(b Newton ma, 5 Jan 1871; d Westwood ma, 8 June 1940). American composer. He studied with Paine at Harvard (1889-93), with Chadwick, and with Rheinberger at the Munich Academy (1896-8). On returning to the USA, he became active in Boston musical life, teaching and composing. His The Pipe of Desire (1905) was the first American opera presented at the Met (1910); his second opera, The Sacrifice, was given in Boston in 1911. Other works include five symphonies and several symphonic poems, notably The Mystic Trumpeter (1904).

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(kŏn'vûrs) , 1871–1940, American composer, b. Newton, Mass., studied with J. K. Paine and G. W. Chadwick and in Germany with Rheinberger. His Pipe of Desire (Boston, 1906) was performed at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, in 1910; it was the first American opera performed there. His orchestral works include Flivver Ten Million (1927) and American Sketches (1929). He was dean of the faculty (1930–38) of the New England Conservatory of Music.

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