_Impromptu_ is interesting and musical.

_Polonaise_ has brilliance and is well and effectively conceived
for big pianoforte tone production.



OPUS 47. EIGHT SONGS, FOR VOICE AND PIANOFORTE.

_Composed_, 1893. _First Published_, 1893 (Breitkopf & Härtel).

1. _The Robin Sings in the Apple Tree._

2. _Midsummer Lullaby._

3. _Folk Song._

4. _Confidence._

5. _The West Wind Croons in the Cedar Trees._

6. _In the Woods._

7. _The Sea._

8. _Through the Meadow._

With the composition of these songs, MacDowell fairly entered
into his finest and most mature period. They are beautiful,