The social orchestra : for flute or violin; a collection of popular melodies arr. as solos, duets, trios, and quartets / New introd. by H. Wiley Hitchcock.
| Author/creator | Foster, Stephen Collins |
| Format | Musical Score |
| Publication Info | New York : Da Capo Press, 1973. |
| Description | score (83 pages) ; 28 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Social orchestra |
| Series | Earlier American music ; 13 Earlier American music ; 13. ^A55053 |
| Contents | Pt. 1. solos -- Agatha -- Anadolia -- Bridal waltz -- Broadway quickstep -- Come where the fountains play -- Commence, ye darkies, all -- Eulalie -- Evening star waltz -- Hohnstock polka -- Irene -- Italian melodies. No. 1[-no. 5] -- I'd offer thee this hand of mine -- I love the merry sunshine -- Love launched a fairy boat -- My old Kentucky home, good night -- Nelly was a lady -- Nancy Till -- Old dog Tray -- Old folks at home (with variations) -- On the banks of Gaudalquiver -- O, would I were a boy again -- Pearl polka -- Roll on, silver moon -- Saratoga Lake waltz -- Scenes that are brightest -- Sontag polka -- Thou art gone from my gaze -- Twilight song -- Wait for the wagon -- Will you come to my mountain home? -- Waltz / Beethoven -- Widow Machree -- Will you love me then as now? -- Wild haunts for me -- Pt. 2. melodies arranged as duets -- Caliph of Bagdad theme -- Duet from "Lucia di Lammermoor" -- Hour for thee and me -- Katy darling -- Make me no gaudy chaplet -- Massa's in the cold ground -- On to the field of glory -- Old pine tree -- Pirate's chorus -- Would I were with thee -- Pt. 3. melodies arranged as trios -- Air from "Preciosa" -- Air / De Beriot -- Byerly's waltz -- Gems from "Lucia" : no. 1[-no. 3] -- Jennie's own schottisch-- March from "The daughter of the regiment" -- Maria Redowa -- Rainbow schottisch -- Waltz / Strauss -- Pt. 4. melodies arranged as quartets -- Coral schottisch -- Crystal schottisch -- French quadrille : no. 1[-no. 5] -- Gems from "Lucia" : no. 4 ; no. 5 -- Happy land -- La sérénade / Schubert -- Old folks' quadrilles -- No. 1 -- Old folks at home -- No. 2 -- Oh, boys, carry me 'long -- No. 3 -- Nelly Bly -- No. 4 -- Farewell, my Lilly dear -- No. 5 -- Plantation jig -- O, summer night -- Ton-Mahrchen waltz -- Village festival Quadrille, no. 1[-no. 4] ; Jig, no. 5 -- Waltz / Lanner -- Where are the friends of my youth? |
| General note | "An unabridged republication of the first edition published in New York in 1854." |
| General note | The trios principally for flute, violin, and violoncello, or 2 violins and violoncello; the quartets for flute, 2 violins, and violoncello. |
| LCCN | 79169645 |
| ISBN | 0306773139 |