Composer

Edward MacDowell

American composer (1860–1908)

1860–1908

347 works and musical collections

Born: 1860
Died: 1908
Birthplace: New York City
Place of death: New York City
Citizenship / historical state: United States
Period (estimated from birth year): Modern

Biography

Edward Alexander MacDowell (December 18, 1860 – January 23, 1908) was an American composer and pianist of the late Romantic period. He was best known for his second piano concerto and his piano suites Woodland Sketches, Sea Pieces and New England Idylls. Woodland Sketches includes his most popular short piece, "To a Wild Rose". In 1904 he was one of the first seven Americans honored by membership in the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

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Life and musical career

Occupations: pianist; composer; piano teacher; music professor; music teacher; musician
Education: Columbia University; Hoch Conservatory; Conservatoire de Paris
Teachers: Joachim Raff; Teresa Carreño; Antoine-François Marmontel; Carl Heymann
Career institutions / employers: Columbia University
Recorded memberships: American Academy of Arts and Letters
Instruments played: piano
Genres: classical music
Movements: Romantic music
Notable works: Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor; Woodland Sketches
Birth name: Edward Alexander MacDowell
Languages used: English
VIAF ID: 34643805
ISNI: 0000000368577490; 0000000110531962; 0000000368577482
GND ID: 118890549
Library of Congress ID: n50053369
MusicBrainz ID: 6bcbe65a-f7cb-4088-9883-c817a6458d6e

Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments: Piano, percussion, Timpani, Guitar, Harp
Genres represented: Classical, American, Jazz, pop, Pop
Source entries with composition dates: 29

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Catalogue

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Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.

Works and musical collections with sheet music details
Title	Work details	Listed instruments	Sheet music
In Deep Woods Op 62 (E. Macdowell)	Catalogue / opus Op 62	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
To an Old White Pine Op 62 (E. Macdowell)	Catalogue / opus Op 62	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
6. Villain	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Deserted Farm	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
2 Fantasiestücke, op. 17: II. Hexentanz	Catalogue / opus op. 17	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Amourette, Op. 1	Catalogue / opus Op. 1 Year composed 1896	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
First Modern Suite, Op. 10 in E minor	Catalogue / opus Op. 10 Year composed 1883 Key in title E minor	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
From the 18th Century	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Six Idyls after Goethe	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Zwei Phantasiestücke, Op.17	Catalogue / opus Op.17 Year composed 1883	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Piano Concerto No.1, Op.15	Catalogue / opus Op.15 Year composed 1882	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Six Poems after Heine, Op. 31	Catalogue / opus Op. 31 Year composed 1887; 1901 (revised)	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Second Modern Suite, Op.14	Catalogue / opus Op.14	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Serenade op 16	Catalogue / opus op 16	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
To a Wild Rose: 2 Flutes, Violin and Pian	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Woodland Sketches: Op.51, No.5: An Indian Lodg	Catalogue / opus Op.51, No.5	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Bagatelle, Op. 5, No. 1	Catalogue / opus Op. 5, No. 1	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
A Scotch Poem	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
1. An Old Love Story	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
3. From A German Forest	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
6. By Smouldering Embers	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Arabeske Op 39 No 4 (Macdowell)	Catalogue / opus Op 39 No 4	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Starlight Op 55 (E. Macdowell)	Catalogue / opus Op 55	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
With Sweet Lavender Op 62 (E. Macdowell)	Catalogue / opus Op 62	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
From Puritan Days Op 62 (E. Macdowell)	Catalogue / opus Op 62	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonata Tragica Op 45 (Macdowell)	Catalogue / opus Op 45	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
5. Konig ist der Hirtenknabe (The Shepherd Boy)	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
2. Soubrette	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
From an Indian Lodge, Op. 51, No. 5	Catalogue / opus Op. 51, No. 5	Guitar Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
The Song of the Shepherdess, Op. 42, No. 4	Catalogue / opus Op. 42, No. 4	Guitar Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Scherzino, Op. 39, No. 11	Catalogue / opus Op. 39, No. 11	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Song [Op. 55, No. 5] Additional credits Edward MacDowell	Catalogue / opus Op. 55, No. 5	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Witches Dance	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
MacDowell: Sonata No. 2, Op. 50 (Sonata Eroica)	Catalogue / opus Op. 50	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Etude de Concert, Op. 36	Catalogue / opus Op. 36 Year composed 1888	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
In Lilting Rhythm	Year composed 1896	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
6 Little Pieces After J.S. Bach	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
4 Little Poems	Year composed 1888	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonata No. 3 'Norse', Op. 57	Catalogue / opus Op. 57	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
3 Poems, Op.20	Catalogue / opus Op.20	Piano Four Hands Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
4 Stücke	Year composed 1886	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Suite No. 2, Op.48 'Indian'	Catalogue / opus Op.48	Orchestra Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
12 Virtuoso Etudes, Op.46	Catalogue / opus Op.46 Year composed 1894	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
The Blue-Bell	See work details	Mezzo Soprano Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
The Bumble Bee	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
When Johnny Comes Marching Home	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
2. Of aTailor and a Bear	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
4. From Dwarfland	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details

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