There is no record of nineteenth-century copyright entry, nor is there evidence that “Old Folks at Home Variations” was published in the nineteenth century. 

For orchestra. The manuscript of the full score, found in the William Oetting Collection, is inscribed “Berlin 1900.”

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.