Edward MacDowell

Edward MacDowell

Edward Alexander MacDowell (December 18, 1860 – January 23, 1908) 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.

Birth and Death Data: Born December 18, 1860 (New York City), Died January 23, 1908 (New York City)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1903 - 1941

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist, arranger

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	B-15	10-in.	5/17/1903	Thy beaming eyes	Zélie De Lussan	Soprano vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	B-179	10-in.	7/1/1903	Thy beaming eyes	George Alexander	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	A-179	7-in.	7/1/1903	Thy beaming eyes	George Alexander	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	C-4150	12-in.	12/14/1906	Etude de concert	Frank La Forge	Piano solo	composer
Victor	B-6077	10-in.	4/1/1908	Thy beaming eyes	Florence Fiske	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-8716	10-in.	3/14/1910	War song	Mendelssohn Glee Club	Male vocal chorus	composer
Victor	B-9459	10-in.	9/16/1910	Long ago, sweetheart mine	Albert G. Janpolski	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-10586	10-in.	6/23/1911	At an old trysting place	Victor Herbert's Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	B-10667	10-in.	6/30/1911	To the sea	Charles Gilbert Spross	Piano solo	composer
Victor	B-10832	10-in.	7/25/1911	The robin sings in the apple-tree	John Barnes Wells	Male vocal solo	composer
Victor	B-10988	10-in.	9/19/1911	Thy beaming eyes	Emilio de Gogorza	Baritone vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	B-11296	10-in.	11/22/1911	Long ago	Efrem Zimbalist	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Victor	B-11360	10-in.	12/13/1911	From an Indian lodge	Sousa's Band	Band	composer
Victor	B-11602	10-in.	2/19/1912	Long ago	Alma Gluck	Soprano vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	B-11754	10-in.	3/21/1912	To a wild rose	Jacques Hoffmann	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Victor	B-12102	10-in.	6/10/1912	Long ago	Alma Gluck	Soprano vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	B-12383	10-in.	9/18/1912	Thy beaming eyes	Alan Turner	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-13821	10-in.	9/17/1913	The robin sings in the apple tree	Ernestine Schumann-Heink	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-14483	10-in.	2/19/1914	Fairy dance	Victor Orchestra	Orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-15227	10-in.	9/28/1914	Thy beaming eyes	Sophie Braslau	Contralto vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	B-15440	10-in.	11/30/1914	To a wild rose	Felix Arndt	Celeste solo	composer
Victor	B-15634	10-in.	1/27/1915	At an old trysting place	Felix Arndt	Celeste solo	composer
Victor	B-15882	10-in.	4/13/1915	Nautilus : A fairy sail and a fairy boat	May Mukle	Cello solo, with piano	composer
Victor	C-17606	12-in.	5/3/1916	My Jean	Mrs. E. L. McColm	Female vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	BVE-18159	10-in.	7/13/1926	To a wild rose	Venetian Trio (Victor Records ensemble)	Instrumental trio	composer
Victor	B-18159	10-in.	7/27/1916	To a wild rose	Venetian Trio (Victor Records ensemble)	Instrumental trio	composer
Victor	BVE-18162	10-in.	10/6/1925	To a wild rose	Michel Gusikoff	Violin solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-18162	10-in.	7/27/1916	To a wild rose	Michel Gusikoff	Violin solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-20696	10-in.	9/13/1927	Thy beaming eyes	Ernestine Schumann-Heink	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-20696	10-in.	9/24/1917	Thy beaming eyes	Ernestine Schumann-Heink	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-21250	10-in.	12/12/1917	To a water-lily	Florentine Quartet	Instrumental quartet	composer
