A Legend, Op.86 (Foerster, Adolph Martin)

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Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, 1920. (copy completed July 14)
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Misc. Notes Includes program announcing the work's premiere. Listed as Op.85 on the manuscript. Original images: ca.350dpi grayscale jpg files approx. 3200 by 4100 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins. Source: Adolph M. Foerster Collection, 1868-1923 CAM.FOER.2015, Center for American Music, University of Pittsburgh Library System.
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Misc. Notes Listed on the cover as "old" score. ca.350dpi grayscale images. Source: Adolph M. Foerster Collection, 1868-1923 CAM.FOER.2015, Center for American Music, University of Pittsburgh Library System.
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Misc. Notes Includes program from the work's premiere. ca.350dpi grayscale images. Source: Adolph M. Foerster Collection, 1868-1923 CAM.FOER.2015, Center for American Music, University of Pittsburgh Library System.
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Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, n.d.(ca.1920-21).
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Misc. Notes Original images: ca.350dpi grayscale jpg files approx. 3225 by 4055 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins. Source: Adolph M. Foerster Collection, 1868-1923 CAM.FOER.2015, Center for American Music, University of Pittsburgh Library System.
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General Information

Work Title A Legend
Alternative. Title Symphonic Poem
Composer Foerster, Adolph Martin
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.86
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IAF 55
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 2 parts
Part I: A Legend
Part II: Nuptial Feast
First Performance. 1921/8/5 — Willow Grove Park — Nuptial Feast (as Op.85)
1921/8/13 — Willow Grove Park: Wassili Leps (conductor) — A Legend (as Op.86)
First Publication. unpublished
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation Orchestra: piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons + 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba + timpani, cymbals, small drum + strings

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Originally conceived as two separate works: Nuptial Feast (Op.85) and A Legend (Op.86). It appears that after the first performance the composer decided to merge the two works together as opus 86.