{"product_id":"13243-foster-stephen-collins-the-social-orchestra-for-flute-or-violin-a-collection-of-popular-melodies-arranged-as-solos-duets-trios-and-quartets","title":"Foster, Stephen Collins (1828-1864) The Social Orchestra for Flute or Violin.  A Collection of Popular Melodies Arranged as Solos, Duets, Trios, and Quartets.","description":"4to. 83, [i] pp. Cloth-back original publisher's printed boards. Boards heavily scraped and and worn, front free endpaper and title separated from the block, verso front endpage with two lines of music in an unknown hand, stray ink marks to title, ownership signatures on inside front board, inner front hinge split, occasional foxing but internally very good.  Whittlesey and Sonneck, p. 47-48. OCLC 6979477. Howard, p. 395. \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.42857;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.42857;\"\u003e\"The 'Social Orchestra' is a notable volume. Its eighty-three pages of music present various instrumental arrangements of popular airs of the day, melodies from well-known operas, arrangements of Foster's own songs, and several new instrumental works composed by himself.\" (Howard, p. 237).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eWith this publication, Foster turned his hand to instrumental music aimed very specifically for the parlor. The \u003c\/span\u003eSocial Orchestra, \u003cspan style=\"\"\u003epublished in 1854 by Firth, Pond, \u0026amp; Co., was a compendium of 73 arrangements for \u003c\/span\u003eflute\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003eviolin\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003epiano\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e, and other instruments. The selections ranged from the \u003c\/span\u003eoperatic\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e, including thirteen tunes by Donizetti, and the classical, Jullien, Abt, \u003c\/span\u003eMozart\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003eSchubert\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e, and finally to popular airs, including his own. The collection was ideal for informal home entertainment. The arrangements lent themselves to various combinations and numbers of instruments and included many tunes for dancing, a favorite parlor pastime. The collection proved to be very popular, but for Foster it was not a money-maker. He received a flat fee of only $150 from the publisher, which may explain why this was his only venture into instrumental arranging. Foster occasionally composed piano pieces, but song writing was his forte, and he returned to it once the \u003c\/span\u003eSocial Orchestra\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e was completed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093511753887,"sku":"13243","price":475.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Foster_2C_Stephen_Collins_Social_Orchestra_13243a.jpg?v=1722188515","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/13243-foster-stephen-collins-the-social-orchestra-for-flute-or-violin-a-collection-of-popular-melodies-arranged-as-solos-duets-trios-and-quartets","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}