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Book Synopsis The Life and Music of Edward MacDowell by : Gail Smith
Download or read book The Life and Music of Edward MacDowell written by Gail Smith and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2023-03-28 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding MacDowell's life and times opens a window into the interpretation of his music. This eclectic collection includes a moving illustrated biography, several early works composed under his pen name and his arranged improvisations on themes by J.S. Bach. Includes access to online audio.
Book Synopsis Edward MacDowell by : Lawrence Gilman
Download or read book Edward MacDowell written by Lawrence Gilman and published by IndyPublish.com. This book was released on 1906 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Edward MacDowell by : John Fielder Porte
Download or read book Edward MacDowell written by John Fielder Porte and published by London : K. Paul, Trench, Trubner. This book was released on 1922 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Edward MacDowell, an American Master by : Alan Howard Levy
Download or read book Edward MacDowell, an American Master written by Alan Howard Levy and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edward MacDowell was one of the finest composers of nineteenth-century America. In his lifetime, MacDowell's fame was widespread throughout Europe and the United States; his music was praised by none other than Franz Liszt, Jules Massenet, and Edvard Grieg. While his fame was extensive, MacDowell's place in music began to fade after his untimely and tragic death in 1908, and his music and reputation has since suffered a certain neglect. Alan Levy's biography is the first full-length work on MacDowell and draws extensively on personal papers and letters, largely closed from public access until recently. Levy challenges the omission of MacDowell from most musical histories and returns the spotlight to this long-overlooked composer. Levy covers MacDowell's early life and schooling in New York, his musical studies in France and Germany, and his emergence as a keyboard artist and composer. From there, the biography moves on to MacDowell's successful career in Boston and in Peterboro, New Hampshire. Levy concludes with MacDowell's tenure as the first Professor of Music at Columbia University and his untimely decline and death. There is also discussion of Marian MacDowell's successful establishment of the MacDowell Colony for Artists, which continues to the present day. Alan Levy elegantly captures the story of this composer who enjoyed musical talent and relative popular success during his lifetime. He brings together a great deal of otherwise inaccessible information and material on a somewhat muted voice in American Music History.
Download or read book MacDowell written by E. Douglas Bomberger and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-09 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edward MacDowell was born on the eve of the Civil War into a Quaker family in lower Manhattan, where music was a forbidden pleasure. With the help of Latin-American émigré teachers, he became a formidable pianist and composer, spending twelve years in France and Germany establishing his career. Upon his return to the United States in 1888 he conquered American audiences with his dramatic Second Piano Concerto and won his way into their hearts with his poetic Woodland Sketches. Columbia University tapped him as their first professor of music in 1896, but a scandalous row with powerful university president Nicholas Murray Butler spelled the end of his career. MacDowell died a broken man four years later, but his widow Marian kept his spirit alive through the MacDowell Colony, which she founded in 1907 in their New Hampshire home, and which is today the oldest and one of the most influential, thriving artist colonies in the the United States. Drawing on private letters that were sealed for fifty years after his death, this biography traces MacDowell's compelling life story, with new revelations about his Quaker childhood, his efforts to succeed in the insular German music world, his mysterious death, and his lifelong struggle with Seasonal Affective Disorder. Edward MacDowell's story is a timeless tale of human strength and weakness set in one of the most vibrant periods of American musical history, when optimism about the country's artistic future made anything seem possible.
Book Synopsis Edward MacDowell by : Elizabeth Fry Page
Download or read book Edward MacDowell written by Elizabeth Fry Page and published by New York : Dodge. This book was released on 1910 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Very Good for an American by : E. Douglas Bomberger
Download or read book Very Good for an American written by E. Douglas Bomberger and published by Pendragon Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays explores topics of relevance to understanding Edward MacDowell (1860-1908) and his music. At the height of his career, MacDowell was widely recognized as America's leading composer. He had come of age during an era when the infrastructure of concert music in the United States was expanding rapidly, as outlined in Javier Albo's description of historical concerts in New York during his childhood. MacDowell came from an unusual background that resulted from the interaction between his father's Quaker roots, described in Douglas Bomberger's essay, and his mother's ambitious goals. He benefited from the early advocacy of his mother's best friend, the Venezuelan pianist Teresa Carreño, whose support of MacDowell is explored in Laura Pita's essay. He studied for two years in Paris and then spent a decade in Germany, studying with Liszt's pupil Raff and establishing his career. The crucial influences of Wagner and Liszt on MacDowell's style are explored in essays by Francis Brancaleone and John Graziano. He lived in Boston from 1888 to 1896, during which time he was in close contact with George Whitefield Chadwick, an American contemporary whose career as an organist is examined in an essay by Marianne Betz. MacDowell's growing body of works for piano and orchestra earned him the reputation of America's most important young composer, which led to his appointment as first professor of music at Columbia University in 1896. His contributions as a teacher were ended after eight years by a public dispute with President Nicholas Murray Butler, explored in Michael Joiner's essay. Columbia continued to feel the tension of the issues raised by MacDowell and Butler for generations, as demonstrated in Mark Radice's discussion of Chou Wen-chung's experience on the faculty from the 1960s through the 1990s. After MacDowell's death at the age of forty-seven, his widow Marian developed their Peterborough, NH, farm into an artists' colony that is still prominent today. Robin Rausch's essay, richly illustrated with photos from the Library of Congress, shows how she gained support for her efforts through summer pageants.
