Edward MacDowell
Composer
1860 – 1908
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Who was Edward MacDowell?
Edward Alexander MacDowell was an American composer and pianist of the 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.
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- Born
- Dec 18, 1860
New York City - Also known as
- Ed MacDowell(1860-1908)
- MacDowell
- Edward McDowell
- MacDowell, Edward
- McDowall
- Edward Alexander MacDowell
- Spouses
- Marian MacDowell
(1884/07/11 - )
- Marian MacDowell
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Columbia University
- Conservatoire de Paris
- Hoch Conservatory
- Died
- Jan 23, 1908
New York City
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on July 23, 2013
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