Arthur P. Schmidt

cover 1890
Decorative cover 1905
Decorative cover 1914

Contents

History

Arthur P. Schmidt (1846-1921) opened a music shop and publishing house in Boston in 1876 - not long after his arrival from Germany. The retail part of the business was sold thirteen years later. He was notable for his support of many American Composers; including members of the New England school such as Amy Beach, George Whitefield Chadwick, Arthur Foote, John Knowles Paine and Horatio Parker along with a great portion of MacDowell's œuvre. Among other achievements, Schmidt was the first American Publisher to publish an American symphony, Chadwick's Symphony No.2, in 1888. The company was acquired by Summy-Birchard in 1960.

Editions

Imprints, Agencies, Addresses

Addresses

  • In 1899: 146 Boylston Street, Boston. Also had Leipzig and New York branches at this time according to the cover of Metcalf's "Absent"; the New York City address was 136 Fifth Avenue.

Plate Numbers

Schmidt plate numbers were issued in a fairly regular chronological fashion. Many include the prefix "A.P.S.", though study scores sometimes employed a simple "S." Other issues appeared without any prefix. Some plate numbers include a number after a hyphen that refers to the number of music plates for the particular work. Some works, perhaps because they were coproduced, occurred with other plate prefixes (e.g. C., for a work that was published in co-ordination with August Cranz.)