Book Synopsis edward mac dowell by : lawrence gilman
Download or read book edward mac dowell written by lawrence gilman and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Edward Macdowell His Work and Ideals by : Elizabeth Fry Page
Download or read book Edward Macdowell His Work and Ideals written by Elizabeth Fry Page and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive and illuminating study of the life and work of one of America's greatest composers. Edward MacDowell's legacy as a composer and musician continues to inspire and delight audiences around the world, and in this definitive biography, Elizabeth Fry Page offers readers a complete and compelling portrait of his life, his art, and his impact on American culture. This book is a must-read for lovers of music and the arts. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Book Synopsis Edward Macdowell by : John Fielder Porte
Download or read book Edward Macdowell written by John Fielder Porte and published by . This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Edward Macdowell by : John Fielder Porte
Download or read book Edward Macdowell written by John Fielder Porte and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-25 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Edward Macdowell: A Great American Tone Poet, His Life and Music For it is in the nature of the spiritual part of mankind to shrink from the earth, to aspire to something higher ; a bird soaring in the blue above us has something of the ethereal; we give wings to our angels. On the other hand, a serpent impresses us as something sinister. Trees, with their strange fight against all the laws of gravity, striving upward unceasingly, bring us something of hope and faith; the sight of them cheers us. A land without trees is depressing and gloomy. In spite of the strange twistings of ultra modem music, a simple melody still embodies the same pathos for ms that it did for our grandparents. We put our guest, the poetic thought, that comes to us like a homing bird from out the mystery of the blue sky - we put this confiding stranger straightway into that iron bed. the "sonata form," or perhaps even the third rondo form, for we have quite an assortment. Should the idea survive and grow too large for the bed. and if we have learned to love it too much to cut off its feet and thus make it fit (as did that old robber of Attica), why we run the risk of having some critic wise in his theoretical knowledge, say, as was and is said of Chopin, "He is weak in sonata form" In art our opinions must, in all cases, rest directly on the thing under consideration and not on what is written about it. Without a thorough knowledge of music, including its history and development, and, above all, musical "sympathy," individual criticism is, of course, valueless; at the same time the acquirement of this knowledge and sympathy is not difficult, and I hope that we may yet have a public in America that shall be capable of forming its own ideas, and not be influenced by tradition, criticism, or fashion. Every person with even the very smallest love and sympathy for art possesses ideas which are valuable to that art. From the tiniest seeds sometimes the greatest trees are grown. Why, therefore, allow these tender germs of individualism to be smothered by that flourishing, arrogant bay tree of tradition - fashion, authority, convention, etc. No art form is so fleeting and so subject to the dictates of fashion as opera. It has always been the plaything of fashion, and suffers from its changes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Catalogue of First Editions of Edward MacDowell (1861-1908) by : Library of Congress. Music Division
Download or read book Catalogue of First Editions of Edward MacDowell (1861-1908) written by Library of Congress. Music Division and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Edward Macdowell by : John Fielder Porte
Download or read book Edward Macdowell written by John Fielder Porte and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-14 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Edward Macdowell: A Great American Tone Poet, His Life and Music After persevering for a couple of years he grew dissatisfied with the tuition he was receiving, and upon hearing Nicholas Rubinstein play, he determined to go elsewhere. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Edward MacDowell and His Cabin in the Pines by : Opal Wheeler
Download or read book Edward MacDowell and His Cabin in the Pines written by Opal Wheeler and published by . This book was released on 2008-03-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Edward MacDowell: A Great American Tone Poet, His Life and Music by : John Fielder Porte
Download or read book Edward MacDowell: A Great American Tone Poet, His Life and Music written by John Fielder Porte and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-19 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Edward MacDowell: A Great American Tone Poet, His Life and Music" John Fielder Porte pays respect to one of the masters of American poetry. MacDowell's ability to elicit a mood from his readers is what brought him to fame and made him a revered master of his craft. Through Porte's hard work, students, poets, and those interested in learning about literature are able to gain some insight into a great man in poetic history.
Book Synopsis Catalogue of an Exhibition Illustrating the Life and Work of Edward MacDowell, 1861-1908 by : Columbia University. Music Library
Download or read book Catalogue of an Exhibition Illustrating the Life and Work of Edward MacDowell, 1861-1908 written by Columbia University. Music Library and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Edward Macdowell by : Lawrence Gilman
Download or read book Edward Macdowell written by Lawrence Gilman and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 1906-05-25 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study is based upon the monograph on MacDowell which I contributed in 1905 to the "Living Masters of Music" series. That book could not, of course, remain in the series after the death of MacDowell three years later; it was therefore taken from its place and used as a foundation for the present volume, which supersedes it in every respect. The biographical portion is almost wholly new, and has been greatly enlarged, while the chapters dealing with MacDowell's music have been revised and extended. In completing this survey of one who in his art is still of to-day, I have been poignantly conscious throughout of the fact that posterity has an inconvenient habit of reversing the judgments delivered upon creative artists by their contemporaries; yet to trim deftly one's convictions in the hope that they may elastically conform to any one of a number of possible verdicts to be expected from a capricious futurity, is probably as dangerous a proceeding as to avow, without equivocation or compromise, one's precise beliefs. It will therefore be understood that the critical estimates which are offered in the following pages have been set down with deliberation.
