Maddox Will Piano Divertimento "forest Sketch" Research

Edward Alexander MacDowell（1861—1908），as one of the 19th century’s mostoutstanding composers in the United States, was meanwhile regarded as a famouseducationist, conductor, and pianist. He as well as the United States first wins thehonor on the outside of the romantic composers in the music history. This articleabout Edward Alexander MacDowell’s woodland sketches, from the historicalbackground, composer’s experience and some other aspects, describes MacDowell’simportant status and academic value of his work, order to playing a more accurateinterpretation of woodland sketches.This article is divided into four chapters, The first chapter is Edward AlexanderMacDowell’s biography and overview of his music, it is divided into three sections,the first one is introduced the United States development of professional music’scharacteristic, that is production late, but development very fast. In the section II,accordance with the chronological introduce MacDowell’s life, including childhoodthat began to contact the music, in Europe, both the French period and the Germanyperiod, and in 1888 he back to the United States an Columbia University’s professorand his later life, except that, I also introduced his marriage and the“MacDowell artcamp”; The third section is from some examples and some simple analysis tointroduce MacDowell’s music (separate in Europe and the in The United States).Chapter II is direct at MacDowell’s piano music, in the first section is to analysis hismusic’s characteristic, it from the romantic feature and nationalism feature; Listed insection II of his piano divertimento and the what is the divertimento , that’s why theselittle songs is into a divertimento. The Third chapter and fourth chapter are mainsections of this paper, in the third chapter is woodland sketches’overview andontology analysis, in which the first section is woodland sketches’creationbackground, the second chapter respectively on composition divertimento of tenpieces, that is To a wild rose, Will o’the wisp, At an old trysting place, In autumn,From an Indian lodge, To a water-lily, From uncle remus, A deserted farm, By ameadow brook and Told at sunset. Last chapter is how to create woodland sketches and how to play this piece. This topic is into seven sections to explained, respectivelyis overall description, harmony’s inherited and breakthrough, rhythm of typical, howto touch the key and the tone, how to use the pedal and change of the speed, to makethe performer to playing more accuracy and hold the essence. .