Edward Alexander MacDowell (1860 - 1908)

Born 18 Dec 1860 in New York City, New York, United States

Husband of Marian Griswold (Nevins) MacDowell — married 1883 (to 23 Jan 1908) in Europe

Died 23 Jan 1908 at age 47 in New York City, New York, United States

Biography

Edward MacDowell is Notable.

First music professor in Columbia University history; founder/chairman of its Music Department from 1896-1904.

He studied at the Paris Conservatory and then Dr. Hoch's Conservatory in Frankfurt, Germany. After that, he remained in Germany as a composer, performer, and piano teacher, first in Darmstadt, then in Wiesbaden. He married American pianist Marian Griswold Nevins. ^[1]

In 1904, he became one of the first seven people chosen for membership in the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Many of his best works were composed at his summer residence Hillcrest Farm in Peterborough, New Hampshire. At the end of his life, he and his wife established the Edward MacDowell Association and Colony, an artists' residency and workshop known today simply as MacDowell, at the Hillcrest Farm in New Hampshire. ^[2]

Edward A. MacDowell (1860-1908) is featured on the 5-cent Famous American Composers stamp, issued May 13, 1940.

Sources

1. ↑ Nevins Family of Kingston MA and Canterbury CT
2. ↑ Robin Rausch, "The House That Marian Built: The MacDowell Colony of Peterborough, New Hampshire," American Women: A Library of Congress Guide for the Study of Women's History and Culture in the United States. December 2001. Last updated May 29, 2019.

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