Slee, Frederick Caldecott, 1870-1954

Frederick Caldecott Slee was a successful corporate lawyer in Buffalo, N.Y. While at Harvard pursuing his law degree, he also studied music theory, composition, and performance. He later furthered his music education by studying under Ernest Schelling and Walter Damrosch in New York City and Nadia Boulanger at the Sorbonne in Paris. An accomplished musician who played viola, violin, piano and cello, Slee formed a string quartet that performed locally in Buffalo. He composed more than three dozen works including several songs, works for string quartet and other chamber ensembles, a choral work, a work for solo organ, and an orchestral work.

From the description of Frederick Caldecott Slee Collection of Manuscript Scores, 1890-1954. (SUNY at Buffalo). WorldCat record id: 256949578

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