The American composer and pianist Edward MacDowell (1860-1908) is rather unknown in Germany although he had his artistic roots there for he was trained... > Lire la suite
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The American composer and pianist Edward MacDowell (1860-1908) is rather unknown in Germany although he had his artistic roots there for he was trained as a pianist in Paris, Stuttgart, Wiesbaden and Frankfurt. After returning to his home country, he worked as a teacher while also being the director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. for eight years. During that time (1896), he wrote 'Woodland Sketches' Op. 51 which is among his best known compositions for piano, particularly the opening piece of these musical landscape paintings : 'To a wild rose', a simple, yet expressively harmonized melody full of grace and peace. Instrumentation : viola and piano op. 51/1
Der amerikanische Komponist und Pianist Edward MacDowell (1860-1908) ist hierzulande eher unbekannt. Er war als Pädagoge tätig, leitete aber auch acht Jahre lang das Boston Symphony Orchestra. In dieser Zeit (1896) entstanden die "Woodland Sketches" ("Wald-Idyllen"). Sie zählen zu den bekanntesten seiner Kompositionen, insbesondere das Eröffnungsstück dieser musikalischen Landschaftsmalereien : "To a wild rose", eine schlichte, ausdrucksvoll harmonisierte Melodie, voller Anmut und Ruhe. Besetzung : viola and piano op. 51/1