Expanded after MacDowell’s death in 1908 from an earlier monograph, this study by the critic Lawrence Gilman follows the composer from his New York boyhood and studies in Europe to his years as a pianist, teacher and professor of music. It then surveys his piano works, songs and orchestral music, and recalls his playing.
An informed early appraisal of one of the first American composers to win international renown. Download the free EPUB.