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Edward MacDowell
Person · male · United States · New York City · born 1860 · died 1908 · recording since 1953
American composer (1860–1908)
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Also known as Ed MacDowell(1860-1908) · Edward McDowell · MacDowell · McDowall · 爱德华·麦克道威尔
Timeline
17 events▣ Album 14◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1
1860s
1900s
1950s
· Debut release
Debut release: Woodland Sketches
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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1990s
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Album: Chadwick: Symphonic Sketches / MacDowell: Suite for Large Orchestra / Peter: Sinfonia in G
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Album: MacDowell: Piano Concerto no. 2 / Liszt: Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 2
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2000s
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Album: Piano Concertos nos. 1 and 2 / Witches' Dance / Romance for Cello and Orchestra
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Album: The Romantic Piano Concerto, Volume 25: Piano Concerto no. 1 in A minor / Piano Concerto no. 2 in D minor / Second Modern Suite, op. 14
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2020s
Biography
English biography1,822 words · 6 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1347351360
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.
Studies
Edward MacDowell was born in New York City to Thomas MacDowell, a Manhattan milk dealer, and Frances "Fanny" Mary Knapp. He received his first piano lessons from Juan Buitrago, a Colombian violinist who was living with the MacDowell family at the time. He also received music lessons from friends of Buitrago, including the Cuban pianist Pablo Desverine and Venezuelan pianist and composer Teresa Carreño. MacDowell's mother decided to take her son to Paris, France, where in 1877 he was admitted to the Paris Conservatory after receiving a competitive scholarship for international students.
After two years of studies under Antoine François Marmontel and being at the top of his class, he continued his education at Dr. Hoch's Conservatory in Frankfurt, Germany, where he studied piano with Carl Heymann and composition with Joachim Raff. When Franz Liszt and Clara Schumann visited the conservatory in early 1880 and attended a recital of student compositions, MacDowell performed Robert Schumann's Quintet, Op. 44 along with a transcription of a Liszt symphonic poem. The next year, he paid a visit to Liszt in Weimar and performed some of his own compositions. Liszt recommended MacDowell's First Modern Suite, Op. 10 to Allgemeiner Deutscher Musikverein for performance and also introduced him to Leipzig music publishers at Breitkopf & Härtel.
After finishing his studies in 1881, MacDowell remained for a while in Germany, where he composed, performed on stage and gave piano lessons. He taught piano at various places in Darmstadt during 1881–1884, including the Schmitt's Akademie für Tonkunst (now known as the Akademie für Tonkunst), and in Wiesbaden, 1884–1888.
Marriage and family
In 1884, MacDowell married Marian Griswold Nevins, an American who had been one of his piano students in Frankfurt for three years. About the time that MacDowell composed a piano piece titled Cradle Song, Marian suffered an illness that resulted in her being unable to bear children.
Career
In Germany, the MacDowells settled first in Frankfurt, then in Darmstadt, and finally, in Wiesbaden. From 1885 to 1888, MacDowell devoted himself almost exclusively to composition. That brought financial difficulties, and he decided to return to the United States in the autumn of 1888. He made Boston his new home, where he became well known as a concert pianist and piano teacher. He performed in recitals with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and other American musical organizations.
The MacDowells lived in Boston until 1896, when Edward was appointed professor of music at Columbia University, the first music professor in the university's history. He was personally invited to Columbia University by its president Seth Low to create a music department. He stayed at Columbia until 1904. In addition to composing and teaching, from 1896 to 1898 he directed the Mendelssohn Glee Club. MacDowell composed some music for the group to perform.
In 1896, Marian MacDowell purchased Hillcrest Farm, to serve as their summer residence in Peterborough, New Hampshire. MacDowell found his creativity flourished in the beautiful rural setting. His compositions included two piano concertos, two orchestral suites, four symphonic poems, four piano sonatas, piano suites, and songs. He also published dozens of piano transcriptions of mostly 18th century pre-piano keyboard pieces.
From 1896 to 1898, MacDowell also published 13 piano pieces and 4 part songs under the pseudonym of Edgar Thorn. These compositions were not mentioned in Lawrence Gilman's 1909 biography of MacDowell. They were listed without opus numbers in MacDowell's Critical and Historical Essays (1912) and in John F. Porte's Edward MacDowell (1922). They were listed with opus numbers in Oscar Sonneck's Catalogue of First Editions of Edward MacDowell (1917).
