Record ID:
114000
Accession number:
PMM 167
Creator:
Converse, F. S. (Frederick Shepherd), 1871-1940.
Title:
The sacrifice : an opera in three acts : op. 27 / text and music by Frederick S. Converse ; lyrics by John Macy.
Uniform title:
Sacrifice. Vocal score
Published:
New York : H. W. Gray, c1910.
Credit Line:
Gift; John P. Morgan II; 1995.
Notes:
Orchestral accompaniment arranged for piano.
Probable 1st ed.
Inscription: Dearest Emma [his wife], Because they grew together in my life in the past few years, I want this work to be for you and me an intimate memento of the dear boy who has taught us to know love, "the solvent and the setting," the "pulse of all"; dear Fritz, who is gone, but not lost; the light of whose love is guiding us through the mystery of life. Fred: p. [6].
Tipped onto a front endpaper is a photographic reproduction of Guido Reni's Crucifixion.
Provenance:
From the library of the composer, with his bookplate.
Associated names:
Macy, John Albert, 1877-1932.
Converse, F. S. (Frederick Shepherd), 1871-1940, former owner.
Morgan, John P. (John Pierpont), 1918- donor.
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