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
Sonata No. 2 'Sonata Eroica', Op. 50	Catalogue / opus Op. 50 Year composed 1894	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
To a Wild Rose: flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, bassoo	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
To a Wild Rose: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoo	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
To a Wild Rose: 3 violins, viola, cell	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Woodland Sketches: Op.51, No.2: Will o the Wis	Catalogue / opus Op.51, No.2	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Woodland Sketches: Op.51, No.3: Old Trysting Plac	Catalogue / opus Op.51, No.3	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
To a Wild Rose: horn, 2 trumpets, trombone, tub	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Blue Iris	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Variations On La Folia And Minuet Op15	Catalogue / opus Op15	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Scale of F-sharp Minor	See work details	Piano	View sheet music Work & edition details
Key Signature Review	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
3. Beauty in the Rose Garden	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
5. A Haunted House	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Waldfahrt Op 39 No 5 (Macdowell)	Catalogue / opus Op 39 No 5	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Ballade	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Lope Along Blues	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
1. Wir sassen am Fischerhause (From a Fisherman's Hut)	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
3. Lover	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
5. Clown	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
A Country Road	See work details	Organ Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
1. Legend	See work details	Timpani percussion Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
4. Dirge	See work details	Timpani percussion Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
2. The Beautiful Alda	See work details	Timpani percussion Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
A Deserted Farm, Op. 51, No. 5	Catalogue / opus Op. 51, No. 5	Guitar Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
An Old Garden	See work details	Organ Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
"Romance, Op. 39 No. 3"	Catalogue / opus Op. 39 No. 3	Piano Organ Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
"Winter, Op. 32 No. 4"	Catalogue / opus Op. 32 No. 4	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
"Jagdlied, Op. 39 No. 1"	Catalogue / opus Op. 39 No. 1	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
"Intermezzo, Op. 39 No. 9"	Catalogue / opus Op. 39 No. 9	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
MacDowell: Witches Dance, Op. 17, No. 2	Catalogue / opus Op. 17, No. 2	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Andantino	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Bluette Op.7 No.5	Catalogue / opus Op.7 No.5	Piano	View sheet music Work & edition details
Summer Song Op.7 No.3	Catalogue / opus Op.7 No.3	Piano	View sheet music Work & edition details
Will O' The Wisp Op.51 No.2	Catalogue / opus Op.51 No.2	Piano	View sheet music Work & edition details
Three MacDowell Pieces	See work details	Horn Trombone	View sheet music Work & edition details
TO a Wild Rose	Year composed 1896 ↗	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
"To a Wild Rose, Op. 51 No. 1"	Catalogue / opus Op. 51 No. 1	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
To a Water Lily	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Tarantella	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Rush HOur	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Winter Memory	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Juggler, The	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Garden at Sunset	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Hungarian, Op. 39, No. 12	Catalogue / opus Op. 39, No. 12	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Stormy Night	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
1. Sung Outside the Price's Door	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Alla Tarantella Op 39 No 2 (Macdowell)	Catalogue / opus Op 39 No 2	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Hungarian Op 39 No 12 (Macdowell)	Catalogue / opus Op 39 No 12	See edition details	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.