selected poems and songs
William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878)
Edward Rowland Sill (1841-1887)
Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856-1923)		 Charles H. Gabriel (1856-1932)
Edward MacDowell (1860-1908)
Ethelbert Nevin (1862-1901)		 John McDonnell (1946-)
Aaron McDonnell (1979-)

London Characters and the Humorous Side of London Life
the complete text and illustrations of an 1870 book about Victorian London

writings inspired by Sherlock Holmes
Publication Order of Sherlock Holmes Stories by Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)
Notes on A Study in Scarlet concerning Mormon "blood atonement" and polygamy
Sherlockian Poems and Songs (2004) lyrical praise and humor by John McDonnell
Sherlock in Chicago (2003) a vignette based on Doyle's 1917 story "His Last Bow"
Adventures of Heather Key (2001) a pastiche set during the Great War (1914-1918)

pre-1923 public domain piano music MIDI sequenced by John McDonnell

selections from A Practical Method for the Pianoforte (1906) by O. D. Weaver

compositions for piano by Edward MacDowell (American 1860-1908)

Op. 10 First Modern Suite (1883, 1891, etc.)
1 Praeludium [4:08]
2 Presto [4:18]		 3 Andantino and Allegretto [5:23]
4 Intermezzo [2:20]		 5 Rhapsody [8:14]
6 Fugue [3:40]

Op. 13 Prelude and Fugue (1883, 1895 edition) 1 Prelude [2:36] 2 Fugue [2:02]

Op. 14 Second Modern Suite (1883, 1911 Klee edition)
1 Praeludium [3:42]
2 Fugato [2:05]		 3 Rhapsody [5:42]
4 Scherzino [2:26]		 5 March [4:17]
6 Fantastic Dance [5:20]

Op. 15 First Concerto (1885, 1910 edition)
arrangement for two pianos by the composer (Edition Breitkopf No. 5191)
1 Maestoso [9:32] 2 Andante tranquillo [6:58] 3 Presto [7:05]
From Lawrence Gilman's Edward MacDowell: A Study (1909): "In the spring of 1882 ... that beneficient but formidable
personage [Franz Liszt] received him [MacDowell] with kindly courtesy, and had Eugen D'Albert, who was present, play
the orchestral part of the concerto which MacDowell had brought with him in manuscript, arranged for two pianos."
Op. 16 Serenata [3:11] (1883)

Op. 17 Two Fantastic Pieces (1884) 1 A Tale [3:55] 2 Witches' Dance [2:34]

Op. 18 Two Compositions (1884) 1 Barcarolle [3:39] 2 Humoreske [3:20]

Op. 19 Forest Idyls (1884, 1912 Teichmuller edition)
1 Forest Stillness [3:54] 2 Play of the Nymphs [2:47] 3 Revery [1:48] 4 Dance of the Dryads [2:42]

Op. 20 Three Poems (1886) for one piano, four hands
1 Night by the Sea [3:17] 2 A Tale from Knightly Times [3:50] 3 Ballad [3:08]

Op. 21 Moon Pictures (1886) for one piano, four hands
after Hans Christian Andersen's Picture-Book Without Pictures
1 The Hindoo Maiden [1:58]
2 Story of the Stork [1:46]		 3 In the Tyrol [1:52]
4 The Swan [2:45]		 5 Visit of the Bear [1:35]

Op. 23 Second Concerto (1890, 1922 Hughes edition)
arrangement for two pianos (Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics Vol. 1462)
1 Larghetto calmato [12:35] 2 Presto giocoso [4:32] 3 Largo [7:01]

Op. 24 Four Compositions (1887) 1 Humoreske [2:35] 2 March [4:28] 3 Cradle Song [3:51] 4 Czardas [2:23]

Op. 28 Six Idyls after Goethe (1887)
1 In the Woods [1:58]
2 Siesta [1:33]		 3 To the Moonlight [1:52]
4 Silver Clouds [1:34]		 5 Flute Idyl [2:09]
6 The Bluebell [1:23]
The 1898 G. Schirmer edition, from which this was transcribed, did not have the
titles, added in 1901 for the "augmented and revised" Arthur P. Schmidt edition.
Op. 31 Six Poems after Heine (1887, 1901 edition)
1 From a Fisherman's Hut [2:12]
2 Scotch Poem [2:07]		 3 From Long Ago [1:52]
4 The Postwaggon [1:34]		 5 The Shepherd Boy [2:18]
6 Monologue [3:30]