MacDowell was also a noted teacher of the piano and music composition. His students included James Dunn, E. Ray Goetz, Frances Tarbox and John Pierce Langs, a student from Buffalo, New York, with whom he became very close friends. Langs was also close to noted Canadian pianist Harold Bradley, and both championed MacDowell's piano compositions. The linguist Edward Sapir was also among his students.
MacDowell was often stressed in his position at Columbia University, due to both administrative duties and growing conflict with the new university president Nicholas Murray Butler around a proposed two-course requirement in fine arts for all undergraduate students, as well as creation of combined Department of Fine Arts overseeing music, sculpture, painting and comparative literature. After Butler stripped the academic affairs voting rights of Columbia faculty members in the arts and accused MacDowell of unprofessional conduct and sloppy teaching, in February 1904, MacDowell abruptly announced his resignation, raising an unfortunate public controversy.
After stepping down from Columbia professorship, MacDowell fell into depression and his health rapidly deteriorated. E. Douglas Bomberger's biography notes that MacDowell suffered from seasonal affective disorder throughout his life, and often made decisions with negative implications in the darkest months of the year. Bomberger advances a new theory for the sudden decline of MacDowell's health: bromide poisoning, which was sometimes mistaken for paresis at the time, as was the case with MacDowell's death certificate. Indeed, MacDowell had long suffered from insomnia, for which bromides were the standard treatment, and bromides were used in many common remedies of the day. MacDowell was also in contact with bromides through his hobby of photography.
A 1904 accident in which MacDowell was run over by a Hansom cab on Broadway may have contributed to his growing psychiatric disorder and resulting dementia. Of his final years, Lawrence Gilman, a contemporary, wrote: "His mind became as that of a little child. He sat quietly, day after day, in a chair by a window, smiling patiently from time to time at those about him, turning the pages of a book of fairy tales that seemed to give him a definite pleasure, and greeting with a fugitive gleam of recognition certain of his more intimate friends".
The Mendelssohn Glee Club raised money to help the MacDowells. Friends launched a public appeal to raise funds for his care; among the signers were Horatio Parker, Victor Herbert, Arthur Foote, George Whitefield Chadwick, Frederick Converse, Andrew Carnegie, J. P. Morgan, New York Mayor Seth Low, and former President Grover Cleveland.
Marian MacDowell cared for her husband to the end of his life. In 1907, the composer and his wife founded MacDowell (artists' residency and workshop) (formerly known as The MacDowell Colony) by deeding the Hillcrest Farm to the newly established Edward MacDowell Association. MacDowell died in 1908 in New York City and was buried at his beloved Hillcrest Farm.
Legacy and honors
In 1896, Princeton University awarded MacDowell an honorary degree of Doctor of Music. In 1899, he was elected as the president of the Society of American Musicians and Composers (New York). In 1904, he became one of the first seven people chosen for membership in the American Academy of Arts and Letters. After this experience, the MacDowells envisioned establishing a residency for artists near their summer home in Peterborough, New Hampshire.
The MacDowell (artists' residency and workshop), a multidisciplinary artists' retreat, continued to honor the composer's memory after his death by supporting the work of other artists in an interdisciplinary environment. With time, it created an important part of MacDowell's legacy. Marian MacDowell led the Edward MacDowell Association and Colony for more than 25 years, strengthening its initial endowment by resuming her piano performances and creating a wide circle of donors, especially among women's clubs and musical sororities and around 400 MacDowell music clubs. The Edward MacDowell Association backed many American composers, including Aaron Copland, Edgard Varese, Roger Sessions, William Schuman, Walter Piston, Samuel Barber, Elliott Carter, and Leonard Bernstein, in the beginning phases of their careers by awarding them residencies, fellowships, and the Edward MacDowell Medal. Between 1925 and 1956, Copland received a fellowship eight times; in 1961 he was awarded the Edward MacDowell Medal, and he served himself for 34 years on the board of Association and Colony. Amy Beach was at MacDowell on fellowships from its beginning for many summers while she was in her middle to later career.
