WOODLAND SKETCHES

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

WOODLAND SKETCHES

Entry/Object ID

L.2008.21

Description

Sheet music comprised of eighteen bound paper sheets; title cover with text, "Woodland Sketches / Edward MacDowell / The ARTHUR P. SCHMIDT Co. / Boston New York"; inside front cover blank; title page on front of second sheet with text: "Edition Schmidt. / ...No. 47 ... / Woodland Sketches / BY / EDWARD MACDOWELL / followed by text in box: "1. TO A WILD ROSE / 2. WILL O' THE WISP / 3. AT AN OLD TRYSTING PLACE / 4. IN AUTUMN / 5. FROM AN INDIAN LODGE / 6. TO A WATERLILY / 7. FROM UNCLE REMUS / 8. A DESERTED FARM / 9. BY A MEADOW BROOK / 10. TOLD AT SUNSET"; text below box: "Copyright, 1896, by P L.Jung / Assigned 1899 to Arthur P. Schmidt / Copyright 1924 by Marian Mac Dowell / Price $1.50 net / The ATHUR P. SCHMIDT Co., / "BOSTON" "NEW YORK" / "120 Boylston St." "8 West 40th St." / Elkin & Co., Ltd., London"; numbered pages 2 through 28 have titles of songs, tempo instructions and staff lines (pages 2, 4, 8, 9, 12, 14, 20, 22, 25); pages 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 13, 15, 17, 18, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28 have three, four or five staff lines each; page 19 has text only: "A Deserted Farm"; the page following numbered page 28 is blank; the next two pages are advertisements for "EDWARD MACDOWELL / Instrumental Compositions" and "EDWARD MACDOWELL / VOCAL COMPOSITIONS"; final page contains text in a box: "PIANO DUET VERSION / Woodland Sketches by Edward MacDowell / Transcribed for piano, four hands / by Felix Fox / "TO A WILD ROSE" "FROM AN INDIAN LODGE" / "WILL O'THE WISP" "TO A WATER-LILY" / AT AN OLD TRYSTING PLACE" "FROM UNCLE REMUS" / A DESERTED FARM / Prices, Complete,$1.25 net / The Arthur P. Schmidt Co." "NEW YORK: 8 West 40th Street" "BOSTON: 120 Boylston Street"; inside back cover and back cover are blank.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Edward MacDowell

Attribution

Composer

Manufacturer

The Arthur P. Schmidt Company

Date made

1896

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

Racette list # 21

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

12 in

Width

9 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 12 x 9 in. (30.5 x 22.9 cm)

Material

Paper, ink

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Slight discoloration on cover.

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 24E

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial