Edward MacDowell’s European Piano Music

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
List of Music Examples
List of Tables
Abbreviations
Prologue
	Notes
1 The Sheet Music Collection of Walter and Eddie McDowell: Provenance, Contents, Cosmopolitanism
	Provenance
	Contents
	Cosmopolitanism
	Notes
	References
2 The Collection and Eddie’s Teachers: Buitrago, Desvernine, Carreño
	Buitrago
	Desvernine
	Carreño
	The Trio
	Notes
	References
3 The Sheet Music Collection’s Compositional Impact
	Topics
	Topics and the Body
	Topics and the Voice
	Topics of Nature and the Supernatural
	Piano Styles
	Topical Summations and Narratives
	Notes
	References
4 “Untold Gold”: Taking the Juvenilia Seriously
	Juvenile Manuscripts: Processes and Ambiguities
	Topics and the Body
	Topics and the Voice
	Nature and the Supernatural
	Pianistic Topics
	Topical Conclusions
	Narration and Programmaticism
	Notes
	References
5 Leaving Paris, Finding a Vocation in Germany
	An Abrupt Farewell
	A Multi-Stage Transition
	The New Germans and the Opposition
	Ehlert
	Heymann
	Böhme
	Raff
	Notes
	References
6 “Modernity” in MacDowell’s First Three Published Piano Works
	Op. 10: Genre, Influence, and Performance
	The Suite’s Modernity: Cyclical Form, Harmony, Texture, Poetry
	Op. 10: Topics, Incipient Narratives, and Enhancing Revisions
	Op. 10: A Summation, a Wider Lens, and an Americanist Perspective
	Op. 13: Tradition and “Modernity”
	Op. 14: A Second Essay in “Modernity”
	Critical Contexts: Quality and Modernity
	An American Conclusion
	Notes
	References
7 The Transatlantic First Piano Concerto
	Genesis and Publication
	Performance History
	Conception of Genre, Reception of Style
	Recurrent Topics
	Matters of Influence
	Notes
	References
8 Frankfurt Character Pieces: Forgotten Narratives
	Serenade, Op. 16
	Zwei Fantasiestücke, Op. 17
	Zwei Stücke, Op. 18
	Wald-Idyllen, Op. 19
	Drei Poesien, Op. 20
		Mondbilder, Op. 21
	Frankfurt: Achievement and Legacy
	Notes
	References
9 Wiesbaden Character Pieces: Literary and Theatrical Embodiments
	Vier Stücke, Op. 24
	Idyllen, Op. 28
	Sechs Gedichte Nach Heinrich Heine, Op. 31
	Vier Kleine Poesien, Op. 32
	Etude De Concert, Op. 36
	Les Orientales, Op. 37
	Marionetten, Op. 38
	Notes
	References
10 The Shakespearean Second Piano Concerto
	Conception, Composition, Revision
	Performance and General Critical Assessments
	MacDowell as Featured Soloist
	Carreño and Company
	Myriad Influences
	Forms and Models
	Piano and Orchestra
	A Shakespearean Concerto
	An American Concerto
	Notes
	References
Epilogue
	Notes
	References
Appendix: The Sheet Music Collection’s Contents, Organized By Performing Media and Genres
Bibliography
Index