Who are some of the famous people who have been to the MacDowell Colony?
Colonists have won more than 50 Pulitzer Prizes, 7 MacArthur Foundation “Genius Awards”, and 60 Rome Prizes, among hundreds of awards. One should understand that many famous colonists were not recognized when they first came to MacDowell. What are some of the well-known works that have been created at the MacDowell Colony? Leonard Bernstein composed Mass, Aaron Copland composed Appalachian Spring; Thornton Wilder wrote Our Town and A Bridge Over San Louis Rey; Dubose & Heyward wrote Porgy & Bess and Virgil Thomson composed the opera The Mother of All of Us. Who was Edward MacDowell? Edward MacDowell was the first American composer to be acclaimed by both Europeans and Americans as an outstanding figure in western culture. He was born in New York City, but went to Paris when he was fifteen, and soon afterward to Germany, where he studied, composed, and taught music. In 1884 he married Marian Nevins of Waterford, Connecticut, who had been his piano student. In 1888 they moved to Boston,