Victor	B-22633	10-in.	3/19/1919	Of a tailor and a bear	Victor Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-22633	10-in.	8/16/1926	Of a tailor and a bear	Victor Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	B-23740	10-in.	2/18/1920	Long ago	Reinald Werrenrath	Male vocal solo, with piano and orchestra	composer
Victor	B-25905	10-in.	12/16/1921	To a hummingbird	Victor Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	B-27521	10-in.	1/29/1923	Long ago, sweetheart mine	Olive Kline	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-27528	10-in.	6/8/1927	The swan bent low	Royal Dadmun	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-27528	10-in.	2/2/1923	The swan bent low	Royal Dadmun	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-28109	10-in.	6/11/1923	Witches dance	Guiomar Novaës	Piano solo	composer
Victor	C-28192	12-in.	7/16/1923	Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt (Lonely heart)	Mrs. Clarence Stearns	Female vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	C-28637	12-in.	10/8/1923	Concert study	Olga Samaroff Stokowski	Piano solo	composer
Victor	B-29423	10-in.	1/29/1924	Thy beaming eyes	Sophie Braslau	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-29812	10-in.	3/28/1924	Fox trot classique	Jean Goldkette Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BVE-30506	10-in.	11/11/1926	Love song	Victor Concert Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	B-30506	10-in.	7/17/1924	Love song	Victor Concert Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-30507	10-in.	11/11/1926	From an Indian lodge	Victor Concert Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	B-30507	10-in.	7/17/1924	From an Indian lodge	Victor Concert Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	B-30722	10-in.	8/23/1924	Prelude	Louise Anita O'Connell	Piano solo	composer
Victor	B-30960	10-in.	10/2/1924	Polonaise	Hans Barth	Piano solo	composer
Victor	BVE-31968	10-in.	1/4/1926	Romance	Pablo Casals	Cello solo, with piano	composer
Victor	B-31968	10-in.	2/18/1925	Romanze	Pablo Casals	Cello solo, with piano	composer
Victor	BVE-34065	10-in.	12/22/1925	To a water-lily	Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock	Orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-34066	10-in.	12/22/1925	To a wild rose	Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Frederick Stock	Orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-35475	10-in.	5/24/1926	Thy beaming eyes	Lawrence Tibbett	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-36562	10-in.	10/20/1926	To a humming bird	Alexander Schmidt	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Victor	BVE-36794	10-in.	12/4/1926	Nautilus	Hans Barth	Piano solo	composer
Victor	BVE-36795	10-in.	12/4/1926	Witches' dance	Hans Barth	Piano solo	composer
Victor	BVE-38091	10-in.	6/27/1927	Long ago, sweetheart mine	Lambert Murphy	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-39417	10-in.	6/22/1927	Fireside tales : Of Br'er Rabbit	Myrtle C. Eaver	Piano solo	composer
Victor	BVE-39418	10-in.	6/22/1927	Wodland sketches : Will-o'-the-wisp	Myrtle C. Eaver	Piano solo	composer
Victor	CVE-43633	12-in.	4/13/1928	Gloucester's soliloquy	John Barrymore	Recitation, with string quartet and traps	composer
Victor	BVE-46184	10-in.	9/27/1928	Sonata tragica : Scherzo	Victor Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-46338	10-in.	7/30/1928	Special record for advertising	Hugo Mariani ; Graham McNamee ; Peerless Reproducers	Talk, with orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-49478	10-in.	7/26/1929	To a wild rose	Hazel Gertrude Kinscella	Piano solo	composer
Victor	BVE-49479	10-in.	7/26/1929	To a water lily	Hazel Gertrude Kinscella	Piano solo	composer
Victor	BVE-51861	10-in.	7/1/1929	To a wild rose	S. Archer Gibson	Organ solo	composer
Victor	BVE-55398	10-in.	9/9/1929	To a wild rose	Myrtle C. Eaver	Piano solo	composer
Victor	BVE-55399	10-in.	9/9/1929	Woodland sketches : A deserted farm	Myrtle C. Eaver	Piano solo	composer
