3 Poems, Op.20
Op. 20
Edward MacDowell 1860–1908
Op. 20
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Piano four hands·Poetic epigraphs·Early work·Composed 1886
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- Op. 20
About the piece
Three pieces for piano four hands with poetic headings, from MacDowell's German period.
Four-hand writing served a practical purpose in the era before recordings: it let two players at one instrument reproduce something of an orchestral texture at home, and composers wrote for the medium accordingly.
The composer
Edward MacDowell
1860–1908
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 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.
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