Edward MacDowell: A Great American Tone Poet, His Life and MusicPorte, John Fielder
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Edward MacDowell: A Great American Tone Poet, His Life and Music
Porte, John Fielder
Composers -- United States -- Biography; MacDowell, Edward, 1860-1908
_Maestoso_ (_A.D. 1620, _Op. 55, No. 3_).
SIX TRANSCRIPTIONS, SERIES 2.
By C. Charlton Palmer.
_Nautilus_ (_Op. 55, No. 7_).
_Andantino_ (_Romance, _Op. 39, No. 3_).
_Sea Song_ (_Song, _Op. 55, No. 5_).
_Meditation_ (_By Smouldering Embers, _Op. 61, No. 6_).
_Mélodie_ (_To a Water Lily, _Op. 51, No. 6_).
_In Nomine Domini_ (_From Puritan Days, _Op. 62, No. 8_).
VIOLIN AND PIANOFORTE.
_To a Humming Bird_ (_From Six Fancies_).
_To a Wild Rose_ (_From _Op. 51_). Original and simplified
editions.
_Clair de Lune_ (_From _Op. 37_).
_With Sweet Lavender_ (_From _Op. 62_).
VIOLONCELLO AND PIANOFORTE.
WOODLAND SKETCHES. _Op. 51.
Arranged by Julius Klengel.
_To a Wild Rose_.
_At an Old Trysting Place_.
_To a Water-Lily._
_A Deserted Farm_.
_Told at Sunset_.
SELECTED ALBUMS.
Useful albums for those who desire an introduction to MacDowell's
music are as follows:--
IN PASSING MOODS.
Album of selected Pianoforte Pieces.
1. _Prologue_.
2. _Alia Tarantella_.
3. _An Old Love Story_.
4. _Melody_.
5. _The Song of the Shepherdess_.
6. _A Deserted Farm_.
7. _To the Sea_.
8. _Danse Andalouse_.
9. _From a Log Cabin_.
10. _Epilogue_.
ALBUM OF SELECTED SONGS.
(Low or High Voice.)
1. _Thy Beaming Eyes_.
2. _The Swan Bent Low_.
3. _O Lovely Rose_.
4. _Deserted_.
5. _Slumber Song_.
6. _A Maid Sings Light_.
7. _To a Wild Rose_.
MACDOWELL LITERATURE.
MacDowell's _Critical and Historical Essays_ (_Lectures delivered
at Columbia University_), referred to earlier in this book, are
published in America by Arthur P. Schmidt and in England by
Macmillan & Co., Ltd. His _Verses_, a book of beautiful poetic
inspirations, is published solely by Arthur P. Schmidt. An
enthusiastic study of MacDowell, by Lawrence Gilman, an American
musical critic, is published by John Lane & Co., in New York and
London. Arthur P. Schmidt & Elkin & Co. stock all three books.
EDGAR THORN PIECES.
The following pieces were published by MacDowell under the
pseudonym of _Edgar Thorn_. He stipulated that the royalties
resulting from their sale should be paid to a nurse who was at
one time needed in his household. They are mature pieces,
although slight in form.
AMOURETTE, FOR PIANOFORTE.
This is a charming piece, published separately. It is
characteristic, although not deeply inspired.
FORGOTTEN FAIRY TALES, FOR PIANOFORTE.
_First Published_, 1897 (P. L. Jung). Assigned, 1899, to Arthur
P. Schmidt,
1._Sung Outside the Prince's Door_.
2. _Of a Tailor and a Bear_.
3. _Beauty in the Rose-Garden._
4. _From Dwarf-land._
These trifles are of a refined and genuinely poetical order,
possessing all the composer's suggestive tone poetry in a light
garb.
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