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public domain piano music MIDI sequenced by John McDonnell
 
compositions for piano by Edward MacDowell (American 1860-1908)
Op. 10 First Modern Suite (1883, 1891, etc.)
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)
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 1909 biography of MacDowell: "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."
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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"
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)
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.
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Op. 31 Six Poems after Heine (1887, 1901 edition)
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)
"Prologue" and "Epilogue" were added in 1901.
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Op. 39 Twelve Studies (1890)
Op. 45 Sonata Tragica (1893)
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)
Op. 49 Air and Rigaudon (1894) 1 Air [2:28] 2 Rigaudon [2:55]
Op. 50 Sonata Eroica (1895) "Flos regum Arthurus"
From Lawrence Gilman's 1909 biography of MacDowell, 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."
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Op. 51 Woodland Sketches (1896)
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 1909 biography of
MacDowell. 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).
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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)
Op. 7 Six Fancies (1898)
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Op. 55 Sea Pieces (1898)
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.
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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.
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Op. 61 Fireside Tales (1902)
Op. 62 New England Idyls (1902)
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.
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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) Sarabande [4:15] for Clavecin by Jean Philippe Rameau (French 1683-1764)
(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-c.1820)
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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).
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selected compositions by Marie Louka
Her other compositions include "Karmara" (1903), "Fleeting Hours" (1905), "The Captain General" (1906), "Cap and Gown" (1912),
"Dance of the Toys" (1912), "Mission Bells" (1912), "Sunset on the Ocean" (1912), "Birds and Breezes", "Dance of the Snowflakes",
"Dancing Dolls", "Flowers from the Dust", "Moon Winks", "Phasma". "The Rajah" was recorded by Sousa's band in 1902 [mp3].
"The Captain General" was recorded by Pryor's band in 1907. — free online sheet music of compositions by Marie Louka
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selections from A Practical Method for the Pianoforte (1906) by O. D. Weaver, published by The McDonnell
Piano Company of Kansas City, Missouri, and by Williams Piano and Organ Company of Chicago, Illinois
Red numbers indicate compositions by Charles H. Gabriel (American 1856-1932).
Italic text indicates information printed in the 1906 book.
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The copyright date of MDCCCLXIV [1864] for 136 and 138 should probably be MDCCCLXXXIV [1884], as Geo. F. Rosche was not
involved in music publishing before 1877. "In 1879 he [Geo. F. Rosche] was called to the chair of music in the Seminary of the
German Evangelical Synod of North America, located at Elmhurst, Ill. This position gave him an opportunity for developing his
talent in theory and composition of music, which he taught in connection with piano, pipe organ and singing. He held this position
for seven years and resigned in 1884 for the purpose of going into the piano and organ business and also music publishing, which
was to some extent established during the seven years he spent at this seminary" [Biography of Gospel Song and Hymn Writers
by J. H. Hall, New York, 1914, page 338]. Also, a date of 1864 for 136 and 138 would mean that they would have been first
published when their composer, Charles H. Gabriel, was only eight years old. In 1884, he would have been twenty-eight years old.
J. H. Hall's 1914 biography of Charles H. Gabriel
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88 marches by John Philip Sousa (American 1854-1932)
14 other compositions by Sousa
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selected marches by Kenneth J. Alford (British 1881-1945)
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
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Adirondack Sketches (1922) by Eastwood Lane (American 1879-1951)
His other compositions for piano include "In Sleepy Hollow" (1913), "Five American Dances" (1919),
"Mongoliana" (1922), "Eastern Seas" (1925), "Persimmon Pucker" (1926), "Sold Down the River"
(1928), "Pantomimes" (c. 1933), "Fourth of July" (1935), "Here Are Ladies" (1944), "Colonial Suite".
Three of his piano compositions, "Sea Burial" (from "Eastern Seas"), "Persimmon Pucker", and
"Fourth of July", were arranged by Ferde Grofe for the orchestra of Paul Whiteman.
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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. |
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Nymph (2002) a short story
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