Edward MacDowell

愛(ài)德華·亞歷山大·麥克道威爾是浪漫主義時(shí)期美利堅(jiān)合眾國(guó)最知名的作曲家之一，同時(shí)他還是一位畫(huà)家。他最為著名的作品是《第二鋼琴協(xié)奏曲》與鋼琴獨(dú)奏《林間素描》，《海之曲》，《爐邊故事》，《新英格蘭田園詩(shī)》。其中《林間素描》包含了他最受歡迎的短篇
"致野玫瑰"。
1904年他成為了美國(guó)藝術(shù)暨文學(xué)學(xué)會(huì)會(huì)員的首批七個(gè)會(huì)員之一。
Edward Alexander MacDowell (December 18, 1860 – January 23, 1908) was an American composer and pianist of the 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.
Edward MacDowell was born in New York City. He received his first piano lessons from Juan Buitrago, a Colombian violinist who was living with the MacDowell family at the time. He later received lessons from friends of Buitrago, including the Venezuelan pianist and composer Teresa Carre?o.