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Edward MacDowell

1860 - 1908

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Edward Alexander MacDowell (December 18, 1860 – January 23, 1908) was an American composer and pianist of the late 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward MacDowell is the 741st most popular composer (up from 841st in 2019), the 3,987th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,083rd in 2019) and the 43rd most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Edward MacDowell ranks 741 out of 1,451. Before her are Emil von Reznicek, Gabriel Yared, Joseph Jongen, Sun Ra, Stephen Sondheim, and Giacomo Antonio Perti. After her are Ernest Gold, Aribert Reimann, Aristides Quintilianus, Michel Blavet, Domenico Gabrielli, and Boris Asafyev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1860, Edward MacDowell ranks 76. Before her are Katō Takaaki, Manuel Teixeira Gomes, André Prévost, Max von Oppenheim, Emil von Reznicek, and Hugo Preuß. After her are William Bates, Juan Bautista Aznar-Cabañas, Johannes Thiele, Kaarlo Castrén, Albert Kahn, and Henrietta Szold. Among people deceased in 1908, Edward MacDowell ranks 47. Before her are Ludovic Halévy, Ouida, Qasim Amin, Sidney Paget, Richard Gerstl, and Khudiram Bose. After her are Nikolai Linevich, Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì, Giovanni Fattori, Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Cut Nyak Dhien, and Abraham Goldfaden.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward MacDowell ranks 3,987 out of 20,380. Before her are Eddie Guerrero (1967), Stephen Sondheim (1930), William Clothier (1881), Carl Laemmle Jr. (1908), Earle Meadows (1913), and Dan Sullivan (1964). After her are Michael Gazzaniga (1939), Ben Hecht (1893), Budd Schulberg (1914), Jackie Stallone (1921), Scott Walker (1967), and Steve Harvey (1957).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Edward MacDowell ranks 43. Before her are Basil Poledouris (1945), Jerome Kern (1885), Carmine Coppola (1910), Lee Konitz (1927), Sun Ra (1914), and Stephen Sondheim (1930). After her are Dave Grusin (1934), Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884), Brian Tyler (1972), Thomas Newman (1955), Harold Arlen (1905), and George Crumb (1929).

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