After his death, MacDowell was considered a great, internationally known American composer. In 1940, MacDowell was one of five American composers honored in a series of United States postage stamps. The other four composers were Stephen Foster, John Philip Sousa, Victor Herbert, and Ethelbert Nevin. However, as the twentieth century progressed, his fame was eclipsed by such American composers as Charles Ives, Aaron Copland, and Roy Harris. In 1950s, Gilbert Chase, an American music historian and critic, wrote, "When Edward MacDowell appeared on the scene, many Americans felt that here at last was 'the great American composer' awaited by the nation. But MacDowell was not a great composer. At his best he was a gifted miniaturist with an individual manner. Creatively, he looked toward the past, not toward the future. He does not mark the beginning of a new epoch in American music, but the closing of a fading era, the fin de siecle decline of the genteel tradition which had dominated American art since the days of Hopkinson and Hewitt". In the 1970s, John Gillespie reaffirmed Chase's opinion by writing that MacDowell's place in time "accounts for his decreasing popularity; he does not belong with the great Romantics, Schumann and Brahms, but neither can be regarded as a precursor of twentieth century music". Other critics, such as Virgil Thomson, maintained that MacDowell's legacy would be reconsidered and regain a place proper to its significance in the history of American music.
As romantic tradition in music never lost its relevance and importance, the twenty-first century brought a reassessment of MacDowell's legacy not only as a talented piano virtuoso and piano composer, but also as one of America's preeminent composers. On February 14, 2000, he was inducted into a national Classical Music Hall of Fame. MacDowell's two concertos are now perceived as the "most important works in the genre by an American composer other than Gershwin". His four sonatas, two orchestral suites and multiple solo piano pieces are performed and recorded.
Selected recordings
Piano Concerto No. 2: Van Cliburn, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Walter Hendl (1960)
Piano Concerto No. 1 and Piano Concerto No. 2: Donna Amato, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Freeman (1985)
Woodland Sketches, Op.51, Sea Pieces, Op.55, Fireside Tales, Op.61, New England Idyls, Op.62: James Barbagallo (1993)
Piano Sonata No.4 "Keltic", Op.59, Forgotten Fairytales, Op.4, Six poems after Heine, Op.31, Twelve Virtuoso Studies, Op.46 : James Barbagallo
Étude de Concert, Op.36, Second Modern Suite, Op.14, Serenata, Op.16, Two Fantasy Pieces, Op.17, Twelve Études, Op.39 : James Barbagallo
Piano Music by Edward MacDowell, Sandra Carlock (2005)
Heroic Tales: Piano Music of Edward MacDowell, Fred Karpoff (2002)
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 31 | 91th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 18 | 86.3th |
| Studio albums | 15 | 94.6th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 17 | 92.4th |
| Recording span (years) | -45 | 6.8th |
| Genres | 6 | 91th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (18 release groups · 15 studio albums)
Albums · 15
1953 · studio album
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A1Woodland Sketches: To a Wild RoseA2Woodland Sketches: Will o' the WispA3Woodland Sketches: At an Old Trysting PlaceA4Woodland Sketches: In AutumnA5Woodland Sketches: From an Indian LodgeB1Woodland Sketches: To a Water LilyB2Woodland Sketches: From Uncle RemusB3Woodland Sketches: A Deserted FarmB4Woodland Sketches: By a Meadow BrookB5Woodland Sketches: Told at Sunset1990 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 54:13