Op. 32 Four Little Poems (1888) 1 The Eagle [1:11] 2 The Brook [1:32] 3 Moonshine [3:02] 4 Winter [1:48]

Op. 36 Etude de Concert [3:52] (1889)

Op. 37 Les Orientales (1889) 1 Clair de Lune [2:56] 2 Dans le Hamac [1:49] 3 Danse Andalouse [1:24]

Op. 38 Marionettes (1888, 1901 edition)
1 Prologue [1:26]
2 Soubrette [0:44]		 3 Lover [1:49]
4 Witch [1:21]		 5 Clown [0:58]
6 Villain [0:53]		 7 Sweetheart [2:16]
8 Epilogue [1:27]
"Prologue" and "Epilogue" were added in 1901.
Op. 39 Twelve Studies (1890)
1 Hunting Song [1:34]
2 Alla Tarantella [1:36]
3 Romance [1:58]		 4 Arabesque [2:19]
5 In the Forest [1:49]
6 Dance of the Gnomes [2:25]		 7 Idyl [2:25]
8 Shadow Dance [1:56]
9 Intermezzo [1:14]		 10 Melodie [2:15]
11 Scherzino [2:04]
12 Hungarian [2:41]

Op. 45 Sonata Tragica (1893, 1922 Hughes edition)
1 Largo maestoso [8:43] 2 Molto allegro, vivace [2:44] 3 Largo con maesta [7:20] 4 Allegro eroica [8:41]

Op. 46 Twelve Virtuoso Studies (1894)
1 Novelette [2:11]
2 Moto Perpetuo [2:14]
3 Wild Chase [2:47]		 4 Improvisation [2:08]
5 Elfin Dance [4:07]
6 Valse Triste [3:10]		 7 Burlesque [2:18]
8 Bluette [2:30]
9 Traumerei [2:28]		 10 March Wind [2:57]
11 Impromptu [2:23]
12 Polonaise [4:24]

Op. 49 Air and Rigaudon (1894) 1 Air [2:28] 2 Rigaudon [2:55]

Op. 50 Sonata Eroica (1895) "Flos regum Arthurus"
1 Slow, with nobility [6:43]
2 Elf-like, as light and swift as possible [2:47]		 3 Tenderly, longingly, yet with passion [5:33]
4 Fiercely, very fast [6:10]
From Lawrence Gilman's Edward MacDowell: A Study (1909), quoting the composer: "The first movement typifies the
coming of Arthur. The scherzo was suggested by a picture of Dore' showing a knight in the woods surrounded by elves.
The third movement was suggested by my idea of Guinevere. That following represents the passing of Arthur."

Op. 51 Woodland Sketches (1896)
1 To a Wild Rose [1:14]
2 Will o' the Wisp [1:12]
3 At an Old Trysting Place [1:19]
4 In Autumn [1:18]		 5 From an Indian Lodge [2:11]
6 To a Water-lily [2:17]
7 From Uncle Remus [1:03]		 8 A Deserted Farm [2:04]
9 By a Meadow Brook [0:52]
10 Told at Sunset [3:35]

From 1896 to 1898, MacDowell published 13 piano pieces and 4 partsongs under the pseudonym of Edgar Thorn. These
compositions were not mentioned in Lawrence Gilman's Edward MacDowell: A Study (1909). They were listed without opus
numbers in MacDowell's Critical and Historical Essays (1912) and in John F. Porte's Edward MacDowell (1922). They
were listed with opus numbers in Oscar Sonneck's Catalogue of First Editions of Edward MacDowell (1917).
Op. 1 Amourette [1:31] (1896)

Op. 2 In Lilting Rhythm (1897) 1 Capriciously, yet not slow [3:06] 2 Not slow, liltingly [3:31]

