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

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

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
4. Of Salamanders	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Song Op 55 (E. Macdowell)	Catalogue / opus Op 55	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
From the Depths Op 55 (E. Macdowell)	Catalogue / opus Op 55	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Midsummer Op 62 (E. Macdowell)	Catalogue / opus Op 62	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Indian Idyl Op 62 (E. Macdowell)	Catalogue / opus Op 62	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonata Eroica Op 50 (Macdowell)	Catalogue / opus Op 50	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Improvisation	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
A Tale from Knightly Times	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Traumerei (Kinderscenen) Op.15 No.7	Catalogue / opus Op.15 No.7	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
2. Fern am schottischer Felsenkuste (Scotch Poem)	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, op. 23	Catalogue / opus op. 23 Key in title D minor	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
1. Prologue	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sea Piece "Song" from Sea Pieces, Op. 55 #5	Catalogue / opus Op. 55	Piano Organ Guitar 11 more instruments Cello Flute Oboe violin Bassoon Horn Clarinet English Horn Saxophone Viola Tenor Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Told At Sunset From Suite Op.51	Catalogue / opus Op.51	Clarinet Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
5. Village Festival	See work details	Timpani percussion Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Soubrette, Op. 38, No. 2	Catalogue / opus Op. 38, No. 2	Guitar Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Preludium, Op. 10, No. 1	Catalogue / opus Op. 10, No. 1	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Auld Lang Syne	See work details	Choir Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
A. D. MDCXX [Op. 55, No. 3] Additional credits Edward MacDowell	Catalogue / opus Op. 55, No. 3	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
MacDowell: Sonata No. 3, Op. 57	Catalogue / opus Op. 57	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
MacDowell: Sonata No. 4, Op. 59	Catalogue / opus Op. 59	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
12 Etudes	Year composed 1889-90	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Forest Idyls, Op.19	Catalogue / opus Op.19 Year composed by 1884	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Forgotten Fairy Tales, Op. 4	Catalogue / opus Op. 4	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Prelude and Fugue op 13	Catalogue / opus op 13	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Two Pieces	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Woodland Sketches: Op.51, No.1: To a Wild Ros	Catalogue / opus Op.51, No.1	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Clog Dance	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sunset	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Turkey In The Straw	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
William Tell Overture	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Alternate Cadence Presentation	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
2. Of A Tailor And A Bear	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Idylle Op 39 No 7 (Macdowell)	Catalogue / opus Op 39 No 7	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Intermezzo Op 39 No 9 (Macdowell)	Catalogue / opus Op 39 No 9	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Melodie Op 39 No 10 (Macdowell)	Catalogue / opus Op 39 No 10	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Nautilus Op 55 (E. Macdowell)	Catalogue / opus Op 55	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
From A Log Cabin Op 62 (E. Macdowell)	Catalogue / opus Op 62	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonata No 4 Op 59 (Macdowell)	Catalogue / opus Op 59	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
4. Witch	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
7. Sweetheart	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
8. Epilogue	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
1. The Saracens	See work details	Timpani percussion Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Song, Op. 55, No. 5	Catalogue / opus Op. 55, No. 5	Guitar Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
I. Fanfare	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
6 Fancies, Op. 7	Catalogue / opus Op. 7 Year composed 1898	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Hamlet and Ophelia, Op.22	Catalogue / opus Op.22 Year composed 1884	Orchestra Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Moon-Pictures, Op.21	Catalogue / opus Op.21	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details

Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 34643805. Portrait: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.