Uploaded October 2013 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The music of Edward MacDowell is firmly rooted in 19th-century Romanticism. While his works for orchestra are not abundant, the symphonic music he has composed is grand, moving, and top-notch.
Here we have Lamia, a tone poem based on John Keats narrative poem bearing the same title. The thirteen-minute work, written in 1889, seeks to portray the ultimately tragic circumstances following a meeting between Hermes and the half-serpentine woman called Lamia.
A small excerpt of the poem fades in and out of the screen against a background drawing by Abigail Larson. An online search for her other artwork would be time well spent.
Performed by the London Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Kenneth Klein
To read the entire poem, go here: bartleby.com/126/36.html
The music of Edward MacDowell is firmly rooted in 19th-century Romanticism. While his works for orchestra are not abundant, the symphonic music he has composed is grand, moving, and top-notch.
Here we have Lamia, a tone poem based on John Keats narrative poem bearing the same title. The thirteen-minute work, written in 1889, seeks to portray the ultimately tragic circumstances following a meeting between Hermes and the half-serpentine woman called Lamia.
A small excerpt of the poem fades in and out of the screen against a background drawing by Abigail Larson. An online search for her other artwork would be time well spent.
Performed by the London Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Kenneth Klein
To read the entire poem, go here: bartleby.com/126/36.html
