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1"The Land of the Mountain and the Flood," and "Ballad Overture, The Dowie Dens o' Yarrow"; orch.1 ballade, "The Ship o' the Fiend"; songs and part-songs; pieces f. vln and pf., and 'cello and pf., the 8th Psalm, f. ch. and orch.; etc
3MacDowell, Edward Alexander, pianist and composer; b. New York, Dec. 18, 1861; pupil there of J. Buitrago, P. Desvernine, and Teresa Carreño. Studied from 1876, at Paris Cons., under Marmontel (pf.) and Savard (theory); and in 1879, at Frankfort, under Heymann (pf.) and Raff (comp.). From 1881-2 he was head teacher of pf. at Darmstadt Cons.; in 1882 the support of Raff and Liszt gained a hearing for his works at the annual festival of the "Allgemeiner deutscher Musikverein"; he then lived in Wiesbaden and (from 1888) in Boston, Mass.; and in 1896 was app. prof. of music in Columbia Univ., New York. Princeton Univ. has conferred on him the hon. degree of Mus. Doc. He is a concert-pianist of marked ability, and a composer of strong individuality.—Works: Op. 1-8 all MS.; SONGS F. ONE VOICE, op. 9 (2 songs), op. 11 (3 Ger. songs f. tenor), op. 12 (3 do. do.), op. 26 ("From an old Garden," 6 songs), op. 33 (3; Ger. and Engl.), op. 34 (2; Engl.), op. 40 (6 love-songs), op. 47 (8; Engl.);—FOR PIANO, op. 13 (Prelude and Fugue), op. 10 (1st Modern Suite), op. 14 (2nd Mod. Suite), op. 15 (1st concerto, in A min.), op. 16 (Serenata), op. 17 (2 Fantastic Pcs.), op. 18 (Barcarolle and Humoresque), op. 19 (Forest Idylles), op. 20 (3 Poems, 4 hands), op. 21 (Moon-Pictures, 4 hands), op. 23 (2nd concerto, in D min.), op. 24 (Humoreske, March, Cradle-song, Czardas), op. 28 (6 Idyls), op. 31 (6 Poems after Heine), op. 32 (4 Little Poems), op. 36 (Étude de concert, in F #), op. 37 (Les Orientales, 3 pcs.), op. 38 (Marionettes, 6 little pcs.), op. 39 (12 Studies), op. 45 (Sonata tragica), op. 46 (12 Virtuoso-Studies), op. 49 (Air and Rigaudon), op. 50 (Sonata eroica), op. 51 (Woodland Sketches);—FOR ORCHESTRA, op. 22 ("Hamlet and Ophelia," 2 poems f. full orch.), op. 25 ("Lancelot and Elaine," 2nd symphonic poem), op. 29 ("Lamia," 3rd symph. poem), op. 30 ("Roland" symphony), op. 35 (Romance f. 'cello w. orch.), op. 42 (1st Suite f. full orch.), op. 42a ("In October," suppl. to Suite 1), op. 48 (2nd ["Indian"] Suite);—CHORUSES, op. 27 (3 songs, Engl. and Ger., f. male ch.), op. 41 (2 songs f. male ch.), op. 43 (2 Northern Songs, f. mixed ch.), op. 44 (Barcarolle, f. mixed ch.), op. 52 (2 Choruses f. men's voices) — Without opus-number. 2 songs from the 13th century, f. male ch., 6 Little Pieces f. pf., after sketches by J. S. Bach; Technical Exercises f. pf. (3 books).
5Macfarren, Sir George Alexander, important English composer; b. London, Mar 2, 1813, d. there Oct. 31, 1887. Pupil of his father, George Macfarren (the dramatist); and of Ch Lucas (1827) and C. Potter (1829) at the R. A. M., where he became prof. in 1834. In 1875 he succeeded Bennett as Prof. of Music at Cambridge Univ.; Mus. Bac. and Mus. Doc., Cantab., 1876, in which year he became Principal of the R. A. M. He was knighted in 1883.—Works The operas The Devil's Opera (1838); Don Quixote (1846); King Charles II. (1849); The Sleeper Awakened (1850); Robin Hood (1860); Jessy Lea (1863); She Stoops to Conquer (1864); The Soldier's Legacy (1864); Helvellyn (1864); 4 others not perf., 2 masques, and several farces and melodramas; the oratorios St John the Baptist (1873), The Resurrection (1876), Joseph (1877), and King David (1883); the cantatas Leonora, May Day, Christmas, Songs in a Cornfield, Outward Bound, and The Lady of the Lake;—CHURCH-MUSIC: Choral Service in Eb; Unison Service in G; 52 Introits or Short Anthems, and many other anthems; hymns, chants, etc.—8 Symphonies (in C, D min., F min., A min., Bb, C# min., D, and E min.); Overtures (in Eb; "Merchant of Venice"; "Romeo and Juliet"; "Chevy Chase"; "Don Carlos"; "Hamlet"; "Festival"); an Idyll in memory of Bennett; a pf.-concerto, a flute-concerto, and a violin-concerto; a pf.-quintet; a quintet f. concertina and strings; 6 string-quartets (G min., C, A, F, G min., and G); a pf.-trio; a trio f. pf., flute, and 'cello; 2 sonatas f. vln. and pf.; sonata f flute and pf.; several pf.-sonatas; an organ-sonata, 5 Romances f. violin; 2 4-part songs; trios, duets, songs, etc.—His chief writings are "Rudiments of Harmony" (1860; 14 editions); and "Six Lectures on Harmony" (1867; 3rd ed 1880); also valued contributions to Grove's "Dictionary of Music," the "Encyclopaedia Britannica," and the "Imperial Dict. of Biography." He edited "Old English Ditties" (2 vol.s), "Old Scottish Ditties," "Moore's Irish Melodies," "Songs of England," "British Vocal Album"; also Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, Handel's Belshazzar, Judas Maccabaeus, Jephtha, and Messiah; etc.—Biography by H. C. Banister "G. A. Macfarren, His Life, Works, and Influence" (London, 1891)—His wife,
7Macfarren, Natalia, a native of Lubeck, is well known for her excellent translations into English of many German songs, cantatas, opera-libretti, etc.; she has also written a "Vocal Method," and an "Elementary Course of Vocalising and Pronouncing the English Language."
9Macfarren, Walter Cecil, brother of Sir George; b. London, Aug. 28, 1826. Chorister at Westminster Abbey, 1836-41, under Turle; from 1842-6, pupil, at the R. A. M., of Holmes (pf.),
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