Edward MacDowell: A Great American Tone Poet, His Life and Music
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Chapters (89)
- EDWARD MACDOWELL
- MACDOWELL AS COMPOSER
- MACDOWELL THE MAN
- THE MACDOWELL COLONY
- A DREAM COME TRUE
- LIFE IN THE COLONY
- THE TRIUMPH OF EFFORT
- A SOCIAL ASSET
- A CHANGE IN NAME
- THE MUSIC
- ANALYTICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTES ON MACDOWELL'S COMPOSITIONS IN ORDER OF OPUS NUMBER. WORKS UNNUMBERED FOLLOW ON
- OPUS 1 TO OPUS 8.
- OPUS 9. TWO OLD SONGS, FOR VOICE AND PIANOFORTE.
- OPUS 10. FIRST MODERN SUITE, FOR PIANOFORTE.
- OPUS 11 AND OPUS 12. FIVE SONGS, FOR VOICE AND PIANOFORTE.
- OPUS 13. PRELUDE AND FUGUE, FOR PIANOFORTE.
- OPUS 14. SECOND MODERN SUITE, FOR PIANOFORTE.
- OPUS 15. FIRST CONCERTO, IN A MINOR, FOR PIANOFORTE AND ORCHESTRA.
- OPUS 16. SERENATA, FOR PIANOFORTE.
- OPUS 17. TWO FANTASTIC PIECES, FOR PIANOFORTE.
- OPUS 18. TWO PIECES, FOR PIANOFORTE.
- OPUS 19. FOREST IDYLS, FOR PIANOFORTE.
- OPUS 20. THREE POEMS, FOR PIANOFORTE DUET.
- OPUS 21. MOON PICTURES AFTER HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN, FOR PIANOFORTE DUET.
- OPUS 22. FIRST SYMPHONIC POEM, HAMLET AND OPHELIA, FOR FULL ORCHESTRA.
- OPUS 23. SECOND CONCERTO, IN D MINOR, FOR PIANOFORTE AND ORCHESTRA.
- OPUS 24. FOUR PIECES, FOR PIANOFORTE.
- OPUS 25. SECOND SYMPHONIC POEM, LANCELOT AND ELAINE, FOR FULL ORCHESTRA.
- OPUS 26. FROM AN OLD GARDEN, FOR VOICE AND PIANOFORTE.
- OPUS 27. THREE PART-SONGS, FOR MALE CHORUS.
- OPUS 28. SIX LITTLE PIECES, IDYLS (AFTER GOETHE), FOR PIANOFORTE.
- OPUS 29. THIRD SYMPHONIC POEM, LAMIA (AFTER KEATS), FOR FULL ORCHESTRA.
- OPUS 30. TWO FRAGMENTS, THE SARACENS AND THE LOVELY ALDA, FOR ORCHESTRA.
- OPUS 31. SIX POEMS AFTER HEINE, FOR PIANOFORTE.
- OPUS 32. FOUR LITTLE POEMS, FOR PIANOFORTE.
- OPUS 33. THREE SONGS, FOR TENOR OR SOPRANO AND PIANOFORTE.
- OPUS 34. TWO SONGS, FOR VOICE AND PIANOFORTE.
- OPUS 35. ROMANCE, FOR VIOLONCELLO AND ORCHESTRA.
- OPUS 36. ETUDE DE CONCERT, IN F SHARP, FOR PIANOFORTE.
- OPUS 37. LES ORIENTALES, FOR PIANOFORTE.
- OPUS 39. TWELVE ETUDES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNIQUE AND STYLE, FOR PIANOFORTE.
- BOOK II:
- OPUS 40. SIX LOVE SONGS, FOR VOICE AND PIANOFORTE.
- OPUS 41. TWO PART-SONGS, FOR MALE CHORUS.
- OPUS 42. FIRST SUITE, IN A MINOR, FOR FULL ORCHESTRA.
- OPUS 43. TWO NORTHERN PART-SONGS, FOR MIXED CHORUS.
- OPUS 44. BARCAROLLE, FOR MIXED CHORUS AND ACCOMPANIMENT FOR PIANOFORTE DUET.
- OPUS 45. FIRST SONATA, TRAGICA, IN G MINOR, FOR PIANOFORTE.
- OPUS 46. TWELVE VIRTUOSO STUDIES, FOR PIANOFORTE.
- OPUS 47. EIGHT SONGS, FOR VOICE AND PIANOFORTE.
- OPUS 48. SECOND SUITE (INDIAN), FOR FULL ORCHESTRA.
- OPUS 49. AIR AND RIGAUDON, FOR PIANOFORTE.
- OPUS 50. SECOND SONATA, EROICA, IN G MINOR, FOR PIANOFORTE.
- OPUS 51. WOODLAND SKETCHES, FOR PIANOFORTE.
- OPUS 52. THREE CHORUSES, FOR MALE VOICES.
- OPUS 53. TWO CHORUSES, FOR MALE VOICES.
- OPUS 54. TWO CHORUSES, FOR MALE VOICES.
- OPUS 55. SEA PIECES, FOR PIANOFORTE.
- OPUS 56. FOUR SONGS, FOR VOICE AND PIANOFORTE.
- OPUS 57. THIRD SONATA, NORSE, IN D MINOR, FOR PIANOFORTE.
- OPUS 58. THREE SONGS, FOR VOICE AND PIANOFORTE.
- OPUS 59. FOURTH SONATA, KELTIC, IN E MINOR, FOR PIANOFORTE.
- OPUS 60. THREE SONGS, FOR VOICE AND PIANOFORTE.
- OPUS 61. FIRESIDE TALES, FOR PIANOFORTE.
- OPUS 62. NEW ENGLAND IDYLS, FOR PIANOFORTE.
- WORKS WITHOUT OPUS NUMBERS
- FROM THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY (TRANSCRIPTIONS FOR PIANOFORTE OF HARPSICHORD AND CLAVICHORD PIECES).
- BOOK I:
- BOOK II:
- TWO SONGS FROM THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY, FOR MALE CHORUS.
- TRANSCRIPTIONS.
- ORGAN.
- SIX TRANSCRIPTIONS, SERIES 2.
- VIOLIN AND PIANOFORTE.
- VIOLONCELLO AND PIANOFORTE.
- SELECTED ALBUMS.
- ALBUM OF SELECTED SONGS.
- MACDOWELL LITERATURE.
- EDGAR THORN PIECES.
- AMOURETTE, FOR PIANOFORTE.
- FORGOTTEN FAIRY TALES, FOR PIANOFORTE.
- TWO PIECES, IN LILTING RHYTHM, FOR PIANOFORTE.
- SIX FANCIES, FOR PIANOFORTE.
- PART-SONGS.
- ALPHABETICAL INDEX TO MACDOWELL'S WORKS
- PART-SONGS:
- PIANOFORTE WORKS:
- SONGS:
- VIOLONCELLO AND ORCHESTRA:
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