b. 1834d. 1891
Frédéric Louis Ritter
Ritter was not only a composer but often wrote about music. The French-born composer immigrated to the United States when he was 23 years old. His expansive music library, which included major treatises and many European works, immigrated with him and was notable for the time and for his young age.
Photo: Vassar Encyclopedia, http://vcencyclopedia.vassar.edu/
Audio
Dirge For Two Veterans
Thomas Hampson (baritone) & Wolfram Rieger (piano)6:47
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Ritter was also a devoted teacher and taught at Vassar College for most of his mature life.
–Christie Finn
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Records
2001
I Hear America Singing
Ernst Bacon, Jean Berger, Paul Bowles, Henry T. Burleigh, Stephen Foster, Ernest Gold, Charles Griffes, Richard Hageman, Sergius Kagen, Charles Martin Loeffler, Edward MacDowell, Charles Naginski, John Jacob Niles, Hermann Reutter, Frédéric Louis Ritter, Ned Rorem, William Grant Still, Hugo Weisgall, Tennessee Williams