Piano Concerto No.2, Op.23
Concerto · Op. 23
Edward MacDowell 1860–1908
Concerto
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Op. 23
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His most successful large work·Premiered in New York·Still occasionally played·Composed 1889
At a glance
- Catalogue
- Op. 23
- Form
- Concerto
About the piece
Composed in 1889 and premiered in New York with the composer as soloist, this is the most successful of MacDowell's large-scale works and the only one that has kept any real foothold in the repertoire.
Its second movement is a brilliant scherzo, reportedly written with the dancer Loie Fuller in mind. Liszt had encouraged MacDowell's early career, arranging for the publication of his first concerto, and the second builds directly on that Lisztian model.
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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