Topic: Canzonetta, Op. 71 A W Foote (Orgtq 2) One more composer to know
Canzonetta, Op. 71, No. 4 Arthur William Foote
One more composer to know
Genre: American Romantic
A short, cheerful, lively, musical, rhythmic piece,... I think it is very nice to listen to.
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Arthur William Foote (5 March 1853 in Salem, Massachusetts – 8 April 1937 in Boston, Massachusetts) was a member of the "Boston Six." The other five were George Whitefield Chadwick, Amy Beach, Edward MacDowell, John Knowles Paine, and Horatio Parker. The modern tendency is to view Foote’s music as “Romantic” and “European” in light of the later generation of American composers. A Harvard graduate and the first noted American classical composer to be trained entirely in the U.S., in some sense he is to music what American poets were to literature before Walt Whitman. He was an early advocate of Brahms and Wagner and promoted performances of their music. Foote was an active music teacher and wrote a number of pedagogical works.
The Grove Music Encyclopedia says: “In his finest works Foote was a memorable composer. His style, firmly placed in the Romantic tradition, is characterized by lyrical melodies, expressive phrasing, and clear formal structure."
The work is dedicated: "To Henry Morton Dunham ." Dunham (1853-1929) was a very solid composer, whose works are influenced by Rheinberger, but with an American accent. He was organist of the Ruggles Street Baptist Church.
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Stig