MacDowell continued his studies in Europe, attending the Paris Conservatory and the Frankfurt Hochschule, where he studied composition with Joachim Raff.
Composer Biography
MacDowell established the first music department at Columbia University in New York in 1896.
Composition History
Franz Liszt, who admired MacDowell's Modern Suite Op.10, introduced him to the publisher Breitkopf & Härtel in Leipzig.
Performer Biography
Giorgio Trione Bartoli, the pianist on this recording, began studying piano at age ten and has won numerous national and international awards, including first prize at the 19th International Chopin International Piano Competition in Szafarnia, Poland.
Composer Biography
Edward MacDowell, an American pianist-composer, received his initial musical training from Colombian, Cuban, and Venezuelan musicians, including the renowned pianist Teresa Carreño.
Composer Biography
MacDowell's later years were tragically marked by mental illness, and his death in 1908 may have been due to excessive use of potassium bromide, then used to treat insomnia.
Composer's Artistic Vision
MacDowell's inspiration stemmed from German romanticism, both poetic (Goethe, Heine) and musical (Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms), combined with a fondness for Nordic sagas and the Celtic Revival.
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