Famous People with Name Frederic

Frederic Anthony Rzewski            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Frederic Anthony Rzewski: an American composer and virtuoso pianist.Rzewski (pronounced zheff-skee) began playing piano at age 5. He attended Phillips Academy, Harvard and Princeton, where his teachers included Randall Thompson, Roger Sessions, Walter Piston and Milton Babbitt. In 1960, he went to Italy, a trip which was formative in his future musical development. In addition to studying with Luigi Dallapiccola, he began a career as a performer of new piano music, often with an improvisatory element. A few years later he was a co-founder of Musica Elettronica Viva with Alvin Curran and Richard Teitelbaum. Musica Elettronica Viva conceived music as a collective, collaborative process, with improvisation and live electronic instruments prominently featured. In 1971 he returned to New York.

Frédéric Blackburn            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Frédéric Blackburn: is a Canadian short track speed skater who competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics and in the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Frédéric Niemeyer            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Frédéric Niemeyer: is a retired, veteran minor tour and Canadian Davis Cup tennis player who now is a Tennis Canada coach. Born in Campbellton, New Brunswick, Niemeyer hails from Deauville, Sherbrooke, Quebec. He became Canada's top ranked singles player according to the AT

Frederic Warren Conant            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Frederic Warren Conant: was an American sailor who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Frederic White Cook            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Frederic White Cook: was an American politician who served as the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth from 1921 to 1949.In 1920 Cook was elected to be the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, a position he would hold for a record 28 years.