Arthur Foote(1853-1937): a Catalogue of the Orchestral and Choral Music

[Dundonnell]

Another of the "Boston Six", Foote did not write as much for larger forces as did George Chadwick.

ARTHUR FOOTE: A CATALOGUE OF THE ORCHESTRAL AND CHORAL MUSIC

1886:   "The Farewell of Hiawatha" for baritone, male chorus and orchestra, op.11
               Suite No.1 in E major for String Orchestra, op.12
1886/1910:Overture "In the Mountains", op. 14
1887-93:Cello Concerto, op. 16, renumbered op. 33: 25 minutes    *
1887-88:"The Wreck of the Hesperus" for soloists, chorus and orchestra, op.17
1889?:   Suite No.2 in D major for string orchestra, op.21
1890:    Symphonic Prologue "Francesca da Rimini" for orchestra, op. 24: 14 minutes      +  (Albany and Naxos cds)
1891:    Serenade for String Orchestra, op.25 (based on the Suites, ops.12 and 21        + (Air and Gavotte movements- Capriccio and Naxos cds)
              Ballad "The Skeleton in Armour" for chorus and orchestra, op.28
1894-95:Suite for Orchestra, op.36
1900:   "O Fear the Immortals, Ye Children" for mezzo-soprano and orchestra, op.46
              Four Characteristic Pieces after the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam for orchestra, op. 48: 16 minutes    +  (Naxos cd)
1906:   "Lygeia" for women's chorus and orchestra, op.58
1907/09:Suite for String Orchestra in E major, op.63: 15 minutes    + (EMI, Albany, Dutton and Naxos cds)
1922:   A Night Piece for Flute and Strings

[alberto]

An irrelevant mention:
The Suite op.63 and the "air and Gavotte" exist also on a Capriccio Cd (2000 release, Budapest Strings, coupled to Barber, Copland, Ives).

[Dundonnell]

Not irrelevant at all

Thank you for the information

[FBerwald]

Are any of these works preserved. If so... a Cello Concerto and 4 Suites for Orchestra look very intriguing prospects for a CD . Any Foote experts amonst us?

[eschiss1]

The cello concerto has an interesting history but it has been performed (there's a broadcast recording, in fact, in our "downloads" section). See also IMSLP. Also see Suite Op.36 in D minor (in full score) and Suite for strings in E major Op.63. (The score of Op.25 is sold by Musikproduktion Höflich and described interestingly here.)

[eschiss1]

Re Op.21 - let's see. Tawa, judging from Google search, says it was composed in 1889, premiered - conducted by Nikisch - 22 November 1889, and it seems the info about Op.25 could come from Tawa ("Arthur Foote: A Musician in the Frame of Time and Place", p.252) at least in part. Maybe the manuscript of Op.21 is with Foote's papers? Tawa mentions that when it was composed, Foote did not yet feel ready to have an orchestral work published (and that critics made comments about exercises in composition.) (Many of his mss are at the New England Conservatory and can be searched for in their online catalog. I don't see the two early suites there, though... hrm.)