1Piano Concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 15: I. Maestoso - Allegro con fuoco11:022Piano Concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 15: II. Andante tranquillo7:353Piano Concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 15: III. Presto7:454Piano Concerto no. 2 in D minor, op. 23: I. Larghetto calmato - Poco piu mosso. e con passione14:185Piano Concerto no. 2 in D minor, op. 23: II. Presto giocoso5:186Piano Concerto no. 2 in D minor, op. 23: III. Largo - Molto allegro8:151994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 34 tracks · 1:03:51
1Woodland Sketches, op. 51: To a Wild Rose1:312Woodland Sketches, op. 51: Will-o' the Wisp1:283Woodland Sketches, op. 51: At an Old Trysting Place1:364Woodland Sketches, op. 51: In Autumn1:365Woodland Sketches, op. 51: From an Indian Lodge2:096Woodland Sketches, op. 51: To a Water-Lily2:027Woodland Sketches, op. 51: From Uncle Remus1:108Woodland Sketches, op. 51: A Deserted Farm2:149Woodland Sketches, op. 51: By a Meadow Brook1:1210Woodland Sketches, op. 51: Told at Sunset3:3511Sea Pieces, op. 55: To the Sea1:1812Sea Pieces, op. 55: From a Wandering Iceberg1:2113Sea Pieces, op. 55: A. D. MDCXX1:5714Sea Pieces, op. 55: Starlight1:4215Sea Pieces, op. 55: Song1:5616Sea Pieces, op. 55: From the Depths2:1017Sea Pieces, op. 55: Nautilus2:1918Sea Pieces, op. 55: In Mid-Ocean1:5419Fireside Tales, op. 61: An Old Love Story2:0320Fireside Tales, op. 61: Of Br'er Rabbit1:4221Fireside Tales, op. 61: From a German Forest2:2922Fireside Tales, op. 61: Of Salamanders2:2023Fireside Tales, op. 61: A Haunted House2:3924Fireside Tales, op. 61: By Smouldering Embers1:4125New England Idyls, op. 62: An Old Garden1:2326New England Idyls, op. 62: Mid-summer2:4127New England Idyls, op. 62: Mid-winter1:4328New England Idyls, op. 62: With Sweet Lavender1:2929New England Idyls, op. 62: In Deep Woods1:4630New England Idyls, op. 62: Indian Idyl1:3831New England Idyls, op. 62: To an Old White Pine1:1832New England Idyls, op. 62: From Puritan Days1:1533New England Idyls, op. 62: From a Log Cabin1:5834New England Idyls, op. 62: The Joy of Autumn2:36Chadwick: Symphonic Sketches / MacDowell: Suite for Large Orchestra / Peter: Sinfonia in G
1994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:09:23
1Symphonic Sketches: I. Jubilee8:372Symphonic Sketches: II. Noel8:493Symphonic Sketches: III. Hobgoblin5:554Symphonic Sketches: IV. A Vagrom Ballad7:585Suite for Large Orchestra, op. 42: I. In a Haunted Forest3:586Suite for Large Orchestra, op. 42: II. Summer Idyll2:117Suite for Large Orchestra, op. 42: III. In October5:188Suite for Large Orchestra, op. 42: IV. The Shepherdess' Song3:339Suite for Large Orchestra, op. 42: V. Forest Spirits4:4110Sinfonia in G: I. Presto8:2411Sinfonia in G: II. Polonaise3:0512Sinfonia in G: III. Menuet (Vivace)4:1413Sinfonia in G: IV. Presto2:40MacDowell: Piano Concerto no. 2 / Liszt: Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 2
1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:05:16
1Piano Concerto no. 2: I. Larghetto calmato13:242Piano Concerto no. 2: II. Presto giocoso4:443Piano Concerto no. 2: III. Largo7:554Piano Concerto no. 1: I. Allegro maestoso. Tempo giusto5:345Piano Concerto no. 1: II. Quasi adagio4:456Piano Concerto no. 1: III. Allegretto vivace4:017Piano Concerto no. 1: IV. Allegro marziale animato4:088Piano Concerto no. 2: I. Adagio sostenuto assai5:109Piano Concerto no. 2: II. Allegro agitato assai1:5710Piano Concerto no. 2: III. Allegro moderato5:0311Piano Concerto no. 2: IV. Allegro deciso2:4612Piano Concerto no. 2: V. Marziale, un poco meno allegro4:0213Piano Concerto no. 2: VI. Allegro animato1:471998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 22 tracks · 55:24
