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The Social Orchestra: A Collection of Popular Melodies Arranged as Solos, Duetts, Trios and Quartets (Stephen C. Foster, New York 1854)
Publisher: Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864, author of 'Old Dog Tray', 'Nelly Bly', 'Old Folks at Home', 'My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night', 'Massa's in the Cold Ground', and other celebrated American parlor-songs) / Firth, Pond & Co., No. 1 Franklin Square, New York, 1854. Also: Buffalo: J. Sage & Sons. St. Louis: Wakelam & Iucho. Detroit: A. Couse. 'Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854, by Firth, Pond & Co., In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York.' 4 Parts: Part I Solos, Part II Duetts, Part III Trios, Part IV Quartets. Content: dance-music anthology including named quadrille sets (Old Folks' Quadrilles, French Quadrille after Tolbecque, Village Festival Quadrille) and round-dance pieces (Rainbow Schottisch by Kleber, Jennie's Own Schottisch, Coral Schottisch, Crystal Schottisch, Maria Redowa, Bridal Waltz, Saratoga Lake Waltz, Evening Star Waltz by Lanner, Waltz by Beethoven, Waltz by Strauss, Waltz by Lanner, Ton-Mahrchen Waltz, Pearl Polka, Cally Polka, Sontag Polka, Hohnstock Polka; and popular song-melodies from Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, Belisario, Preciosa, Italian opera, etc.). In the Trios and Quartets the Bass part is primarily intended for the Violoncello. Source file: DATA/POWERS/1854_Fosters_Orchestra.PDF with ABBYY TXT 1854_Fosters_Orchestra.txt (300+ lines). From the Richard Powers collection. Many of these arrangements were later recorded on the LP album 'Stephen Foster's Social Orchestra' performed by Gregg Smith and The Columbia Social Orchestra. Has_Step_Detail = No (music-only anthology; no figure-step descriptions). Historical value: attests the American 1854 dance-music repertoire that complements the 1856 Durang / 1857 Hillgrove / 1858 Howe / 1860 Coulon figure-caller texts already in the corpus; also demonstrates the cross-over of opera arias (Lucia, Belisario, Preciosa) into American ballroom quadrille / schottisch / redowa music.Year: 1854Family: foster-orchestraCatalog: local
Dance manual/reference by Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864, author of 'Old Dog Tray', 'Nelly Bly', 'Old Folks at Home', 'My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night', 'Massa's in the Cold Ground', and other celebrated American parlor-songs) / Firth, Pond & Co., No. 1 Franklin Square, New York, 1854. Also: Buffalo: J. Sage & Sons. St. Louis: Wakelam & Iucho. Detroit: A. Couse. 'Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854, by Firth, Pond & Co., In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York.' 4 Parts: Part I Solos, Part II Duetts, Part III Trios, Part IV Quartets. Content: dance-music anthology including named quadrille sets (Old Folks' Quadrilles, French Quadrille after Tolbecque, Village Festival Quadrille) and round-dance pieces (Rainbow Schottisch by Kleber, Jennie's Own Schottisch, Coral Schottisch, Crystal Schottisch, Maria Redowa, Bridal Waltz, Saratoga Lake Waltz, Evening Star Waltz by Lanner, Waltz by Beethoven, Waltz by Strauss, Waltz by Lanner, Ton-Mahrchen Waltz, Pearl Polka, Cally Polka, Sontag Polka, Hohnstock Polka; and popular song-melodies from Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, Belisario, Preciosa, Italian opera, etc.). In the Trios and Quartets the Bass part is primarily intended for the Violoncello. Source file: DATA/POWERS/1854_Fosters_Orchestra.PDF with ABBYY TXT 1854_Fosters_Orchestra.txt (300+ lines). From the Richard Powers collection. Many of these arrangements were later recorded on the LP album 'Stephen Foster's Social Orchestra' performed by Gregg Smith and The Columbia Social Orchestra. Has_Step_Detail = No (music-only anthology; no figure-step descriptions). Historical value: attests the American 1854 dance-music repertoire that complements the 1856 Durang / 1857 Hillgrove / 1858 Howe / 1860 Coulon figure-caller texts already in the corpus; also demonstrates the cross-over of opera arias (Lucia, Belisario, Preciosa) into American ballroom quadrille / schottisch / redowa music. (1854). Imported from local collection.