Victor	BVE-55917	10-in.	9/12/1929	The music box	Victor Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-55979	10-in.	10/10/1929	Witch	Bruno Reibold ; Victor Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	CVE-67793	12-in.	1/14/1931	The blue-bell	Edna Brown ; Anna Howard	Female vocal duet, with piano	composer
Victor	LBRC-69642	10-in. (33-1/3 rpm)	5/21/1931	Salon suite no. 1	Victor Salon Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	FRC-74824	35mm film	12/9/1932	In war time	Philadelphia Orchestra ; Leopold Stokowski	Orchestra	composer
Victor	FRC-74825	35mm film	12/9/1932	Dirge [from Indian suite]	Philadelphia Orchestra ; Leopold Stokowski	Orchestra, with recitation	composer
Victor	FRC-74831	35mm film	12/10/1932	In war time	Philadelphia Orchestra ; Leopold Stokowski	Orchestra	composer
Victor	FRC-74832	35mm film	12/10/1932	Dirge [from Indian suite]	Benjamin De Loache ; Philadelphia Orchestra ; Leopold Stokowski	Orchestra, with recitation	composer
Victor	BS-75603	10-in.	3/16/1933	In war time	Philadelphia Orchestra	Dubbed recording from film : Orchestra	composer
Victor	BS-75604	10-in.	3/16/1933	In war time	Philadelphia Orchestra	Dubbed recording from film : Orchestra	composer
Victor	MS-75874	16-in.	6/22/1933	Beauty that endures. Program 9	Jean Paul King ; Charles Sears	Radio transcription disc : Orchestra, with male vocal solo and recitation	composer
Victor	MS-75875	16-in.	6/22/1933	Beauty that endures. Program 10	Jean Paul King ; Charles Sears	Radio transcription disc : Orchestra, with male vocal solo and recitation	composer
Victor	BS-83161	10-in.	6/1/1934	Phrasing	Victor Orchestra	Instrumental ensemble	arranger
Victor	BS-88973	10-in.	5/21/1935	Florian's song	Bruno Reibold	Instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor	CS-102847	12-in.	7/1/1936	Piano concerto no. 2, in D minor	Boston Pops Orchestra ; Arthur Fiedler ; Jesús María Sanromá	Orchestra	composer
Victor	CS-102848	12-in.	7/1/1936	Piano concerto no. 2, in D minor	Boston Pops Orchestra ; Arthur Fiedler ; Jesús María Sanromá	Orchestra	composer
Victor	CS-102849	12-in.	7/1/1936	Piano concerto no. 2, in D minor	Boston Pops Orchestra ; Arthur Fiedler ; Jesús María Sanromá	Orchestra	composer
Victor	CS-102850	12-in.	7/1/1936	Piano concerto no. 2, in D minor	Boston Pops Orchestra ; Arthur Fiedler ; Jesús María Sanromá	Orchestra	composer
Victor	CS-102851	12-in.	7/1/1936	Piano concerto no. 2, in D minor	Boston Pops Orchestra ; Arthur Fiedler ; Jesús María Sanromá	Orchestra	composer
Victor	CS-102852	12-in.	7/1/1936	Piano concerto no. 2, in D minor	Boston Pops Orchestra ; Arthur Fiedler ; Jesús María Sanromá	Orchestra	composer
Victor	B-[Unnumbered 1925-01-27-01]	10-in.	1/27/1925	To a wild rose	Louise Homer ; Louise Homer Stires	Vocal duet (soprano and contralto), with piano	composer
Victor	BVE-[Unnumbered 1926-03-01-04]	10-in.	3/1/1926	To a wild rose	Charles O’Connell	Pipe organ solo	composer
Victor	PBS-09561	10-in.	6/29/1937	Thy beaming eyes	Nelson Eddy ; Nathaniel Shilkret	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	BS-010978	10-in.	6/29/1937	To a wild rose	The Aeolians	Instrumental quartet	composer
Victor	BS-026910	10-in.	9/8/1938	To a wild rose	Lewis White	Mixed vocal chorus, with violin, organ, and harp	composer
Victor	BS-026911	10-in.	9/8/1938	To a water lily	Lewis White	Mixed vocal chorus, with violin, organ, and harp	composer
Victor	PBS-042550	10-in.	3/3/1940	A deserted farm	Artie Shaw Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	XVE-02102	10-in.	8/3/1928	Woodland sketches	Majestic Hotel Orchestra ; Whitey Smith	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BVE-Test-264	10-in.	1/2/1929	Demonstration record no. 8	Charles O’Connell	Talk, with instrumental quartet	composer
Victor	[Trial 1913-05-09-09]	Not documented	5/9/1913	Che farò senza Eurydice	Sophie Braslau	Contralto vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	[Trial 1916-03-15-06]	Not documented	3/15/1916	Daybreak	Vera Kaign	Female vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	[Trial 1917-08-01-02]	Not documented	8/1/1917	To a wild rose	Marian MacDowell	Piano solo	composer