1Étude de concert, op. 363:292Second Modern Suite, op. 14: Praeludium. Andante maestoso3:133Second Modern Suite, op. 14: Fugato. Allegro molto2:124Second Modern Suite, op. 14: Rhapsodie. Andante calmato6:185Second Modern Suite, op. 14: Scherzino. Presto2:226Second Modern Suite, op. 14: Marsch. Allegretto3:357Second Modern Suite, op. 14: Phantasie-Tanz. Molto allegro, con fuoco4:468Serenata, op. 163:599Two Fantasy Pieces, op. 17: Erzählung. Andantino4:4410Two Fantasy Pieces, op. 17: Hexentanz. Presto2:4811Twelve Études, op. 39: Hunting Song. Allegretto1:1412Twelve Études, op. 39: Alla tarantella. Prestissimo0:5813Twelve Études, op. 39: Romance. Andantino2:1314Twelve Études, op. 39: Arabesque. Allegro scherzando1:4415Twelve Études, op. 39: In the Forest. Allegretto con moto1:2416Twelve Études, op. 39: Dance of the Gnomes. Prestissimo con fuoco1:2317Twelve Études, op. 39: Idyll. Allegretto2:0318Twelve Études, op. 39: Shadow Dance. Allegrissimo1:2319Twelve Études, op. 39: Intermezzo. Allegretto1:0920Twelve Études, op. 39: Melody. Andantino1:3021Twelve Études, op. 39: Scherzino. Allegro1:2822Twelve Études, op. 39: Hungarian. Presto con fuoco1:29Woodland Sketches / Sea Pieces / Four Little Poems
1999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 23 tracks · 55:41
1Sea Pieces, op. 55: I. To the Sea2:192Sea Pieces, op. 55: II. From a Wandering Iceberg1:473Sea Pieces, op. 55: III. A.D. MDCXX2:454Sea Pieces, op. 55: IV. Starlight2:275Sea Pieces, op. 55: V. Song2:286Sea Pieces, op. 55: VI. From the Depths3:297Sea Pieces, op. 55: VII. Nautilus3:018Sea Pieces, op. 55: VIII. In Midocean3:189Woodland Sketches, op. 51: I. To a Wild Rose1:3810Woodland Sketches, op. 51- II. Will o' the Wisp1:3211Woodland Sketches, op. 51: III. At and Old Trysting Place1:4912Woodland Sketches, op. 51: IV. In Autumn1:5213Woodland Sketches, op. 51: V. From an Indian Lodge2:5114Woodland Sketches, op. 51: VI. To a Water-lily3:0015Woodland Sketches, op. 51: VII. From Uncle Remus1:1916Woodland Sketches, op. 51: VIII. A Deserted Farm2:5117Woodland Sketches, op. 51: IX. By a Meadow Brook1:0918Woodland Sketches, op. 51: X. Told at Sunset4:3419Four Little Poems, op. 32: I. The Eagle1:3620Four Little Poems, op. 32: II. The Brook1:2021Four Little Poems, op. 32: III. Moonshine3:3622Four Little Poems, op. 32: IV. Writer3:1023Forgotten Fairy Tales, op. 4: Sung Outside the Prince's Door1:501999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 1:03:38
1Two Fragments after "The Song of Roland", op. 30: The Saracens3:202Two Fragments after "The Song of Roland", op. 30: The Lovely Aldâ6:593Hamlet/Ophelia, op. 22: Hamlet9:584Hamlet/Ophelia, op. 22: Ophelia7:215Lancelot und Elaine, op. 2518:276Lamia, op. 2917:331999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 42 tracks · 1:06:00
12 Songs, op. 34: Menie1:4622 Songs, op. 34: My Jean2:2433 Lieder, op. 33: Bitte (A Request)1:3243 Lieder, op. 33: Geistliches Wiegenlied (Cradle Hymn)1:2053 Lieder, op. 33: Idylle (Idyll)1:0363 Songs, op. 60: Tyrant Love1:4273 Songs, op. 60: Fair Springtide2:2383 Songs, op. 60: To the Golden Rod1:3796 Love Songs, op. 40: Sweet Blue - eyed Maid1:17106 Love Songs, op. 40: Sweetheart, Tell Me1:50116 Love Songs, op. 40: Thy Beaming Eyes1:18126 Love Songs, op. 40: For Sweet Love's Sake1:07136 Love Songs, op. 40: O, Lovely Rose0:58146 Love Songs, op. 40: I Ask But This1:03153 Lieder, op. 11: Mein Liebchen (My Love and I Sat Close Together)2:32163 Lieder, op. 11: Du liebst mich nicht (You Love Me Not)1:13173 Lieder, op. 11: Oben, wo die Sterne glühen (The Skies, where the Stars are Glowing)1:41182 Lieder, op. 12: Nachtlied (Night Song)2:07192 Lieder, op. 12: Das Rosenband (The Band of Roses)2:4620From an Old Garden, op. 26: The Pansy1:0521From an Old Garden, op. 26: The Myrtle1:4922From an Old