Edward MacDowell

Edward MacDowell was one of America's first and most important native-born composers. Smaller piano works have enhanced MacDowell's reputation more than any of his other compositions. He was a miniaturist and his small works are naturally imbued with sparkle and a charming romantic atmosphere. This early collection of piano pieces was written while the MacDowells lived in a small cottage outside of Wiesbaden Germany. Legends elves and love of nature permeated these character pieces. 'An Elfin Round' is a Federation Festivals 2016-2020 selection.

Edward MacDowell can be regarded as the first great American composer although he disliked the idea of being classified as any sort of musical nationalist. He composed a large number of orchestral works but it is the charming and unpretentious suite of musical miniatures Woodland Sketches that has survived as his best-known work with To a Wild Rose being the most popular.

Edward MacDowell (1860-1908) was an American pianist and composer in the Romantic style. By far and away his most popular work today is To A Wild Rose a beautifully simple and reflective piece for solo Piano taken from his Woodland Sketches (Op. 51). This little gem deserves to be better known and will enrich the repertoire of any pianist whether professional or recreational.

The Classics for the Advancing Pianist series provides motivating, enjoyable literature of substantial quality for developing keyboard artists. The pieces in these books, written by Edward MacDowell and ordered in a logical progression from volume to volume, help the performer work within his or her abilities while developing playing and listening skills. This standard teaching repertoire will help build technique and musicianship, as well as offer hours of personal enjoyment. / Piano

Character Pieces. Par MACDOWELL EDWARD. / Études et exercices / Etude / Piano

Edward MacDowell (1860-1908), bien que peu connu en Allemagne, se classe parmi les musiciens les plus importants d'Amérique du Nord sur le seuil du 20e siècle. Il a reçu sa formation musicale à Paris, Stuttgart, Wiesbaden et Francfort. En 1888, MacDowell retourné aux Etats-Unis où il a été célébré comme un pianiste et compositeur, comme 'le plus grand génie musical Amérique a produit'. Influencé par les oeuvres de Schumann et Grieg, ses 3 Poèmes d'afficher une image sonore maturité romantique. Les pièces à quatre mains en direct sur leur expression forte tout en étant doux, sensible et subtile dans le détail. Les tons doux refléter l'amour de la nature de MacDowell, en particulier des nuages ??et la mer, avec 3 Poèmes commençant par la Nuit mouvement par la mer. Les pièces sont idéales pour des leçons, des récitals et des concerts. / 4, 6 Ou 8 Mains / 24 pages / niveau : Intermédiaire / Avancé / Partition

Twelve Etudes Op.39 composed by Edward MacDowell is intended for the moderately advanced student. Since most of the etude literature written by the major composers are virtuosic in nature and intended to cultivate a brilliant and virtuosic technique of the advanced pianists many of the etudes in Op.39 are unique in that the development of touch takes priority. In this edition Gary Busch provides thorough commentaries about Edward MacDowell the Twelve Etudes Op.39 and the individual etudes within this collection. A brief description of pedagogical intent precedes each study in addition to practice suggestions for several of the etudes.