The complete online text of Edward MacDowell by Lawrence Gilman.

Edward MacDowell: An American Master. By Alan H. Levy. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 1998. [xii, 269 p. ISBN 0-8108-3463-4. $65.] Edward MacDowell: An American Master, by historian Alan H. Levy, is based on the composer's papers in the Library of Congress, made...

The correspondence between late 19th-century composer and pianist Edward MacDowell and the widow of his music teacher Joachim Raff is studied. The letters show MacDowell's high regard for the music of Raff despite the predominance of negative critical opinion concerning its merit. They also...