Garden, op. 26: The Clover0:5723From an Old Garden, op. 26: The Yellow Daisy1:1024From an Old Garden, op. 26: The Bluebell1:0625From an Old Garden, op. 26: The Mignonette1:55268 Songs, op. 47: The Robin Sings in the Apple Tree1:20278 Songs, op. 47: Midsummer Lullaby1:36288 Songs, op. 47: Folksong1:41298 Songs, op. 47: Confidence1:03308 Songs, op. 47: The West Wind Croons in the Cedar Trees1:16318 Songs, op. 47: In the Woods2:13328 Songs, op. 47: The Sea1:56338 Songs, op. 47: Through the Meadow1:26342 Old Songs, op. 9: Deserted2:22352 Old Songs, op. 9: Slumber Song1:50364 Songs, op. 56: Long Ago, Sweetheart Mine1:33374 Songs, op. 56: The Swan Bent Low to the Lily0:59384 Songs, op. 56: A Maid Sings Light1:03394 Songs, op. 56: As the Gloaming Shadows Creep1:46403 Songs, op. 58: Constancy1:57413 Songs, op. 58: Sunrise1:00423 Songs, op. 58: Merry Maiden Spring1:18Piano Concertos nos. 1 and 2 / Witches' Dance / Romance for Cello and Orchestra
2000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 58:23
1Piano Concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 15: I. Maestoso - Allegro con fuoco10:402Piano Concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 15: II. Andante tranquillo6:523Piano Concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 15: III. Presto7:374Piano Concerto no. 2 in D minor, op. 23: I. Larghetto calmato13:365Piano Concerto no. 2 in D minor, op. 23: II. Presto giocoso4:436Piano Concerto no. 2 in D minor, op. 23: III. Largo - Molto allegro7:447Hexentanz, op. 17 no. 23:058Romance for Cello and Orchestra, op. 354:062001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:17:02
1Piano Concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 15: I. Maestoso - Allegro con fuoco10:482Piano Concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 15: II. Andante tranquillo8:003Piano Concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 15: III. Presto8:254Second Modern Suite, op. 14: I. Praeludium - Andante maestoso3:245Second Modern Suite, op. 14: II. Fugato2:106Second Modern Suite, op. 14: III. Rhapsodie6:417Second Modern Suite, op. 14: IV. Scherzino2:228Second Modern Suite, op. 14: V. Marsch3:479Second Modern Suite, op. 14: VI. Phantasie - Tanz4:4510Piano Concerto no. 2 in D minor, op. 23: I. Larghetto calmato - Poco passione12:3011Piano Concerto no. 2 in D minor, op. 23: II. Presto giocoso5:1012Piano Concerto no. 2 in D minor, op. 23: III. Largo - Molto allegro9:00Orchestre National De Montpellier LR
2006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 47:58
1Concerto pour piano et orchestre n°2 en ré mineur, op. 23: Larghetto12:402Concerto pour piano et orchestre n°2 en ré mineur, op. 23: Presto giocoso4:563Concerto pour piano et orchestre n°2 en ré mineur, op. 23: Largo - Molto allegro8:174Sonate pour piano n°1, op. 45 "Tragica": Largo maestoso6:585Sonate pour piano n°1, op. 45 "Tragica": Molto allegro, vivace2:226Sonate pour piano n°1, op. 45 "Tragica": Largo6:147Sonate pour piano n°1, op. 45 "Tragica": Allegro6:312024 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 1:01:01
1Lancelot and Elaine, op. 2513:532Piano Concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 15: I. Maestoso – Allegro con fuoco9:573Piano Concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 15: II. Andante tranquillo7:074Piano Concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 15: III. Presto7:105Die Sarazenen & Die schöne Aldâ, op. 30: no. 1, Die Sarazenen3:166Die Sarazenen & Die schöne Aldâ, op. 30: no. 2, Die schöne Aldâ5:03710 Woodland Sketches, op. 51: no. 1, To a Wild Rose2:048Lamia, op. 2912:312026 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:01:10
