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An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: The MacDowell Colony (1907-)

Composer of the Week: The MacDowell Colony (1907-): Episode 1

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The MacDowell Colony (1907-)

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Donald Macleod begins his exploration of the MacDowell Colony.

Donald Macleod explores the MacDowell Colony, an artistic residency programme founded in 1907 by American composer Edward MacDowell.

The MacDowell Colony founded in 1907 by the American composer Edward MacDowell and his pianist wife Marian. America's first artistic residency programme has played host to more than six thousand artists. As part of its centenary year celebrations, in 2007 Donald Macleod was allowed exclusive access to the colony set in its own grounds in New Hampshire, USA. There he meets composer Stewart Wallace, working on his Opera The Bonesetter's Daughter, and Blake Tewksbury, an authority on the MacDowell Colony. He looks back at the Colony's history, with the help of Robin Rausch, Music Specialist at the Library of Congress in Washington.

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Donald Macleod explores the MacDowell Colony, founded in 1907 by Edward MacDowell

Donald Macleod explores the musical history of the MacDowell Colony, an artistic residency programme founded in 1907 by American composer Edward MacDowell

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