Edward MacDowell
Edward Alexander MacDowell (born December 18, 1860 in New York City , † January 23, 1908 there ) was an important American composer and pianist .
MacDowell received piano training from Teresa Carreño and from 1876 studied in Paris with Antoine François Marmontel and Marie-Gabriel-Augustin Savard , in Wiesbaden with Louis Ehlert and with Joachim Raff and Carl Heymann at Dr. Hoch's Conservatory (Frankfurt am Main). In 1888 he returned to the United States and founded the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough , New Hampshire . He worked as a composer and pianist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra for eight years . In 1896 he became the first professor of art and music at Columbia University in New York City .
As the first American composer ever, he won the respect of Europeans. His fame is based on his piano works and the setting of poems by German poets such as Heine and Goethe .
Works (selection)
orchestra
- Piano Concerto No. 1 in A minor, op.15 (1884)
- Hamlet and Ophelia , op. 22 (1885)
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, op.23 (1890)
- Lancelot and Elaine , op.25 (1888)
- Lamia , op. 29 (1908)
- Suite No. 1, op.42 (1891)
- Suite No. 2 Indian Suite , op.48 (1897)
piano
- Second modern suite , op.14 (1883)
- Forest Idyls, op.19 (1884)
- Six Idylls after Goethe , op.28 (1887, rev. 1901)
- Six poems after Heine , op.31 (1887, rev. 1901)
- Sonata No. 1 Tragica in G minor, op.45 (1893)
- Sonata No. 2 Eroica in G minor, op.50 (1895)
- Woodland Sketches (American Forest Idylls), op.51 (1896)
- Sonata No. 3 Norse in D minor, op.57 (1900)
- Sonata No. 4 Keltic in E minor, op.59 (1900)
- New England Idyls , op.62 (1902)
literature
- Lawrence Gilman: Edward MacDowell. A study . John Lane Company, New York 1908 (English, gutenberg.org [accessed April 10, 2020]).
Web links
- The MacDowell Colony, Official site (English).
- For more information about Colony (Engl.)
- Edward MacDowell Online Library ( Memento January 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (Public Domain Piano Notes)
- "To a Wild Rose" piano sheet music for free as pdf & midi
- Sheet music and audio files by Edward MacDowell in the International Music Score Library Project
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dolores Pesce, Margery Morgan Lowens: MacDowell [McDowell], Edward (Alexander). In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
- ↑ Information from: Dolores Pesce, Margery Morgan Lowens: MacDowell [McDowell], Edward (Alexander). In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | MacDowell, Edward |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | MacDowell, Edward Alexander |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer and pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 18, 1860 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 23, 1908 |
| Place of death | New York City |