Orchestral 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. 

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.

Verzweiflung, op. 51

Artist (Composed By): 
Foerster, Adolph M. (Martin)
1924

Adolph M. Foerster’s Verzweiflung, op. 51, for soprano and orchestra, was published by Schuberth in 1924. The manuscrips for the parts are in an unknown hand. A manuscript in Foerster’s hand of a song for voice and piano with the same title and opus number is dated December 31, 1898. 

William H. Oetting Collection

William H. Oetting was an organist, composer, and educator.

Zitterbart, Fidelis, Jr.

Date of Birth: 
April 9, 1845
Date of Death: 
August 30, 1915

Fidelis Zitterbart was born April 9, 1845 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Fidelis Sr. and Frederica Zitterbart.

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