Arthur Foote

Short bio Arthur Foote

Birthday: 1853 in Salem, MA

Died: 1937 in Boston, MA

Active: 1890s - 1910s

Genre: Classical

Period: Post-Romantic

Full biography Arthur Foote

Arthur Foote (1853-1937) was an American classical composer and one of the leading members of a group of composers known as the "Boston Six". He was born in Salem , Massachusetts and grew up in Boston. Foote was the first noted American classical composer to be trained entirely in the U.S., which was a rarity for his time - many American composers at the time learned their craft in Europe.

Foote was highly regarded as a composer , teacher, and writer. He graduated from Harvard University and later studied music at the New England Conservatory of Music. He went on to become a prominent church musician and taught at the conservatory, where he influenced many young composers, including George Whitefield Chadwick and Horatio Parker.

Foote's compositions encompass a variety of genres, including orchestral music, chamber music, and choral works. Some of his most famous works include his Suite for Strings in E Major, Op. 63, and his Three Character Pieces for Violin & Piano, Op. 9. Foote was also an accomplished poet and wrote the text for many of his own choral works.

Despite his talent and influence, Foote is not as well-known as some of his contemporaries, such as Edward MacDowell and John Philip Sousa. However, in recent years, there has been a renewed interest in Foote's music, with many music scholars and performers rediscovering his works and championing his legacy.

Overall, Arthur Foote was a highly talented American composer and influential teacher who played an important role in the development of classical music in the United States.

