Instrumental Music

Symphonic Ode to Byron, op. 35

Artist (Composed By): 
Foerster, Adolph M. (Martin)
1892

The autograph manuscripts for Symphonic Ode to Byron, op. 35, are found in the Adolph M. Foerster Collection.

The Enchanter’s Dream, op. 85

Artist (Composed By): 
Foerster, Adolph M. (Martin)
1922

Adolph M. Foerster’s The Enchanter’s Dream, op. 85, is a composition for string orchestra. The Adolph M. Foerster Collection includes a manuscript full score in the composer’s hand. The piece was published in 1922 by Schuberth. 

The Falconer, op. 31

Artist (Composed By): 
Foerster, Adolph M. (Martin)
ca.
1893

The manuscript full-score for Adolph M. Foerster’s “The Falconer,” op. 31, lists three performances: December 29, 1893, in Scranton, Pennsylvania, conducted by Foerster; May 10, 1894, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, conducted by J. P. McCollum; and April 29, 1895, in Detroit, Michigan, conducted by William Yauck. 

The Social Orchestra

Artist (Composed By): 
Foster, Stephen C. (Collins)
1854

The Social Orchestra was entered for copyright deposit on January 26, 1854, by Firth, Pond & Co. The collection of 73 instrumental arrangements for household music making was incredibly popular and included Foster’s arrangements of both his own songs and works by other composers:

Thusnelda, op. 10

Artist (Composed By): 
Foerster, Adolph M. (Martin)
1881

Adolph M. Foerster’s Thusnelda, Op. 10, is a character piece for orchestra after a poem by Karl Schäfer. The piece was published by Rieter-Biedermann in Leipzig in 1881.

Tis All for Thee

Artist (Composed By): 
Foerster, Adolph M. (Martin)
1918

“Tis All for Thee” is a song for voice and piano by Adolph M. Foerster. A manuscript in Foerster’s hand is dated May 8, 1918.

Trio-Serenade, op. 61

Artist (Composed By): 
Foerster, Adolph M. (Martin)
1915

Trio-Serenade, op. 61, is a composition for violin, cello, and piano by Adolph M. Foerster. 

Two Cavatinas, op. 39

Artist (Composed By): 
Foerster, Adolph M. (Martin)
1922

Adolph M. Foerster’s Two Cavatinas, op. 39, for cello and piano, was published in 1922. Manuscripts in the composer’s hand are found in the Adolph M. Foerster Collection. On most of the manuscripts, the first piece is titled “Devotion” and the second piece is titled “Cavatina.” One of the manuscripts mislabels “Cavatina” as no. 1.

Two Easy Pieces for Piano, op. 84

Artist (Composed By): 
Foerster, Adolph M. (Martin)
1918

The pieces that comprise Adolph M. Foerster’s Two Easy Pieces for Piano, op. 84, are “Maypole Dance” and “Homage to Mozart.” Manuscripts in the composer’s hand are found in the Adolph M. Foerster Collection.

Two Part Songs, op. 22

Artist (Composed By): 
Foerster, Adolph M. (Martin)
1887

The first part-song, “The Bedouin’s Prayer,” is for low voices (TTBB). It was first published in 1887 as a lithograph by Fitzgerald Lith. in Columbus, Ohio. The lithograph is dated June 6, 1887. 

In 1888 both songs—“The Bedouin’s Prayer” and “June Song” (SATB)—were copyrighted and published as opus 22 by H. Kleber & Bro. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. “June Song” survives in manuscript in Adolph M. Foerster’s handwriting. Also surviving is a marked-up proof of the negative photographs Kleber & Bro. used to to make their printing plates.

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