Composer Edward MacDowell

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Edward MacDowell

Living place: New York

Birthday: 18-12-1860

Global rank: #84880

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Who is Composer Edward MacDowell?
Romantic era composer and pianist best remembered for "Woodland Sketches," "Sea Pieces," "New England idylls," and other piano ranges. His most popular pieces are "To a Wild Rose" from "Woodland Sketches." He sometimes works under the pseudonym Edgar Thorn.
He was inducted into the Academy of Fine Arts and Letters in 1904, part of the first American group to be honored in this way.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He was first instructed on the piano by Colombian violinist Juan Buitrago. He was also trained by Venezuelan pianist and composer Teresa Carreño.

Family life info

His family moved to Paris in 1877, allowing him to attend the Paris Conservatory. He married Marian Griswold Nevins, one of his piano students, in 1884.

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His career ended after a horse-drawn two-wheeled taxi rode on him in 1904, causing him to lose his memory and become mentally incapacitated. His family was helped by a Mendelssohn Glee Club fundraiser. Many contributors, including former President Grover Cleveland.

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When was Composer Edward MacDowell born?
Edward MacDowell was born in 18-12-1860, death year is , at the age of 164.
Where is Composer Edward MacDowell's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Edward MacDowell was born in New York, . is a Composer, whose Zodiac is Sagittarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Monkey. Edward MacDowell's global rank is 84880 and whose rank is 972 in list of famous Composer.
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Events in 1860 and 18-12

Birthday Edward MacDowell (18-12) in history

  • Day 18-12 year 1737: Renowned violinist and violinist Antonio Stradivari has passed away in Cremona, Italy.
  • Day 18-12 year 1787: New Jersey became the third state to ratify the United States Constitution.
  • Day 18-12 year 1865: Slavery was abolished with the ratification of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.
  • Day 18-12 year 1892: Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker Suite" premiered at St. Petersburg's Maryinksy Theatre.
  • Day 18-12 year 1944: The Supreme Court upheld the wartime internment of Japanese-Americans.
  • Day 18-12 year 1956: Japan was admitted to the United Nations.
  • Day 18-12 year 1957: The Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania became the first civilian nuclear facility to generate electricity in the United States.
  • Day 18-12 year 1969: The British Parliament abolished the death penalty for murder.
  • Day 18-12 year 2000: George W. Bush received 271 votes in the delayed Electoral College balloting.
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