Victor	[Trial 1917-08-01-03]	Not documented	8/1/1917	The water-lily	Marian MacDowell	Piano solo	composer
Victor	[Trial 1921-09-19-06]	10-in.	9/19/1921	Thy beaming eyes	Nan Whelan	Female vocal solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	1118	10-in.	between 1903 and 1908	Thy beaming eyes	George Alexander	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	1118	7-in.	ca. 1903-Oct. 1905	Thy beaming eyes	George Alexander	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	1565	10-in.	ca. 1903-1908	Thy beaming eyes	Henry Burr	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	1565	7-in.	ca. 1903-Oct. 1905	Thy beaming eyes	Henry Burr	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	19231	10-in.	2/9/1911	To a wild rose	George Stehl	Violin solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	19842	10-in.	4/2/1912	Thy beaming eyes	Edward Lankow	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	39058	10-in.	10/18/1913	Thy beaming eyes	Charles W. Clark	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	45542	10-in.	4/7/1915	To a wild rose	Georges Barrère	Flute solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	46871	10-in.	6/21/1916	Thy beaming eyes	Graham Marr	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	78329	10-in.	3/1/1919	To a wild rose	Eddy Brown ; Max Terr	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	78355	10-in.	3/17/1919	Thy beaming eyes	Hulda Lashanska	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	79289	10-in.	6/18/1920	To a wild rose	Gertrude Willey	Whistling solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	79462	10-in.	10/20/1920	To a wild rose	Clyde Doerr	Saxophone solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	79895	10-in.	6/17/1921	To a wild rose	Florence Macbeth	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	80163	10-in.	1/25/1922	To a wild rose	Pablo Casals	Cello solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	80177	10-in.	2/8/1922	To a wild rose	Eddie Elkins' Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	80817	10-in.	1/30/1923	To a wild rose	Pablo Casals ; Walter Golde	Cello solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	81298	10-in.	10/27/1923	To a water-lily	Percy Grainger	Piano solo	composer
Columbia	W140572	10-in.	5/1/1925	To a wild rose	George Hamilton Green	Bells solo, unaccompanied	composer
Columbia	W142759	10-in.	10/8/1926	To a wild rose	Columbia Salon Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	W144065	10-in.	4/29/1927	To a wild rose	Felix Salmond	Cello solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	W145796	10-in.	3/24/1928	To a wild rose	Sascha Jacobsen	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	W147858	10-in.	1/17/1929	To a wild rose	Musical Art Quartet	String quartet	composer
Columbia	W148500	10-in.	5/9/1929	To a wild rose	Chester Hazlett ; Chester Hazlett	Saxophone and clarinet solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	90092	10-in.	February 1920	Leonore : Parting march (Excerpt)	Columbia Miniature Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Columbia	90276	10-in.	approximately 1921	To spring	Columbia Miniature Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Columbia	90283	10-in.	approximately 1921	To a wild rose	Columbia Miniature Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Columbia	90289	10-in.	approximately 1921	Sea pieces : Starlight	Columbia Miniature Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Columbia	CO30846	10-in.	approximately 1941	To a wild rose	Andre Kostelanetz Orchestra ; Andre Kostelanetz	Instrumental ensemble	composer
Columbia	CO30847	10-in.	approximately 1941	To a water lily	Andre Kostelanetz Orchestra ; Andre Kostelanetz	Instrumental ensemble	composer
OKeh	W400836	10-in.	6/28/1928	To a wild rose	Major Bowes Capitol Theatre Trio	Instrumental trio	composer