1Hamlet and Ophelia, op. 22: I. Hamlet6:572Hamlet and Ophelia, op. 22: II. Ophelia6:223Piano Concerto no. 2 in D minor, op. 23: I. Larghetto calmato – Poco più mosso, e con passione12:474Piano Concerto no. 2 in D minor, op. 23: II. Presto giocoso4:415Piano Concerto no. 2 in D minor, op. 23: III. Largo, molto allegro, presto7:246Romanze in E minor, op. 353:537Suite no. 1 in A minor, op. 42: I. In einem verwunschenen Walde5:248Suite no. 1 in A minor, op. 42: II. Sommer‐Idylle2:159Suite no. 1 in A minor, op. 42: III. Im October3:5510Suite no. 1 in A minor, op. 42: IV. Gesang der hirtin3:0611Suite no. 1 in A minor, op. 42: V. Waldgeister4:26Piano Concertos nos. 1 and 2 / Poème érotique
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 57:46
1Piano Concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 15: Maestoso - Allegro con fuoco10:502Piano Concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 15: Andante tranquillo7:513Piano Concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 15: Presto8:074Piano Concerto no. 2 in D minor, op. 23: Larghetto calmato14:025Piano Concerto no. 2 in D minor, op. 23: Presto giocoso4:526Piano Concerto no. 2 in D minor, op. 23: Largo - Molto allegro7:417Poème érotique4:23
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| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Rachmaninov Concerto No. 3 / MacDowell Concerto No. 2Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 6 tracks · 1:02:091Concerto No. 3 in D Minor For Piano And Orchestra: Allegro Ma Non Tanto15:03 2Concerto No. 3 in D Minor For Piano And Orchestra: Intermezzo: Adagio8:42 3Concerto No. 3 in D Minor For Piano And Orchestra: Finale: Alla Breve11:45 4Concerto No. 2 In D Minor For Piano And Orchestra: Larghetto Calmato13:45 5Concerto No. 2 In D Minor For Piano And Orchestra: Presto Giocoso4:43 6Concerto No. 2 In D Minor For Piano And Orchestra: Largo - Molto Allegro8:11 | Compilation | 1992 | |
| 1997 | Foote: Suite for Strings in E. op. 63 / Carpenter: Skyscrapers / Paine: Oedipus Tyrannus, op. 35 / Buck: Festival Overture / MacDowell: Lamia, op. 29Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 7 tracks · 1:07:201Oedipus Tyrannus: Prelude, op. 359:07 2Festival Overture on the American National Air "The Star-Spangled Banner"6:44 3Lamia, op. 29 (Symphonic Poem no. 3)13:18 4Suite in E for Strings, op. 63: I. Praeludium (Allegro comodo)4:03 5Suite in E for Strings, op. 63: II. Pizzicato und Adagietto (Capriccioso, Allegretto)8:24 6Suite in E for Strings, op. 63: III. Fugue (Allegro giusto)4:49 7Skyscrapers20:55 | Compilation | 1997 | |
| 2003 | Selected Works for PianoSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 27:121To a Wild Rose2:41 2To a Water Lily2:46 3To the Sea2:26 4From the Wandering Iceberg2:43 5The Witch1:15 6To a Hummingbird0:54 7Tarantella1:13 8Shadow Dance1:48 9Hungarian1:53 10Hexentanz (Witches Dance)3:38 11Improvisation2:19 12Preludium3:36 | Compilation | 28 August 2003 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Edward MacDowell head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 31 | 91th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 18 | 86.3th |
| Studio albums | 15 | 94.6th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 17 | 92.4th |
| Recording span (years) | -45 | 6.8th |
| Genres | 6 | 91th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · retrieved 11 October 2026
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_MacDowellbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_MacDowell
Why this artist is in the database
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Tier rule: historic figure (31 language versions, career ended)
Image: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q450467 · MusicBrainz: 6bcbe65a-f7cb-4088-9883-c817a6458d6e
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