Edward MacDowell

American composer

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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Works

10 Woodland Sketches, op. 51
10 Woodland Sketches, op. 51: No. 1. To a Wild Rose
10 Woodland Sketches, op. 51: No. 10. Told at Sunset
10 Woodland Sketches, op. 51: No. 2. Will o' the Wisp
10 Woodland Sketches, op. 51: No. 3. At an Old Trysting Place
10 Woodland Sketches, op. 51: No. 4. In Autumn
10 Woodland Sketches, op. 51: No. 5. From an Indian Lodge
10 Woodland Sketches, op. 51: No. 6. To a Water Lily
10 Woodland Sketches, op. 51: No. 7. From Uncle Remus
10 Woodland Sketches, op. 51: No. 8. A Deserted Farm
10 Woodland Sketches, op. 51: No. 9. By a Meadow Brook
12 Etudes, op. 39
12 Etudes, op. 39 no. 10: Melodie
12 Etudes, op. 39 no. 11: Scherzino
12 Etudes, op. 39 no. 12: Ungarisch
12 Etudes, op. 39 no. 1: Jagdlied
12 Etudes, op. 39 no. 2: Alla tarantella
12 Etudes, op. 39 no. 3: Romanze
12 Etudes, op. 39 no. 4: Arabeske
12 Etudes, op. 39 no. 5: Waldfahrt
12 Etudes, op. 39 no. 6: Gnomentanz
12 Etudes, op. 39 no. 7: Idylle
12 Etudes, op. 39 no. 8: Schattentanz
12 Etudes, op. 39 no. 9: Intermezzo
12 Virtuoso Etudes, op. 46
12 Virtuoso Etudes, op. 46: No. 1. Novellette
12 Virtuoso Etudes, op. 46: No. 10. Märzwind
12 Virtuoso Etudes, op. 46: No. 11. Impromptu
12 Virtuoso Etudes, op. 46: No. 12. Polonaise
12 Virtuoso Etudes, op. 46: No. 2. Moto perpetuo
12 Virtuoso Etudes, op. 46: No. 3. Wilde Jagd
12 Virtuoso Etudes, op. 46: No. 4. Improvisation
12 Virtuoso Etudes, op. 46: No. 5. Elfentanz
12 Virtuoso Etudes, op. 46: No. 6. Valse triste
12 Virtuoso Etudes, op. 46: No. 7. Burleske
12 Virtuoso Etudes, op. 46: No. 8. Bluette
12 Virtuoso Etudes, op. 46: No. 9. Träumerei
2 Fantasiestücke, op. 17
2 Fantasiestücke, op. 17: I. Erzählung
2 Lieder, op. 12
2 Old Songs, op. 9
2 Poems after Heine
2 Songs, op. 34
3 Lieder, op. 11
3 Lieder, op. 33
3 Songs, op. 58
3 Songs, op. 60
4 Songs, op. 56
6 Fancies, op. 7
6 Fancies, op. 7: No. 1. A Tin Soldier's Love
6 Fancies, op. 7: No. 2. To a Humming Bird
6 Fancies, op. 7: No. 3. Summer Song
6 Fancies, op. 7: No. 4. Across Fields
6 Fancies, op. 7: No. 5. Bluette
6 Fancies, op. 7: No. 6. An Elfin Round
6 Love Songs, op. 40
6 Love Songs, op. 40: No. 1. Sweet Blue-Eyed Maid
6 Love Songs, op. 40: No. 2. Sweetheart, Tell Me
6 Love Songs, op. 40: No. 3. Thy Beaming Eyes
6 Love Songs, op. 40: No. 4. For Sweet Love's Sake
6 Love Songs, op. 40: No. 5. O, Lovely Rose
6 Love Songs, op. 40: No. 6. I Ask But This
6 Poems after Heine, op. 31
8 Songs, op. 47
A Maid Sings Light, op. 56 no. 3
Amourette, op. 1
As the Gloaming Shadows Creep, op. 56 no. 4
Bitte, op. 33 no. 1
Confidence, op. 47 no. 4
Constancy, op. 58 no. 1
Das Rosenband, op. 12 no. 2
Deserted, op. 9 no. 1
Du liebst mich nicht, op. 11 no. 2
Etude de Concert, op. 36
Fair Springtide, op. 60 no. 2
Fireside Tales, op. 61
