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Frederick Converse

Among the initial American composers to make large-scale symphonic poems and famous for his brilliant orchestrations, Frederick Shepherd Converse began his music research at age 10 with piano research. His formal structure research was initiated upon his entry to Harvard in 1889 beneath the tutelage of composer John Knowles Paine. …

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