Op. 4 Forgotten Fairy Tales (1897)
1 Sung outside the Prince's door [1:35]
2 Of a Tailor and a Bear [2:57]		 3 Beauty in the Rose-Garden [2:56]
4 From Dwarf-land [2:10]

Op. 7 Six Fancies (1898)
1 A Tin Soldier's Love [1:22]
2 To a Humming Bird [0:39]		 3 Summer Song [1:16]
4 Across Fields [1:11]		 5 Bluette [1:01]
6 An Elfin Round [1:08]

Op. 55 Sea Pieces (1898)
1 To the Sea [2:01]
2 From a Wandering Iceberg [1:21]
3 A. D. 1620 [2:39]		 4 Starlight [1:50]
5 Song [1:59]
6 From the Depths [3:24]		 7 Nautilus [2:43]
8 In Mid-Ocean [2:59]

Op. 57 Third Sonata (1900)
Night had fallen on a day of deeds.
The great rafters in the red-ribbed hall
Flashed crimson in the fitful flame
Of smouldering logs.
And from the stealthy shadows
That crept 'round Harald's throne
Rang out a Skald's strong voice,
With tales of battles won,
Of Gudrun's love,
And Sigurd, Siegmund's son.
1 Mesto, ma con passione [6:31]
2 Tristamente, ma con tenerezza [5:51]
3 Allegro con fuoco [6:27]

Op. 59 Fourth Sonata (1901)
To Edvard Grieg,
Who minds now Keltic tales of yore,
Dark Druid rhymes that thrall,
Deirdre's song and wizard lore
Of great Cuchullin's fall.
1 With great power and dignity [8:24]
2 With naive tenderness [5:30]
3 Very swift and fierce [7:02]

Op. 61 Fireside Tales (1902)
1 An Old Love Story [2:51]
2 Of Br'er Rabbit [1:35]		 3 From a German Forest [3:42]
4 Of Salamanders [2:28]		 5 A Haunted House [2:58]
6 By Smouldering Embers [2:16]

Op. 62 New England Idyls (1902)
1 An Old Garden [2:21]
2 Mid-Summer [1:49]
3 Mid-Winter [3:21]
4 With Sweet Lavender [2:08]		 5 In Deep Woods [2:00]
6 Indian Idyl [2:02]
7 To an Old White Pine [1:52]		 8 From Puritan Days [1:12]
9 From a Log Cabin [3:35]
10 The Joy of Autumn [2:31]

MacDowell also published two books of Technical Exercises for piano, piano duet transcriptions of Hamlet and
Ophelia for orchestra (op. 22) and First Suite for orchestra (op. 42), and a piano solo version of op. 42, no. 4,
The Shepherdess' Song, renamed The Song of the Shepherdess. In 1895, an "op. 8 Waltz" for piano by
MacDowell was listed by Breitkopf & Hartel, but no price was shown, and the piece was not published.

selected piano transcriptions by Edward MacDowell

(1890) Six Little Pieces after sketches of J. S. Bach (German 1685-1750)
1 Courante [1:41] 2 Menuet [2:05] 3 Gigue [1:40] 4 Menuet [3:23] 5 Menuet [2:39] 6 Marche [1:02]

(1900) Le Bavolet Flottant [2:36] for clavecin by Francois Couperin (French 1668-1733)
(1900) Jig [1:53] for harpsichord by Carl Heinrich Graun (German 1701-1759)
(1900) Tempo di Minuetto [6:07] after Giovanni Battista Grazioli (Italian 1746-c1820)
(1902) Sarabande [3:00] for clavecin by Jean Baptiste Loeilly (French 1660-1728)
(1900) Jig [2:05] for harpsichord by Johann Mattheson (German 1681-1764)
(1900) Courante [2:52] for clavecin by Jean Philippe Rameau (French 1683-1764)
(1900) Sarabande [4:15] for clavecin by Jean Philippe Rameau (French 1683-1764)

selected piano transcriptions of orchestral music by Edward MacDowell

Op. 22 Hamlet and Ophelia (1885) arranged for piano duet by the composer (1885)
1 Hamlet [9:00] 2 Ophelia [5:24]

