TAILIEUCHUNG - Edward MacDowell

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. | 1 The Project Gutenberg eBook Edward MacDowell by Elizabeth Fry Page This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Edward MacDowell Author Elizabeth Fry Page Release Date October 16 2004 eBook 13767 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK EDWARD MACDOWELL E-text prepared by David Newman Keith M. Eckrich and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team EDWARD MACDOWELL His Work and Ideals by ELIZABETH FRY PAGE With Poetical Interpretations by the Author New York Dedicated to MRS. ALINE REESE BLONDNER Founder and Honorary President of the MacDowell Club of Nashville Tennessee. CONTENTS PREFACE EDWARD MACDOWELL His Work and Ideals POETICAL INTERPRETATIONS To MacDowell 1. 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 2 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 .

• Tiếng Anh thương mại
• Woods Shadow
• Memoriam
• His Work
• Ideals
• Elizabeth Fry Page
• MacDowell