Critical and Historical Essays: Lectures delivered at Columbia University

Edward MacDowell's lectures on music, delivered at Columbia University, in which the celebrated American composer reflects on the history and meaning of his art with a practitioner's insight.

At a glance When one of America's finest composers stepped to the lectern to speak about music, the… What it's about These essays gather the lectures Edward MacDowell delivered as a… Ranging across the development of the art, its elements and its meaning, the lectures… Themes MacDowell is concerned with the essence of music as expression, with its history…

These essays gather the lectures Edward MacDowell delivered as a professor at Columbia University, where the composer turned his attention to the history and nature of music.

About this book Critical and Historical Essays: Lectures delivered at Columbia University by Edward MacDowell.