Compositions featuring Arthur Foote

#	Name	Duration	Genre	Year
1	A Night Piece, for flute & strings	8:19 min	Concerto	1922
2	Rondo for piano in G major	2:41 min	Keyboard	1921
3	Nocturne and Scherzo for flute & string quartet	13:30 min	Chamber Music	1918
4	Octave Study for piano in G minor ("Allegro moderato")	1:09 min	Keyboard	1917
5	String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 70	25:31 min	Chamber Music	1911
6	Suite for string orchestra in E major, Op. 63	16:35 min	Orchestral	1907
7	Preludes (20) for piano ("In the form of short technical studies"), Op. 52	17:52 min	Keyboard	1903
8	Prelude, Op. 50/5	3:41 min	Keyboard	1902
9	Duets (4) for soprano, alto & piano, Op. 53	10:30 min	Vocal Music	1902
10	Character Pieces (4) after the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám for orchestra, Op. 48	16:35 min	Orchestral	1900
11	Poems (5) after Omar Khayyam, for piano, Op. 41	17:37 min	Keyboard	1898
12	Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 38	25:40 min	Chamber Music	1897
13	String Quartet No. 2 in E major, Op. 32	26:55 min	Chamber Music	1893
14	Piano Quartet in C major, Op. 23	30:22 min	Keyboard	1890
15	Francesca da Rimini, symphonic prologue for orchestra, Op. 24	15:19 min	Orchestral	1890
16	Sonata for violin & piano in G Minor, Op. 20	25:49 min	Chamber Music	1889
17	Character Pieces (3) for violin & piano, Op. 9	16:12 min	Chamber Music	1885
18	Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor, Op. 5	32:29 min	Chamber Music	1882
19	String Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 4	29:39 min	Chamber Music	1882
20	Pieces (2) for piano, Op. 18	6:51 min	Keyboard	-
21	Pieces (2) for Violin, Op. 74	8:00 min	Chamber Music	-
22	Postlude in C, for organ	2:21 min	Keyboard	-
23	Pièces (5) for piano, Op. 6	19:07 min	Keyboard	-
24	Pieces for the Left Hand (3), for piano, Op. 37	8:28 min	Keyboard	-
25	Pieces (3) for flute & piano, Op. 31b	8:57 min	Chamber Music	-
26	Pieces (2) for piano, Op. 42	6:50 min	Keyboard	-
27	Silhouettes (5) for piano, Op. 73	13:14 min	Keyboard	-
28	Pieces (3) for cello & piano, Op. 1	13:33 min	Chamber Music	-
29	Pieces (2) for piano, Op. 62	6:18 min	Keyboard	-
30	Suite for Organ in D major, Op. 54	10:38 min	Keyboard	-
31	Theme & Variations for string orchestra	10:54 min	Orchestral	-
32	The Wanderer To His Heart's Desire	3:08 min	Vocal Music	-
33	The Twenty-Third Psalm	3:22 min	Choral	-
34	The Skylark, song for mezzo-soprano, baritone & piano	2:48 min	Vocal Music	-
35	The Rose And The Gardener	1:40 min	Vocal Music	-
36	The Nightingale Has a Lyre Of Gold	1:13 min	Vocal Music	-
37	Tempo di Minuetto, Op. 71/5	6:21 min	Keyboard	-
38	Suite No. 2 for piano, Op. 30	13:54 min	Keyboard	-
39	Suite for piano No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15	13:34 min	Keyboard	-
40	Romanze for piano (left hand), Op. 37/3	4:14 min	Keyboard	-
41	Studies (9) for piano, Op. 27	22:39 min	Keyboard	-
42	Song Of The Forge	2:23 min	Vocal Music	-
43	Sonata for cello & piano, Op. 78	19:12 min	Chamber Music	-
44	Sing, Maiden, Sing, song for soprano, baritone & piano	2:58 min	Vocal Music	-
45	Oriental Sketch for organ	4:07 min	Keyboard	-
46	Serenade, for orchestra, Op. 25	26:40 min	Orchestral	-
47	Serenade for piano in F major, Op. 45	11:03 min	Keyboard	-
48	Sarabande and Rigaudon for flute, viola & piano, Op. 60	7:37 min	Keyboard	-
49	Ballade for violin & piano in F minor, Op. 69	8:25 min	Chamber Music	-
50	Eclogue, for piano, Op. 8/2	2:40 min	Keyboard	-
51	Constancy	1:36 min	Vocal Music	-
52	Compositions (3) for organ, Op. 29		Keyboard	-
53	Compositions (2) for piano, Op. 60	8:38 min	Keyboard	-
54	Come Live with Me and Be My Love, song for soprano, alto & piano	4:02 min	Vocal Music	-
55	Christmas, Op. 80	9:10 min	Choral	-
56	Canzonetta for organ, Op. 71/4	5:34 min	Keyboard	-
57	Cantilena in G major, Op. 71/1	4:50 min	Keyboard	-
58	Before Sunrise	2:24 min	Vocal Music	-
59	Festival March for organ, Op. 29/1	6:09 min	Keyboard	-
60	Bagatelles (5) for piano, Op. 34	13:17 min	Keyboard	-
61	At Dusk for flute, cello & harp	5:53 min	Chamber Music	-
62	An Irish Folksong	3:29 min	Vocal Music	-
63	Allegretto for organ, Op. 29/2	5:40 min	Keyboard	-
64	Air & Gavotte, for orchestra	9:46 min	Orchestral	-
65	A Song Of Summer	1:55 min	Vocal Music	-
66	A Song Of Four Seasons	2:06 min	Vocal Music	-
67	A Song from the Persian, for mezzo-soprano, baritone & piano	4:20 min	Vocal Music	-
68	Love In Her Cold Grave Lies	2:06 min	Vocal Music	-
69	Pedal Study, for piano in F major	1:16 min	Keyboard	-
70	O Swallow, Swallow, Flying South for voice & piano	2:18 min	Vocal Music	-
71	Nocturne, for organ, Op. 50/6	3:41 min	Keyboard	-
72	Morceaux (3), for piano, Op. 3	11:21 min	Keyboard	-
73	Melody for violin & piano, Op. 44	5:04 min	Chamber Music	-
74	Meditation for piano in F major, Op. 61	4:11 min	Keyboard	-
75	Maestoso-Allegro energico-Maestoso, for organ	6:26 min	Keyboard	-
76	Love Me, If I Live	1:45 min	Vocal Music	-
77	Piano Trio No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 65	21:19 min	Chamber Music	-
78	Little Etude, for piano in A minor ("Grazioso")	1:28 min	Keyboard	-
79	Legend, Op. 76	7:26 min	Chamber Music	-
80	It Was a Lover and His Lass for voice & piano, Op. 10/1	1:36 min	Vocal Music	-
81	If Love Were What The Rose Is	2:26 min	Vocal Music	-
82	I'm wearing awa'	1:55 min	Vocal Music	-
83	Hawthorne Wins The Damask Rose	1:36 min	Vocal Music	-
84	Gavotte for piano No. 2 in C minor, Op. 8/1	4:07 min	Keyboard	-
85	From Rest Harrow, suite for piano	6:28 min	Keyboard	-

