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  1. People In Music History
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  3. MacDowell, Edward [Alexander] (1860-1908)  American composer, also pianist.
  4. Trained in France and Germany. Wrote many short piano pieces, somewhat after
  5. Grieg's manner, which once had wide popularity; also 2 piano concertos, Hamlet
  6. and Ophelia and other symphonic poems, songs, etc. The MacDowell Colony, a
  7. peaceful working place for composers and other artists, in New Hampshire, was
  8. organized in his memory.
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