Fireside Tales, op. 61: No. 1. An Old Love Story
Fireside Tales, op. 61: No. 2. Of Br'er Rabbit
Fireside Tales, op. 61: No. 3. From a German Forest
Fireside Tales, op. 61: No. 4. Of Salamanders
Fireside Tales, op. 61: No. 5. A Haunted House
Fireside Tales, op. 61: No. 6. By Smouldering Embers
First Modern Suite, op. 10
First Modern Suite, op. 10: I. Praeludium
First Modern Suite, op. 10: II. Presto
First Modern Suite, op. 10: III. Andantino and Allegro
First Modern Suite, op. 10: IV. Intermezzo
First Modern Suite, op. 10: V. Rhapsodie
First Modern Suite, op. 10: VI. Fuge
Forgotten Fairy Tales, op. 4: I. Sung Outside the Prince's Door
Four Little Poems, op. 32: II. The Brook
Four Little Poems, op. 32: III. Moonshine
Four Little Poems, op. 32: IV. Writer
From an Old Garden, op. 26
From an Old Garden, op. 26: No. 1. The Pansy
From an Old Garden, op. 26: No. 5. The Bluebell
Geistliches Wiegenlied, op. 33 no. 2
Hamlet/Ophelia, op. 22
Hamlet/Ophelia, op. 22: Ophelia
Idylle, op. 33 no. 3
In Lilting Rhythm, op. 2
In Lilting Rhythm, op. 2: I
Lamia, op. 29
Marionettes, op. 38: No. 1. Prologue
Marionettes, op. 38: No. 2. Soubrette
Marionettes, op. 38: No. 5. Clown
Marionettes, op. 38: No. 6. Villain
Marionettes, op. 38: No. 7. Sweetheart
Marionettes, op. 38: No. 8. Epilogue
Menie, op. 34 no. 1
Merry Maiden Spring, op. 58 no. 3
Monologue, op. 31 no. 6
New England Idyls, op. 62
New England Idyls, op. 62: No. 1. An Old Garden
New England Idyls, op. 62: No. 10. The Joy of Autumn
New England Idyls, op. 62: No. 2. Mid-Summer
New England Idyls, op. 62: No. 4. With Sweet Lavender
New England Idyls, op. 62: No. 5. In Deep Woods
New England Idyls, op. 62: No. 6. Indian Idyl
New England Idyls, op. 62: No. 8. From Puritan Days
New England Idyls, op. 62: No. 9. From a Log Cabin
Piano Concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 15
Piano Concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 15: II. Andante tranquillo
Piano Concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 15: III. Presto
Piano Concerto no. 2 in D minor, op. 23 Orchestral
Piano Concerto no. 2 in D minor, op. 23: II. Presto giocoso
Piano Sonata no. 1, op. 45 "Sonata Tragica"
Piano Sonata no. 1, op. 45 "Sonata Tragica": I. Largo maetroso
Piano Sonata no. 1, op. 45 "Sonata Tragica": III. Largo con maesta
Piano Sonata no. 2, op. 50 "Sonata eroica"
Piano Sonata no. 2, op. 50 "Sonata eroica": I. Slow, with nobility
Piano Sonata no. 2, op. 50 "Sonata eroica": III. Tenderly, longingly, yet with passion
Romanze, op. 35
Sea Pieces, op. 55: No. 1. To the Sea
Sea Pieces, op. 55: No. 3. A. D. MDCXX
Sea Pieces, op. 55: No. 4. Starlight
Sea Pieces, op. 55: No. 6. From the Depths
Sea Pieces, op. 55: No. 7. Nautilus
Sea Pieces, op. 55: No. 8. In Mid-Ocean
Second Modern Suite, op. 14: III. Rhapsodie
Second Modern Suite, op. 14: IV. Scherzino
Suite no. 2 in E minor, op. 48, "Indian" Orchestral