Albums featuring Arthur Foote

#	Name album	Year	Music label
1	Antheil, Copland, Foote, Ives, Ciconia Consort, Dick Van Gasteren – American Pioneers(CD, Album)	2020	Brilliant Classics
2	Foote / Korngold / Bernstein - Neave Trio – American Moments(CD, )	2016	Chandos
3	Arthur Foote, Kirsten Johnson (4) – Complete Piano Music(3×CD, Album, Box Set, )	2013	Delos
4	Joan Tower, Amy Beach, Arthur Foote, Carol Wincenc, Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival – American Flute Quintets(CD, )	2012	Bridge Records (4)
5	Arthur Foote, Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz – Francesca Da Rimini • Air And Gavotte • Suite In E Major • Four Character Pieces After The Rubáiyát Of Omar Khayyám(CD, Album)	2009	Naxos
6	Arthur Foote, Atlanta Chamber Players – Footeprints: Chamber Music of Arthur Foote(CD, )	2001	aca Digital Recording, Inc.
7	Aaron Copland & Arthur Foote : Fenwick Smith / Jayne West, Members Of The Boston Chamber Music Society – Chamber Music With Flute(CD, )	2000	Koch International Classics
8	Arthur Foote – Arden Trio – Chamber Music Vol. 3: Piano Trios Nos 1 & 2 • Melody • Ballade(CD, Album, Stereo)	2000	Naxos
9	Barber / Foote / Copland / Ives / Budapest Strings, Reinhold Friedrich, Lajos Lencsés, János Bálint – Capricorn Concerto(CD, Album)	2000	Capriccio (2)
10	Arthur Foote – Da Vinci Quartet, James Barbagallo, Jeani Muhonen Foster – Chamber Music Vol. 2: Piano Quartet • String Quartet No. 1 • Nocturne And Scherzo(CD, Album)	1998	Naxos
11	Arthur Foote – Da Vinci Quartet, James Barbagallo – Chamber Music Vol. 1: Piano Quintet, Op. 38 • String Quartets Op. 32 And Op. 70(CD, Album)	1997	Naxos
12	Arthur Foote, Kevin Lawrence (5), Eric Larsen (5) – The Violin Music of Arthur Foote(CD, Compilation)	1995	New World Records
13	Sarah Johnson (4), Peter Kairoff (2), Arthur Foote, Amy Marcy Cheney Beach – American Romantics(CD, Album, Stereo)	1995	Albany Records
14	Susan Hoeppner, Reinecke, Jolivet, Foote, Glick, McCauley, Lydia Wong, The Moveable Feast, Judy Loman – Reinecke - Jolivet - Foote - Glick - McCauley(CD, )	1992	Marquis Classics
15	Bird, Converse, Chadwick, Foote • The Louisville Orchestra – Carnival Scene • Endymion's Narrative • Flivver Ten Million • Euterpe • Francesca Da Rimini	1990	Albany Records
16	Amy Beach, Arthur Foote, Virginia Eskin – Music For Piano(CD, Album)	1987	Northeastern Records
17	John Alden Carpenter, Dudley Buck / John Knowles Paine / Edward MacDowell / Arthur Foote, Kenneth Klein (2), London Symphony Orchestra – Skyscrapers	1987	Angel Records
18	Foote • Ives • Sowerby • Buck • Hewitt - Günther Kaunzinger – Amerikanische Orgelmusik = American Organ Music	1986	Christophorus
19	Joseph Silverstein, Jules Eskin, Virginia Eskin, Arthur Foote – Chamber Music	1983	Northeastern Records
20	Arthur Foote - The Williams Trio – The Two Piano Trios(LP)	1983	Musical Heritage Society
21	Amy Beach / Katherine Hoover / Arthur Foote - Diane Gold, The Alard String Quartet – Music For Flute And Strings By Three Americans(LP)	1980	Leonarda Productions
22	Arthur Foote / William Osborne, Horatio Parker – Suite In D, Op. 54 / Sonata In E Flat, Op. 65(LP, Album)	1978	Orion
23	Mrs. H. H. A. Beach / Arthur Foote – Sonata In A Minor For Piano And Violin Op. 34 / Sonata In G Minor For Piano And Violin Op. 20(LP)	1977	New World Records
24	Mrs. Amy Beach / Arthur Foote, Mary Louise Boehm, Alvin Rogers, Richard Maximoff, Fred Sherry, Kees Kooper – Americana Vol. III: Beach / Foote	1974	Turnabout
25	Instrumental Music In The 19th Century(LP, Stereo)	1969	Music In America
26	Serge Koussevitzky, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Shostakovich / Hanson / Foote – Symphony No. 9 / Serenade For Flute, Harp And Strings / Suite For Strings In E(LP, Compilation, Mono)	1966	RCA Victor Red Seal
27	Arthur Foote, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Krueger – Symphonic Prologue, Francesca Da Rimini, Op. 24 / Four Character Pieces After The Rubaiyat Op. 48(LP)	1965	The Society For The Preservation Of The American Musical Heritage
28	Julius Baker, Charles Griffes, Arthur Foote – Poem For Flute And Orchestra / A Night Piece For Flute And String Quartet(LP, 10", Mono)	1954	Brunswick
29	Arthur Foote, Boston Symphony Orchestra Under The Direction Of Serge Koussevitzky – Arthur Foote - Suite For Strings In E Major, Op. 63(2×Shellac, 12", Album)	-	Victor Red Seal
30	Arthur Foote - Douglas Moore (5), Paula Ennis Dwyer – Music For Cello And Piano(LP)	-	Musical Heritage Society
31	Charles Griffes / Arthur Foote, American Recording Society Orchestra, Walter Hendl – Poem For Flute And Orchestra / Suite In E Major, Op. 63 For String Orchestra(LP, 10", Album, Mono)	-	American Recording Society
32	H. H. A. Beach, Arthur Foote – Our Musical Past, Volume 4(CD, Compilation, Reissue)	-	Our Musical Past

Videos featuring Arthur Foote

Arthur Foote - PIano Trio No. 1, Op. 5 (1883)

Arthur William Foote (March 5, 1853 in Salem, Massachusetts – April 8, 1937 in Boston, Massachusetts) was an American classical composer, and a member of the "Boston Six." The other five were George Whitefield Chadwick, Amy Beach, Edward MacDowell, John K