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HISTORY
Object Details
Edward MacDowell
Edward MacDowell, ca. 1903.
Gelatin silver print.
A.P. Schmidt Company Archives,
Music Division, Library of Congress
Edward MacDowell
As MacDowell’s music earned recognition, American composers began to seek him out. They urged him to come home and become part of the effort to create a distinctive American music. In 1888, with their finances running low, the MacDowells returned to the United States. They set up house in Boston, where MacDowell was soon in demand as a teacher, composer, and performer. He was celebrated as an original American composer with an international reputation, which was almost unheard of in his day.