318P.
Number of People : 7,942
Lyons, James
Howard, John Tasker
Our American music : three hundred years of it
Third edition, revised and reset.
With supplementary chapters by James Lyons
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1954, 841 p.
Number of People : 649
McSpadden, J. Walker
Operas and musical comedies
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1951
Millar Craig, D.
Craig, D. Millar
Heimeran, Ernest
Aulich, Bruno
The well-tempered string quartet.
A book of counsel and entertainment for all lovers of music in the home
By Bruno Aulich and Ernest Heimeran
The English Translation by D. Millar Craig
London: Novello, 1951, 154 p.
Moberg, Carl-Allan
Sundstrom, Einar
Sohlman's musiklexikon : nordiskt och allmant upplagsverk for tonkonst, musikliv och dans
Redaktion: Gosta Morin, Carl Allan Moberg [och] Einar Sundstrom
Stockholm: Sohlman Forlag, [1951-]
Number of People : 8,662
Reis, Claire Raphael
Composers in America : biographical sketches of contemporary composers with a record of their works
Revised and enlarged edition
New York: MacMillan, 1947, 399 p.
Bagar, Robert C.
Concert companion
A comprehensive guide to symphonic music
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, [1947], 868 p.
Howard, John Tasker
Mendel, Arthur
Our contemporary composers : American music in the twentieth century
By John Tasker Howard with the assistance of Arthur Mendel
Freeport, New York: Books for Libraries Press, 1941, 447 p.
Bio-bibliographical index of musicians in the United States of America since colonial times
Prepared by the District of Columbia Historical Records Survey Division of Community Service Programs Works project Administration
Washington, DC: 1941, 439 p.
Number of People : 10,576
Baker, Theodore
Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians
Fourth edition revised and enlarged
New York: G. Schirmer, 1940
Number of People : 6,835
Hilb, Emil
The Metropolitan book of the opera
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1938
Schmidl, Carlo
Dizionario universale dei musicisti
Milan: Sonzogno, 1937, 2V p.
Number of People : 11,317
Frank, Paul
Altmann, Wilhelm
Kurzgefasstes Tonkunstler Lexikon : fur Musiker und Freunde der Musik
Begrundet von Paul Frank
Neu bearbeitet und erganzt von Wilhelm Altmann
Regensburg: Gustave Bosse, 1936, 730 p.
Number of People : 17,230
McSpadden, J. Walker
Opera synopses
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1935
Ewen, David
Composers of Today.
A Comprehensive Biographical and Critical Guide to Modern Composers of All Nations.
Compiled and edited by David Ewen
New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1934, 311 p.
Chateau, Earl
Histoire du developpement des orchestres symphoniques aux Etats Unis
Par Earl Chateau
Strasbourg: Librairie Universitaire d'Alsace, 1933, 259 p.
       Note: These pour le Doctorat d'Universite (Mention Lettres). Presentee a la Faculte des Lettres de l'Universite de Strasbourg
Key, Pierre V.R.
Pierre Key's musical who's who
A biographical survey of contemporary musicians
Edited by Pierre V.R. Key; editor Musical Digest and ...
New York: Pierre Key, 1931, 498 p.
Number of People : 3,336
Spaeth, Sigmund
Who is who in music
Chicago: Who is Who in Music, Inc., 1929
Number of People : 2,425
Hipsher, Edward Ellsworth
American opera and its composers
Philadelphia: Theodore Presser, 1927, 408 p.
Lambert, Alexander
The world's best music
New York: University Society, 1921
Boyd, Charles N.
Pratt, Waldo Selden
Grove's dictionary of music and musicians. American supplement ...
Edited by Waldo S. Pratt. Associate editor: Charles N. Boyd.
Number of People : 1,335
Remy, Alfred
Baker, Theodore
Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians
Third edition
Revised and enlarged by Alfred Remy, M.A.
New York: G. Schirmer, 1919, 1094 p.
Number of People : 7,067
Saerchinger, Cesar
International who's who in music and musical gazetteer
Edited by Cesar Saerchinger
New York: Current Literature Pub. Co., 1918, 841 p.
Number of People : 5,340
Elson, Arthur
Hughes, Rupert
American composers
A study of the music of this country, and of its future, with biographies of the leading composers of the present time
Being a new revised edition of contemporary American composers
By Rupert Hughes, author of "Love Affairs of Great Musicians," etc.
With additional chapters by Arthur Elson, author of "The Modern Composers of Europe, "Woman's Work in Music," etc.
Boston: Page Company, 1914
Hanaford, Harry Prescott
Hines, Dixie
Who's who in music and drama
Edited by Dixie Hines and Harry Prescott Hanaford
New York: H.P. Hanaford, 1914, 560 p.
Number of People : 1,154
Baltzell, Winton J.
Baltzell's dictionary of musicians ...
Number of People : 748
Hill, Edward Burlingame
Frederick S. Converse
Musician, 14, 1909, p. 164-65
Herringshaw, Thomas W.
Herringshaw's national library of American biography, etc ...
Chicago: 1909-14, 5 vols.
Number of People : 683
Who's who in America.
A biographical dictionary of notable living men and women of the United States.1908-1909 ...
The interesting life and work of an American composer
Musical America, 8/22, 1908, p. 3, 55
Hill, Edward Burlingame
Frederick S. Converse
Musiclovers Calendar, 3, 1908, p. 21-25
Hill, Edward Burlingame
A new American composer : Frederick S. Converse and his career
Musician, 11, 1906, p. 188-89
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Hughes, Rupert
Contemporary American composers
Boston: L.C. Page and Company, 1900, 456 p.
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