Arthur Foote A Musician in the Frame of Time

Gathers all the available information on Arthur Foote (1853-1937), one of the most important American composers who worked creatively in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. With bibliography and musical examples.

Series Note

xi

(2)

Preface

xiii

Part I: Emerging from the New England Matrix

3

(46)

Chapter 1: Antecedents

3

(22)

General Background

4

(5)

Arthur Foote's Parents

9

(5)

Brother and Sister

14

(1)

Arthur Foote's First Years in Salem

15

(3)

Growing Up in Salem

18

(2)

Notes

20

(5)

Chapter 2: Salem Days

25

(24)

The Beginning of Music Studies in Boston

31

(3)

Harvard and John Knowles Paine

34

(6)

Boston and B. J. Lang

40

(3)

Notes

43

(6)

Part II: Joining the Boston Community (1876-1889)

49

(122)

Chapter 3: The Boston Community

49

(36)

The Champions of Art Music

51

(5)

Young Arthur Foote's Boston

56

(3)

Arthur Foote, As Bostonians Saw Him

59

(4)

Living in Boston

63

(5)

New Friendships

68

(7)

Trips Abroad

75

(4)

Notes

79

(6)

Chapter 4: Attitudes and Activities

85

(36)

Musical Influences

87

(3)

His Temperament and Values

90

(8)

Teacher, Performer, and Music Director, 1876-1889

98

(11)

Supporters, Benefactors, and Advisers

109

(6)

Notes

115

(6)

Chapter 5: The Composer Speaks

121

(50)

The Musical Craft of Arthur Foote

126

(3)

Earliest Compositions--The First Six Years

129

(13)

Compositions for Voice of the Late Eighties

142

(11)

Compositions for Piano of the Late Eighties

153

(4)

Chamber and Orchestral Music of the Late Eighties

157

(7)

Notes

164

(7)

Part III: The Mature Composer (1890-1901)

171

(106)

Chapter 6: Grown Man and Musical Practitioner

171

(26)

Friendships

175

(3)

Foote and the Emergence of the Nineties

178

(8)

Aspects of the Late Nineties

186

(5)

Notes

191

(6)

Chapter 7: Advancing through Middle Age

197

(22)

From Teacher to Composer

199

(4)

The Mature Composer

203

(3)

Concerning the Music Making of His Maturity

206

(4)

More Inquiries into Style

210

(6)

Notes

216

(3)

Chapter 8: The Music of the Nineties

219

(58)

Vocal Compositions

220

(13)

Keyboard Pieces

233

(6)

Chamber Music

239

(12)

Music for String Ensemble and for Full Orchestra

251

(18)

Notes

269

(8)

Part IV: The Modern Era (1901-1937)

277

(98)

Chapter 9: Living in the Twentieth Century

277

(30)

Affiliations and Relationships

278

(4)

California

282

(4)

Resuming His Life in Greater Boston

286

(4)

Pedagogy

290

(3)

The Man and the Musician

293

(3)

Musical Views

296

(5)

Notes

301

(6)

Chapter 10: Making Music in a New Environment

307

(48)

Vocal Music

309

(18)

Keyboard Music

327

(6)

Chamber Music

333

(11)

The Two Last Works for Instrumental Ensemble

344

(7)

Notes

351

(4)

Chapter 11: Epilogue

355

(20)

A Chronicle of the Thirties

356

(5)

Denouement

361

(2)

A Summation of a Musical Life

363

(8)

Notes

371

(4)

Bibliography

375

(8)

Musical Examples

383

(98)

Index

481

(8)

About the Author

489

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