Topic: To a Wild Rose Op 51 No 1 Edward Mac Dowell (Organteq v. 2)
To a Wild Rose Op 51 No 1 Edward Mac Dowell
It is such a simple and beautiful piece.
Edward Alexander MacDowell (December 18, 1860 – January 23, 1908) was an American composer and pianist of the late 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.
He was born in New York City and studied at the Paris Conservatory and Dr. Hoch's Conservatory in Frankfurt. Liszt was an admirer . He was appointed professor at Columbia University in NYC, where his task was to "create a music department." He was often stressed with his work at Columbia, ahd resigned abruptly.
He was subject to depression, which increased severely, and his final illness began when he was run over by a hansom cab in NYC in 1904. Of his final years, Lawrence Gilman, a contemporary, described: "His mind became as that of a little child..."
"To a Wild Rose" is part of "Ten Woodland Sketches," first published in 1896. It is MacDowell's perfect miniature masterpiece.
The transcription was done by Charles P. Scott
All the best, everyone
Stig