Brunswick	4706	10-in.	approximately Dec. 1920	Witches' dance	Leopold Godowsky	Piano solo	composer
Brunswick	B43-B44; B47	10-in.	8/4/1924	Polonaise in E minor	Elly Ney	Piano solo	composer
Brunswick	9236-9237	10-in.	approximately Nov. 1922	To a wild rose	Paul Frenkel	Celeste solo	composer
Brunswick	9238-9239	10-in.	approximately Nov. 1922	To a water-lily	Paul Frenkel	Celeste solo	composer
Brunswick	11532-11533	10-in.	10/4/1923	Valse triste	Elly Ney	Piano solo	composer
Brunswick	11534-11536	10-in.	10/4/1923	Polonaise in E minor	Elly Ney	Piano solo	composer
Brunswick	15517-15519	10-in.	4/13/1925	Thy beaming eyes	Karin Branzell	Mezzo-soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	15520-15522	10-in.	4/13/1925	To a wild rose	Karin Branzell	Mezzo-soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	12728-12731; 12735	10-in.	3/25/1924	Witches’ dance	Leopold Godowsky	Piano solo	composer
Brunswick	13105-13107; 13111	10-in.	5/14/1924	Witches' dance	Leopold Godowsky	Piano solo	composer
Brunswick	E28947	10-in.	1/10/1929	Witch	Peter W. Dykema	Music aptitude test : Orchestra	composer
Brunswick	E29089	10-in.	1/25/1929	From an Indian lodge	Peter W. Dykema ; Orchestra (unidentified; Brunswick Records)	Music aptitude test : Orchestra	composer
Brunswick	XE30584	12-in.	7/25/1929	Brunswick brevities [program and part unknown]	Brunswick Salon Orchestra	Radio transcription disc : Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	E18162-E18163	10-in.	3/2/1926	Thy beaming eyes	Karin Branzell	Mezzo-soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	E18164-E18165	10-in.	3/2/1926	To a wild rose	Karin Branzell	Mezzo-soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	E18975-E18977	10-in.	5/1/1926	To a wild rose	Fredric Fradkin ; Dan Lieberfeld	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Brunswick	E20030-E20031	10-in.	9/3/1926	Witches dance	Leopold Godowsky	Piano solo	composer
Brunswick	E26747-E26748	10-in.	2/29/1928	To a wild rose	Louis Katzman Salon Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Brunswick	E27139-E27140	10-in.	3/27/1928	To a wild rose	Brunswick House Orchestra	Instrumental ensemble	composer
Brunswick	E27141-E27142	10-in.	3/27/1928	The deserted farm	Brunswick House Orchestra	Instrumental ensemble	composer
Edison	455	Not documented	approximately Dec. 1910	Thy beaming eyes	Elizabeth Spencer	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	3158	10-in.	July 1914	Thy beaming eyes	Marie Morrisey	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	6770	10-in.	5/7/1919	To a wild rose	Robert Gayler ; Madeleine MacGuigan Sokoloff	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Edison	7493	10-in.	8/11/1920	To a wild rose	Zoellner String Quartette	String quartet	composer
Edison	8395	10-in.	3/25/1922	Rigaudon	Olga Steeb	Piano solo	composer
Edison	18927	10-in.	12/7/1928	To a wild rose	Hotel Commodore Ensemble ; Bernhard Levitow	Instrumental ensemble	composer
Edison	18928	10-in.	12/7/1928	At an old trysting place	Hotel Commodore Ensemble ; Bernhard Levitow	Instrumental ensemble	composer
Edison	18929	10-in.	12/7/1928	To a water lily	Hotel Commodore Ensemble ; Bernhard Levitow	Instrumental ensemble	composer
Edison	19241	10-in.	6/6/1929	In autumn	Hotel Commodore Ensemble ; Bernhard Levitow	Instrumental ensemble	composer
Edison	N-620	10-in.	12/7/1928	To a wild rose	Hotel Commodore Ensemble	Instrumental ensemble	composer
Edison	N-621	10-in.	12/7/1928	At an old trysting place	Hotel Commodore Ensemble	Instrumental ensemble	composer
Edison	N-622	10-in.	12/7/1928	To a water lily	Hotel Commodore Ensemble	Instrumental ensemble	composer
Edison	N-946	10-in.	6/6/1929	In autumn	Hotel Commodore Ensemble ; Bernhard Levitow	Instrumental ensemble	composer

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Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "MacDowell, Edward," accessed November 23, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102112.

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