The first public performance of this suite was secured by Liszt, whom MacDowell had interviewed and who was entrusted with the making up of the programmes of the General Society of German Musicians at that time. It was on Liszt's recommendation, too, that this suite and its successor, the _Second Modern Suite for Pianoforte, Op. 14_, were published by Breitkopf and Härtel at Leipzig. The _First Modern Suite_ is of comparatively little importance to-day as music, but it is well written and interesting as an early work by MacDowell. Some significance may be attached to the fact that we find two movements of the suite bearing quotations showing their source of inspiration and suggesting their poetic content. Suggestive titles and verses are an outstanding feature of all MacDowell's later and finest works. Two movements of the suite were first heard in London in March, 1885, at a concert composed of American music. OPUS 11 AND OPUS 12. FIVE SONGS, FOR VOICE AND PIANOFORTE. _First Published_, 1883 (C.F. Kahnt Nachfolger. British Empire--Elkin & Co.). 1. _My Love and I_ (_Op. 11, No. 1_). 2. _You Love Me Not!_ (_Op. 11, No. 2_). 3. _In the Sky, where Stars are Glowing_ (_Op. 11, No. 3_). 4. _Night Song_ (_Op. 12, No. 1_). 5. _The Chain of Roses_ (_Op. 12, No. 2_). These songs are interesting as the first examples published of MacDowell's work in this form of composition. They are well written and obviously sincere, which is in itself a merit rare in song writing, but they have little of the individual charm and beauty of expression found in the composer's later song groups. _My Love and I_ is the most popular of the set, having a certain distinctive charm of its own. OPUS 13. PRELUDE AND FUGUE, FOR PIANOFORTE. _First Published_, 1883. (Revised Edition--Arthur P. Schmidt). This is a well-written number in conventional form, but it is obviously foreign to MacDowell's temperament, which was only at its best in subjects having some definite poetical basis. The work was later revised by the composer, and while quite a good example of its form, as a MacDowell work it is unconvincing. OPUS 14. SECOND MODERN SUITE, FOR PIANOFORTE. _Composed, Frankfort-Darmstadt_, 1881. _First Published_, 1883 (Breitkopf & Härtel). _Dedicated to Camille Saint-Saens._ 1. _Præludium_. 2. _Fugato_. 3. _Rhapsody_. 4. _Scherzino_. 5. _March_. 6. _Fantastic Dance_.