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Edward MacDowell
His Work and Ideals
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Table of Contents
PREFACE
EDWARD MACDOWELL
HIS WORK AND IDEALS
POETICAL INTERPRETATIONS
TO MACDOWELL
A.D. 1620
SONG
IN DEEP WOODS
SHADOW DANCE
AT AN OLD TRYSTING-PLACE
TO A WATER LILY
TOLD AT SUNSET
TO A WILD ROSE
THE SPIRIT CALL
A DESERTED FARM
IN MEMORIAM
PREFACE
Table of Contents
This is not merely an appreciation of Edward MacDowell as a man and a composer, but a study of the influences and natural endowments that combined to produce his style, a comparison of his work with that of others who achieved fame in other branches of the fine arts, all of which he felt were closely allied and supplemental, and a glance at his ideals and their evolution at Peterboro.
Most of his compositions are written around some poetic idea and are so suggestive and appealing to the imagination that in studying them the native poetic fancy is easily aroused; but the full effect is lost to the casual hearer who is not familiar with the theme. The accompanying poems are interpretations of some of his best-known piano numbers, based upon the briefly indicated poetic idea upon which they are founded, reinforced by a careful intellectual study of each composition and its appeal to the individual creative faculty of the author.
The sonnet to MacDowell was written at the beginning of the two darkened years preceding his death, when he forgot that there was such a thing as music.
A.D. 1620
and Song
are from the Sea Pieces.
The former describes the sailing of the galleon bearing the Pilgrim Fathers to America. The Song,
which is distinctly Irish in its melody, seems to me to be sung by a lad on board the galleon, who sings and whistles to keep up the courage of his fellow-pilgrims, thereby forgetting his own pain.
The Shadow Dance
is written three notes to two, and this difficult musical form is represented by the three shadows dancing before two people. A Deserted Farm
is a lyric description of the now beautiful Hill Crest
as he found it. The Spirit Call
is suggested by the Celtic vein of mystery and haunting sadness pervading most of the MacDowell music.
The sonnet To a Wild Rose