Op. 48 Second Suite (1897) arranged for piano solo by Otto Taubmann (1910)
1 Legend [6:05] 2 Love Song [4:34] 3 In War-time [4:25] 4 Dirge [4:46] 5 Village Festival [6:06]

His other works for orchestra are op. 25 Lancelot and Elaine (1888), op. 29 Lamia (1908), op. 30 Two Fragments after
the Song of Roland (1891), op. 35 Romance for Violoncello and Orchestra (1888), op. 42 First Suite (1891-1893).
22 songs for voice and piano by Edward MacDowell — sheet music of compositions by Edward MacDowell
"A house of dreams untold, it looks out over the whispering tree-tops and faces the setting sun."
The cabin near Peterborough, New Hampshire, where MacDowell composed most of his later music.

selected compositions by Ethelbert Nevin (American 1862-1901)

Op. 8 Melody and Habanera for Violin and Piano (1891) 1 Melody [2:57] 2 Habanera [3:40]

Op. 13 Water Scenes (1891)
1 Dragon Fly [1:50] 2 Ophelia [3:33] 3 Water-Nymph [3:52] 4 Narcissus [2:41] 5 Barcarolle [5:43]

1910 recording of "Narcissus" by Sousa's Band
Op. 16 In Arcady (1892)
1 A Shepherd's Tale [2:14] 2 Shepherds All and Maidens Fair [4:33] 3 Lullabye [3:27] 4 Tournament [3:11]

Op. 18 Two Etudes (1892) 1 Romance [4:24] 2 Scherzo [4:11]

Barcarolle for Violin and Piano [3:41] (1893)

La Guitare [1:55] (1896)

Op. 21 May in Tuscany (1896)
1 Arlecchino [2:40]
2 Notturno [3:23]		 3 Barchetta [1:32]
4 Misericordia [5:01]		 5 Il Rusignuolo [2:27]
6 La Pastorella [2:00]

Op. 25 A Day in Venice (1898)
1 Alba [2:02] 2 Gondolieri [3:58] 3 Canzone Amorosa [3:34] 4 Buona Notte [3:28]

Op. 30 En Passant (1899) 1 A Fontainebleau [2:45] 2 In Dreamland [5:17] 3 Napoli [3:40] 4 At Home [4:34]

O'er Hill and Dale (1902)
1 'Twas a Lover and His Lass [1:51]
2 The Thrush [2:45]		 3 Love Is Astraying Ever Since Maying [2:06]
4 The Lark's on the Wing [4:29]

The Rosary [1:49] 1898 song arranged for piano solo by Benjamin Whelpley (1905)
31 songs for voice and piano by Ethelbert Nevin — Rupert Hughes's 1900 biography of Ethelbert Nevin
sheet music of compositions by Ethelbert Nevin
Ethelbert Nevin in his studio at Queen Anne Lodge, Vineacre, at Edgeworth, Pennsylvania.

