therefore
be understood that the critical estimates which are offered in the
following pages have been set down with deliberation.

I desire to acknowledge gratefully the assistance which I have
received from various sources: Primarily, from Mrs. Edward MacDowell,
who has rendered help of an indispensable kind; from Mr. Henry T.
Finck, who furnished me with his views and recollections of MacDowell
as a pianist; and from reminiscences and impressions contributed by
Mr. W.H. Humiston, Miss J.S. Watson, and Mr. T.P. Currier--pupils and
friends of MacDowell--to _The Musician_, and by Mr. William Armstrong
to _The Etude_, parts of which I have been privileged to quote.
MacDowell wrote surprisingly few letters, and comparatively little of
his correspondence is of intrinsic or general interest. I am indebted
to Mr. N.J. Corey for permission to quote from several in his
possession; while for the use of letters written to MacDowell and his
wife by Liszt and Grieg my thanks are due to Mrs. MacDowell.

L.G.

DIXVILLE NOTCH, NEW HAMPSHIRE,
September 18, 1908.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

THE MAN

I RECORDS AND EVENTS

II PERSONAL TRAITS AND VIEWS

THE MUSIC-MAKER

III HIS ART AND ITS METHODS

IV EARLY EXPERIMENTS

V A MATURED IMPRESSIONIST

VI THE SONATAS

VII THE SONGS

VIII SUMMARY

LIST OF WORKS

ILLUSTRATIONS

PLATE NO.

I EDWARD MACDOWELL (Frontispiece)

II MACDOWELL AT FOURTEEN
From a sketch drawn by himself

III MACDOWELL AT EIGHTEEN, AS A MEMBER OF RAFF'S CLASS AT THE
FRANKFORT CONSERVATORY

IV A SKETCH OF LISZT BY MACDOWELL, DRAWN IN 1883

V FACSIMILE OF A LETTER FROM LISZT TO MACDOWELL

VI A LETTER FROM LISZT TO MACDOWELL ACCEPTING THE DEDICATION OF
THE FIRST PIANO CONCERTO

VII MACDOWELL AND TEMPLETON STRONG
From a photograph taken at Wiesbaden in 1888

VIII MACDOWELL IN 1892

IX FACSIMILE OF A LETTER FROM GRIEG TO MACDOWELL, ACCEPTING THE
DEDICATION OF THE "NORSE" SONATA. ONE OF GRIEG'S RARE ATTEMPTS
AT ENGLISH COMPOSITION

X THE HOUSE AT PETERBORO, NEW HAMPSHIRE, WHERE MACDOWELL SPENT
HIS SUMMERS

XI THE PIAZZA AND GARDEN WALK AT PETERBORO

XII A WINTER VIEW OF THE PETERBORO HOUSE

XIII THE "HOUSE OF DREAMS UNTOLD"--THE LOG CABIN IN THE WOODS AT
PETERBORO WHERE MACDOWELL COMPOSED, AND WHERE MOST OF HIS
LATER MUSIC WAS WRITTEN

XIV FACSIMILE OF A POR