To a wild rose - extrait de "Woodland Sketches". op. 51/1. clarinet in Bb and piano.

The American composer and pianist Edward MacDowell (1860-1908) is rather unknown around here, even though he had his artistic roots in here : For he was trained as a pianist in Paris, Stuttgart, Wiesbaden, and Frankfurt. After his return to his home country, he worked as a teacher but was also director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for eight years. During that time (1896) he composed 'Woodland Sketches' Op.
51 which is among the best-known of his piano compositions, especially the opening piece of his musical landscape paintings : 'To a wild rose' which is a simple, yet harmonically spiced melody full of peace and ease, without any technical tricks. Instrumentation : clarinet in Bb and piano op. 51/1