88 marches by John Philip Sousa (American 1854-1932)
(1873) Review [4:54]
(1876) Revival [4:13] Revised Ed. by L. K. (1894)
(1876) The Honored Dead [4:59] (1896)
(1877) Across the Danube [2:25] edited by Sep. Winner
(1878) Esprit du Corps [2:33]
(1879) On the Tramp [2:06]
(1879) Resumption [3:29]
(1880) Our Flirtation [2:39]
(1881) Guide Right [1:37]
(1881) President Garfield's Inauguration [5:57]
(1881) President Garfield's Funeral [4:40]
(1881) Right Forward [2:45]
(1881) Wolverine [2:17]
(1881) Yorktown Centennial [2:15]
(1882) Congress Hall [3:15]
(1883) Bonnie Annie Laurie [3:11] Arr. by A. M. C. (1897)
(1883) Mother Goose [2:13] Arr. by A. M. C. (1897)
(1883) Pet of the Petticoats [1:41] Arr. by A. M. C. (1897)
(1883) Right-Left [1:54] (1894)
(1883) Transit of Venus [2:07] (1896)
(1884) The White Plume [1:40]
(1885) Mother Hubbard [2:19] (1894)
(1885) Sound Off [2:59]
(1885) Triumph of Time [2:44]
(1886) The Gladiator [2:57]
(1886) The Rifle Regiment [3:33]
(1887) The Occidental [2:55]
(1888) The Crusader [3:36]
(1888) National Fencibles [3:24]
(1888) Semper Fidelis [2:11]
(1889) The Picadore [3:03]
(1889) The Thunderer [2:48]
(1889) The Washington Post [2:32]
(1890) Corcoran Cadets [3:22]
(1890) The High School Cadets [2:39]
(1890) The Loyal Legion [2:40]
(1892) The Belle of Chicago [2:13]
(1892) The Lion Tamer [3:47] "On Parade" (1895)
(1892) Triton [2:05] Arr. by A. M. C. (1896)
(1893) The Beau Ideal [3:23]
(1893) The Liberty Bell [3:40]
(1893) The Manhattan Beach [2:17]
(1894) The Directorate [2:30]
(1895) King Cotton [2:45] (1897)		 (1896) El Capitan [2:19]
(1896) The Stars and Stripes Forever [3:52] (1897)
(1897) The Bride-Elect [2:27]
(1898) The Charlatan [3:00]
(1899) Hands Across the Sea [3:00]
(1899) The Man Behind the Gun [2:19]
(1900) Hail to the Spirit of Liberty [3:35]
(1901) The Invincible Eagle [3:29]
(1902) Imperial Edward [2:42]
(1903) Jack Tar [2:33]
(1904) The Diplomat [3:16]
(1906) The Free Lance [3:59]
(1906) Powhatan's Daughter [3:46]
(1908) Fairest of the Fair [3:40]
(1909) The Glory of the Yankee Navy [2:34]
(1911) Grand Festival [5:49] "Coronation March"
(1911) The Federal [2:34]
(1913) From Maine to Oregon [2:05]
(1914) Columbia's Pride [1:09] duet
(1914) The Lambs' March [2:01]
(1915) The New York Hippodrome [3:57]
(1915) The Pathfinder of Panama [3:33]
(1916) America First [2:18]
(1916) Boy Scouts of America [2:37]
(1917) The Naval Reserve [2:13]
(1917) The U. S. Field Artillery [3:25]
(1917) The White Rose [3:16]
(1917) Wisconsin Forward Forever marching song
(1918) Anchor and Star [3:02]
(1918) Flags of Freedom [2:11]
(1918) Liberty Loan [2:37]
(1918) Sabre and Spurs [2:57]
(1918) Solid Men to the Front [3:56]
(1918) The Chantyman's March [2:51]
(1918) The Volunteers [4:13]
(1918) We Are Coming marching song
(1919) Bullets and Bayonets [3:28]
(1919) The Golden Star [6:06]
(1919) USAAC [3:07] (US Army Ambulance Corps)
(1920) Comrades of the Legion [2:47]
(1920) Who's Who in Navy Blue [2:41]
(1921) Keeping Step With the Union [3:01]
(1921) On the Campus [3:08]
(1922) The Gallant Seventh [3:32]
18 other compositions by Sousa
(1872) Moonlight on the Potomac [8:32] waltzes (1901)
(1873) Cuckoo [3:27] galop
(1876) On Wings of Lightning [4:15] galop
(1877) Myrrha [3:57] gavotte
(1878) Silver Spray [4:32] schottische
(1880) Nymphalin [2:31] reverie
(1886) La Reine de la Mer [9:15] valses
(1886) Tally-Ho! [3:59] overture (1894)
(1886) The Presidential Polonaise [5:41] (1894)		 (1886) Vautour [6:10] overture (1894)
(1887) The Coquette [2:50] characteristic dance
(1889) Queen of the Harvest [4:16] quadrille
(1896) The Colonial Dames [3:26] waltzes
(1902) The Messiah of Nations patriotic anthem
(1903) A Summer Girl [4:30] idyl
(1912) The Gliding Girl [4:09] tango
(1912) With Pleasure [3:01] dance hilarious
(1916) Willow Blossoms [3:07] legend

