Edward Alexander MacDowell 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
MacDowell c. 1900
Edward and Marian MacDowell; (c. 1886)
Bronze relief of MacDowell by Helen Farnsworth Mears (1906, cast 1907) Brooklyn Museum
Edward A. MacDowell, US Postage, Issue of 1940
"To a Wild Rose" is the first piece from Woodland Sketches, Op. 51, by the American composer Edward MacDowell. It was completed in 1896 and first published by Breitkopf & Härtel.
Edward MacDowell
…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. Edward MacDowell was born in New…
Edward Alexander MacDowell (1906)
The MacDowells' log cabin in Peterborough, New Hampshire