The Frédéric Louis Ritter Collection consists of approximately 2,500 items donated to Tufts College in 1901 by trustee Albert Metcalf to support the Department of Music. Initially housed in the Music department, the collection is located now at Tisch Library Special Collections.
The Ritter Collection presents a sweeping overview of Western art music, containing works from the 16th to the 19th centuries on various areas of musical interest: history, biography, theory, composition, and performance. Frédéric Louis Ritter collected contemporary and historical scores, books, and periodicals throughout his entire life as a professional musician, composer, and author. He was appointed Professor of Music and the Director of the School of Music at Vassar College in 1867, where he served until his death in 1891. Metcalf acquired Ritter’s library shortly thereafter, and continued to add to the collection, particularly with scores of the standard repertory, increasing its size from around 1,800 titles to about 2,500.
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