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<p><b>Edward Alexander MacDowell</b> (* <a href="18._Dezember" title="18. Dezember">18. Dezember</a> <a href="1860" title="1860">1860</a> in <a href="New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>; † <a href="23._Januar" title="23. Januar">23. Januar</a> <a href="1908" title="1908">1908</a> ebenda) war ein bedeutender <a href="Vereinigte_Staaten" title="Vereinigte Staaten">US-amerikanischer</a> <a href="Komponist" title="Komponist">Komponist</a> und <a href="Pianist" title="Pianist">Pianist</a>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leben_und_Wirken">Leben und Wirken</h2></div>
<p>MacDowell erhielt eine Klavierausbildung bei <a href="Teresa_Carre%C3%B1o" title="Teresa Carreño">Teresa Carreño</a> und studierte ab 1876 in <a href="Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a> bei <a href="Antoine_Fran%C3%A7ois_Marmontel" class="mw-redirect" title="Antoine François Marmontel">Antoine François Marmontel</a> und <a href="Marie-Gabriel-Augustin_Savard" title="Marie-Gabriel-Augustin Savard">Marie-Gabriel-Augustin Savard</a>, in <a href="Wiesbaden" title="Wiesbaden">Wiesbaden</a> bei <a href="Louis_Ehlert" title="Louis Ehlert">Louis Ehlert</a> sowie bei <a href="Joachim_Raff" title="Joachim Raff">Joachim Raff</a> und <a href="Carl_Heymann_(Musiker)" title="Carl Heymann (Musiker)">Carl Heymann</a> an <a href="Hoch%E2%80%99sches_Konservatorium" class="mw-redirect" title="Hoch’sches Konservatorium">Dr. Hoch’s Konservatorium</a> (Frankfurt am Main). 1888 kehrte er in die USA zurück und gründete die <a href="American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters" title="American Academy of Arts and Letters">American Academy of Arts and Letters</a> und die Künstlerkolonie <i>MacDowell Colony</i> in <a href="Peterborough_(New_Hampshire)" title="Peterborough (New Hampshire)">Peterborough</a>, <a href="New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a>. Acht Jahre arbeitete er als Komponist und Pianist mit dem <a href="Boston_Symphony_Orchestra" title="Boston Symphony Orchestra">Boston Symphony Orchestra</a> zusammen.<sup id="cite_ref-ng_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ng-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1896 wurde er der erste Professor für Kunst und Musik an der <a href="Columbia_University" title="Columbia University">Columbia University</a> in <a href="New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>.
</p><p>Als erster amerikanischer Komponist überhaupt gewann er den Respekt der Europäer. Seine Bekanntheit basiert auf seinen Klavierwerken und den Vertonungen von Gedichten deutscher Lyriker wie <a href="Heinrich_Heine" title="Heinrich Heine">Heine</a> und <a href="Johann_Wolfgang_Goethe" class="mw-redirect" title="Johann Wolfgang Goethe">Goethe</a>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Werke_(Auswahl)"><span id="Werke_.28Auswahl.29"></span>Werke (Auswahl)</h2></div>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Orchester">Orchester</h3></div>
<ul><li>Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 in a-Moll, op. 15 (1884)<sup id="cite_ref-wv_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wv-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li><i>Hamlet and Ophelia</i>, op. 22 (1885)</li>
<li>Klavierkonzert Nr. 2 in d-Moll, op. 23 (1890)</li>
<li><i>Lancelot and Elaine</i>, op. 25 (1888)</li>
<li><i>Lamia</i>, op. 29 (1908)</li>
<li>Suite Nr. 1, op. 42 (1891)</li>
<li>Suite Nr. 2 <i>Indian Suite</i>, op. 48 (1897)</li></ul>
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<ul><li><i>Second modern suite</i>, op. 14 (1883)</li>
<li><i>Forest Idyls</i> (Wald-Idyllen), op. 19 (1884)</li>
<li><i>Sechs Idyllen nach Goethe</i>, op. 28 (1887, rev. 1901)</li>
<li><i>Sechs Gedichte nach Heine</i>, op. 31 (1887, rev. 1901)</li>
<li>Sonate Nr. 1 <i>Tragica</i> in g-Moll, op. 45 (1893)</li>
<li>Sonate Nr. 2 <i>Eroica</i> in g-Moll, op. 50 (1895)</li>
<li><i>Woodland Sketches</i> (Amerikanische Wald-Idyllen), op. 51 (1896)</li>
<li>Sonate Nr. 3 <i>Norse</i> in d-Moll, op. 57 (1900)</li>
<li>Sonate Nr. 4 <i>Keltic</i> in e-Moll, op. 59 (1900)</li>
<li><i>New England Idyls</i>, op. 62 (1902)</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Literatur">Literatur</h2></div>
<ul><li>Lawrence Gilman: <cite class="lang" lang="en" dir="auto" style="font-style:italic">Edward MacDowell. A Study</cite>. John Lane Company, New York 1908 (englisch, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/14109/14109-h/14109-h.htm">gutenberg.org</a> [abgerufen am 10.&nbsp;April 2020]).<span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rfr_id=info:sid/de.wikipedia.org:Edward+MacDowell&amp;rft.au=Lawrence+Gilman&amp;rft.btitle=Edward+MacDowell.+A+Study&amp;rft.date=1908&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.place=New+York&amp;rft.pub=John+Lane+Company" style="display:none">&nbsp;</span></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.macdowellcolony.org">The MacDowell Colony, Offizielle Website</a> (engl.)</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhptv.org/kn/itv/mcd/mcdabt.htm">Weitere Informationen zur Colony</a> (engl.)</li>
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</style><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140125202224/http://aurora.wellesley.edu/macdowell/contents.cfm">Edward MacDowell Online Library</a> (<span class="webarchiv-memento"><a href="Webarchivierung#Begrifflichkeiten" title="Webarchivierung">Memento</a></span> vom 25. Januar 2014 im <i><a href="Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a></i>) (Public Domain Klaviernoten)</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.free-sheet-music.de/MacDowell/to-a-wild-rose.htm">"To a Wild Rose"</a> Klaviernoten kostenlos als PDF &amp; MIDI</li>
<li><a href="https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:MacDowell,_Edward_Alexander" class="extiw external" title="scores:Category:MacDowell, Edward Alexander">Noten und Audiodateien von Edward MacDowell</a> im <a href="International_Music_Score_Library_Project" title="International Music Score Library Project">International Music Score Library Project</a></li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-ng-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-ng_1-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Dolores Pesce, Margery Morgan Lowens:&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2250077"><i>MacDowell [McDowell], Edward (Alexander).</i></a> In: <i><a href="Grove_Dictionary_of_Music_and_Musicians#Grove_Music_Online" title="Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians">Grove Music Online</a></i> (englisch; Abonnement erforderlich).</span>
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<li id="cite_note-wv-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-wv_2-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Angaben nach: Dolores Pesce, Margery Morgan Lowens:&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2250077"><i>MacDowell [McDowell], Edward (Alexander).</i></a> In: <i><a href="Grove_Dictionary_of_Music_and_Musicians#Grove_Music_Online" title="Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians">Grove Music Online</a></i> (englisch; Abonnement erforderlich).</span>
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