Library of Congress collection of sheet music by Sousa — MIDI sequences of the band music of Sousa marches

9 compositions by Arthur Pryor (American 1870-1942)
(1897) Ye Boston Tea Party [2:45] march sheet music — recording by Sousa's Band
(1899) A Coon Band Contest [2:57] jazz fox trot (1918) sheet music
(1904) Mr. Black Man [3:19] march sheet music
(1905) The Whistler and His Dog [2:50] caprice sheet music
(1906) Razzazza Mazzazza [2:46] an extravaganza sheet music
(1906) The Baby Parade [3:07] march sheet music
(1907) After Sunset [3:32] intermezzo sheet music
(1908) Captain Cupid [3:00] march sheet music
(1917) We'll Be There, Uncle Sammy patriotic march song sheet music

12 compositions by Marie Louka (American 18??-19??)
(1901) Japanese Fire Dance [2:45] dance characteristic sheet music
(1902) The Rajah [2:46] march sheet music — 1902 recording by Sousa's Band
(1903) Cupid's Dart [3:18] idyll caprice sheet music
(1903) Karmara [2:36] African bolo dance sheet music
(1904) A Silent Prayer [3:19] reverie sheet music
(1904) The Fadette [2:17] march sheet music
(1904) The North American [2:33] march sheet music
(1905) Dance of the Dewdrops [3:32] sheet music
(1905) Fire and Flame [2:17] march sheet music
(1905) The Hour of Prayer [3:30] reverie sheet music
(1906) The Captain General [2:21] march sheet music
(1908) Ocean Spray [2:01] mazurka caprice sheet music
Her other compositions include Dance of the Snowflakes (1904), Fleeting Hours (1905), Birds and Breezes (1906), Cap and
Gown (1912), Dance of the Toys (1912), Mission Bells (1912), Sunset on the Ocean (1912), Dancing Dolls, Flowers from the
Dust, Phasma. The Captain General was recorded by Arthur Pryor's band in 1907. — a 1911 letter by Marie Louka

7 marches by Kenneth J. Alford (British 1881-1945)
(1914) Colonel Bogey [3:07] (1916)
(1916) The Great Little Army [3:59]
(1917) On the Quarter Deck [3:15] (1918)
(1917) The Middy [3:29] (1919)
(1917) The Voice of the Guns [3:55] (1919)
(1919) The Vanished Army [3:47]
(1921) The Mad Major [3:13] (1922)
His other marches are: The Thin Red Line (1908), Holyrood (1912), The Vedette (1912),
Cavalry of the Clouds (1923), Dunedin (1928), Old Panama (1929), HM Jollies (1929),
The Standard of St. George (1930), By Land and Sea (1941), Army of the Nile (1941),
Eagle Squadron (1942). — MIDI sequences of the band music

Adirondack Sketches (1922) by Eastwood Lane (American 1879-1951)
1 The Old Guide's Story [2:08]
2 The Legend of Lonesome Lake [2:48]
3 Down Stream [4:26]		 4 The Land of the Loon [2:13]
5 A Dirge for Jo Indian [3:16]
6 Lumber-Jack Dance [2:56]
His other compositions include In Sleepy Hollow (1913), Five American Dances (1919), Mongoliana (1922),
Eastern Seas (1925), Sold Down the River (1928), Pantomimes (1933), Fourth of July (1935), Here Are
Ladies (1944), Jesuit's Journey (1947), Central Park, Colonial Suite, Knee-high to a Grasshopper. Three
of his pieces, Sea Burial, Persimmon Pucker, and Minuet for Betty Schuyler, were arranged by Ferde Grofe
for the orchestra of Paul Whiteman. — sheet music of Adirondack Sketches
Our Fighting Men [3:13] by M. S. Rocereto "Dedicated to the American Land, Sea and Aerial Forces"
Copyright MCMXXIII [1923] by Volkwein Bros., Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Letters to Enoch Williamson (1851-1863)
Nymph (2002) a short story
Notes on Scriptural Prophecies

A Song of Support for Sarah Palin

mcdonnelljohn@sbcglobal.net