Firth, Pond & Co. deposited Stephen C. Foster’s “Parthenia to Ingomar” for copyright on April 4, 1859. The lyrics are by William Henry McCarthy, a friend of the composer from Pittsburgh.

According to Evelyn Foster Morneweck’s The Chronicles of Stephen Foster’s Family: 

“A Penny for Your Thoughts” was submitted for copyright deposit on December 16, 1861, by Horace Waters of New York.

Adolph M. Foerster’s Piano Quartet No. 2 received its premiere on January 1, 1896, at Carnegie Hall in Pittsburgh. According to a note written by Foerster on the manuscript of the full score, the performers included Eugene C. Heffley (piano), Adolph Rothmeyer (violin), Harry Hetzel (viola), and C. H. W. Ruhe (cello). The score also indicates it was performed again on May 7, 1897, at the Pittsburgh Club Theater on Penn Avenue. That performance included Edward Rothleder (violin), Harry Hetzel (viola), Arthur Metzdorff (cello), and Foerster on piano. 

The manuscripts for Adolph M. Foerster’s Piano Trio, op. 29, are dated June 7, 1891. The piece was published in 1893 by C. A. Challier & Co. in Berlin. 

Polonaise Américaine is a composition by John Alden Carpenter. William H. Oetting made an arrangement for two pianos. His manuscript is dated November 3, 1936, and lists multiple performances, the first of which occurred at the Pittsburgh Musical Institute on March 15, 1937.

“Praise the Lord!” appeared in Heavenly Echos: A New Collection of Hymns & Tunes for Sunday Schools and Social Meetings, published by C. M. Tremaine. There is no record of copyright entry or deposit for Heavenly Echos, but a copyright claim for 1867 appears on page 2 of the original score.

This manuscript in Adolph M. Foerster’s hand is dated March 10, 1899. It may be a draft of a movement from his Twelve Phantasy Pieces for Piano, op. 38, which was published by Kleber in Pittsburgh in 1894. Among those pieces are two movements titled “Prelude” and “Antique.”

The manuscripts for Adolph M. Foerster’s Prelude to Goethe’s Faust, op. 48, are dated March 18, 1898. The piece was published by Carl Fischer in New York in 1915. The composer’s manuscript of the full score, page proofs with corrections in the composer’s hand, and the final published score and parts are found in the Adolph M. Foerster Collection. 

“The Procession” is a song for voice and piano by César Franck. William Oetting transposed the song for high voice. His manuscript is dated December 12, 1924. 

Psalm 99 is an unpublished SATB choral piece by Adolph M. Foerster. The manuscript is in the composer’s hand.