Howard A. McDowell - Composer 1851 - 1908

25 To a Water Lily WARD A. MCDOWELL COMPOSER BORN DEC 18, 1861 IN NEW YORK CITY STUDIED AT PARIS CONSERVATORY UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT, IN 1904, WAS PROFESSOR OF MUSIC AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, PRESI- DENT OF AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MUSICIANS AND COMPOS ERS AND, FOR A TIME, CONCERT PIANIST WITH THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA HE WROTE SONGS, ORCHESTRAL SUITES SONATAS AND CONCERTOS DIED JAN. 23, 1908 IN NEW YORK S STEPHEN ANDERSON MAY 13 9-AM 1940 W. H. --FIRST DA 505 ISSU H. C. STEWART 254 State St. SCHENECTADY, N. Y.