A.P.S. Plate Numbers

Plate Composer Work Year
1 Whitney Deus Misereatur 1877
7 Salaman T'amo d'amor dolcissimo (English tr. by Cragin, arr. by Osgood) 1877
18 Whitney Processional Grand March 1877
41 Dana It Was a Knight of Aragon 1878
77 Whiting First Studies for the Organ, Book 2 1879
100 Whitney Canon in Octave 1879
122 Whitney Pastorale in G major 1880
164 Chadwick Margarita 1881
165 Chadwick Reiterlied 1881
196 Field 18 Nocturnes (No.5 edited by Oscar Weil) 1881
222 Orth 2 Piano Pieces (Scherzo) 1881
237 Reinecke 4 Piano Pieces, Op.129 (No.2) 1881
240 Backer-Grøndahl Menuet (ed.J.Orth) 1881
246–48 Parker 3 Early Songs 1882
266 Raff 6 Morceaux, Op.85 (No.3: Cavatina arr. for organ by Samuel Brenton Whitney) 1882
272 Rheinberger Gondoliera 1882
283 Chadwick Song of the Viking 1882
300 Beach 4 Songs, Op.1 (No.1 With Violets) 1885
312 Schubert Piano Sonata, D.894 (Menuetto, simpl. by G.P. Ritter) 1882
323 Paine Hymn for Harvard Commencement 1883
335 Bach Violin Partita No.1, BWV 1002 (No.4 arr. piano Saint-Saëns, ed.Foote) 1883
336 Brassin Nocturne, Op.17 (ed. Foote) 1883
346 Paine The Nativity, Op.38 (Vocal Score) 1883
365 Raff 6 Morceaux, Op.85 (No.3: Cavatina arr. for piano by G. P. Ritter) 1884
376 Raff Angelens letzter Tag im Kloster, Op.27 (No.3, ed. George Marston) 1884
380 to 382 Chadwick 3 Little Songs, Op.11 1883
401 Turner 6 Studies in Double Thirds, Op.14 1883
415 Rogers Scherzo, Op.15 1883
418 to 419 Turner 2 Syncopation Studies, Op.24 1884
422 to 426 Smith Hommage à Edvard Grieg, Op.18 1884
458 Bargiel 8 Piano Pieces, Op.32 (No.1 edited by Arthur Foote) 1884
460 Paine 4 Songs, Op.40 (No.1) 1885
478 Norris Cradle Song 1884
498 Kjerulf 6 Sange, Op.3 (No.1, translated by Elson) 1885
500 Foote When Icicles Hang by the Wall 1884
503 to 505 Chadwick 3 Love Songs, Op.8 1882
509 to 510 Mills 2 Etudes de Concert, Op.15 1882
511 to 516 Chadwick 6 Characteristic Pieces, Op.7 1882
523 Dunham Organ Sonata No.1, Op.10 1882
530 Chadwick Spring Song, Op.9 1882
532 Chadwick 3 Anthems for Church Service, Op.6 (No.2) 1882
534 Paine Phoebus, Arise!, Op.37 (Vocal Score) 1882
553 Raff Symphony No.5, Op.177 (2d mvt. arr. for organ by Samuel Brenton Whitney) 1884
586 to 591 Rogers 6 Songs, Op.20 1884
636 Kjerulf 7 Sange, Op.11 (No.3, trans.Elson) 1885
645 Bach 6 Cello Suites, BWV 1007-1012 (Suite No.1, Courante arr. for piano by Arthur Foote) 1885
646 to 649 Smith Echoes of Ye Olden Time, Op.21 1885
651 to 654 Foote 5 Pièces, Op.6 1885
655 Lavallée Le Papillon, Étude de Concert 1884
656 to 658 Chadwick 3 Sacred Quartets, Op.13 1885
664 Godard Mazurka No.2, Op.54 1884
668 Godard Gavotte No.2, Op.81 1884
678 Reinecke 8 Kinderlieder, Op.37 (No.2, trans.Hazard) 1884
683 Scharwenka 3 Songs, Op.15 (No.3, trans. Elson) 1885
693 Foote 2 Pedal Studies 1885
698 Paine 4 Songs, Op.40 (No.2) 1885
708 Kjerulf 6 Sange, Op.3 (No.3) 1885
736 to 738 Foote 3 Songs, Op.10 1885
740 Delibes Le roi s'amuse (VI. Passepied arr. for piano) 1885
773 Foote The Farewell of Hiawatha, Op.11 (vocal score) 1886
807 Foote 5 Pièces, Op.6 (No.4) 1885
810 Chadwick King Death 1885
812 to 815 Gilchrist Une Petite Suite 1885
820 Gilchrist A Love Song 1885
825 Gilchrist Autumn Song, Schleifer 241 1885
847 to 851 Dennée Suite Moderne, Op.8 1885
852 to 854 Dennée 3 Morceaux, Op.10 1885
855 Radecki Tarantelle in F minor 1885
865 Kjerulf 5 Sange, Op.14 (No.3) 1884
867 Foote Gavotte and Eclogue, Op.8 (Eclogue) 1886
887 Kjerulf 6 Franska romanser, Op.9 (No.1) 1885
908 to 910 Foote 3 Character Pieces, Op.9 1886
987 Parker King Trojan, Op.8 1886
1091-5 Charles E. Tinney Peace I Leave With You 1915
1142 Foote 4 Songs, Op.13 (No.3) 1887
1400, 1401 Foote 4 Songs, Op.13 (Nos.1 and 2) 1887
1423 Foote 4 Songs, Op.13 (No.4) 1887
1435 to 1437 Foote Suite No.1, Op.15 (1887)
1551 Chadwick 3 Sacred Songs 1887
1552 Chadwick Allah, F.201 (in D major) 1887
1553 Chadwick Allah, F.201 (in E major) 1887
1559 Chadwick Symphony No.2, Op.21 1888
1572 Turner Cello Sonata in F major, Op.34 1888
1639 Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3, Op.37 (cadenza by Amy Beach) 1888
1967 MacDowell Etude de Concert, Op.36 1889
2088 Chadwick While Shepherds Watched 1889
2217-2 Gounod Love Divine All Love Excelling 1891
2386 Chadwick Phoenix Expirans (vocal score) 1892
2516 Chadwick Lovely Rosabelle (vocal score) 1889
2517 Beach Valse-Caprice, Op.4 1889
2543 Klein Capriccio, Op.41 1889
2559 to 2561 MacDowell Les orientales, Op.37 1889
2593 Beach Ballade, Op.6 1894
2616a to 2617f MacDowell 12 Etudes, Op.39 1890
2637 Beach Mass in E-flat major, Op.5 1890
2638 Beach Romance, Op.23 1893
2678 MacDowell 6 Little Pieces After J.S. Bach 1890
2683 MacDowell 6 Love Songs, Op.40 1890
2690 Foote Violin Sonata, Op.20 1890
2703 Chadwick The Pilgrims (vocal score) 1890
2711 Beach Songs of the Sea, Op.10 (No.1) 1890
2751 Foote 12 Duets on Five Notes 1891
2766 Whiting Dream Pictures, Op.19 1891
2794 Chadwick Melpomene 1891
2810 Foote Serenade, Op.25 1892
2811 Foote Piano Quartet, Op.23 1892
2825 MacDowell Barcarolle, Op.44 1892
2826 Foote 9 Studies for Piano, Op.27 1892
2837 Foote 11 Songs, Op.26 1892
2838 Foote Francesca da Rimini, Op.24 1892
2849 Foote The Skeleton in Armour, Op.28 1892
2870 to 2873 Beach 4 Sketches, Op.15 1892
2908 Rogers Violin Sonata, Op.25 1893
2943 Foote Suite No.2, Op.30 (1894)
2957 Beach Children's Carnival, Op.25 1894
3240-46 Foote Christ our Passover 1894
3259 Beach Bal masqué, Op.22 1894
3530 Paine Oedipus Tyrannus, Op.35 (Vocal Score) 1895
3357 Dennée Suite de Ballet, Op.23 (No.4) 1895
3408 to 3410 Beach 3 Morceaux Caractéristiques, Op.28 (1894)
3765 Chadwick Symphony No.3 1896
3829 Chadwick The Lily Nymph 1895
3847 Dennée Suite de Ballet, Op.23 (No.5) 1895
3895 Dennée 5 Etudes, Op.26 (No.2) (1896)
4105 Foote Suite for Orchestra, Op.36 1896
4106 Chadwick O Holy Child of Bethlehem 1896
4126 to 4128 Foote 3 Piano Pieces for the Left Hand, Op.37 1897
4329 Beach Children's Album, Op.36 1897
4478 Beach 3 Shakespeare Choruses, Op.39 1897
4534 to 4537 Foote 4 Gesäng, Op.39 1898
4556 Foote Song from the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Op.40 1898
4646 Foote Piano Quintet, Op.38 1898
4570, 4571 Foote 5 Bagatelles, Op.34 (Nos. 1 and 2) 1898
4618 Wilm Suite No.1, Op.155 (No.2) 1898
4756 Beach Violin Sonata, Op.34 1899
4803, 4804 Foote 2 Pieces for Piano, Op.42 1899
4820 Foote 5 Poems after Omar Khayyam, Op.41 1899
4838 Foote 6 Songs, Op.43 (No.1 for high voice) 1899
4840 Foote 6 Songs, Op.43 (No.2 for low voice) 1899
4841 Foote 6 Songs, Op.43 (No.3) 1899
4843 Foote 6 Songs, Op.43 (No.4 for high voice) 1899
4846 Foote 6 Songs, Op.43 (No.5 for low voice) 1899
4871 Godowsky 4 Pieces, Op.16 (No.4) 1899
4872 Godowsky Toccata, Op.13 1899
4873 Chopin Grande valse brillante, Op.18 - Leopold Godowsky arrangement 1899
4880 Chopin Rondo in E-flat major, Op.16 - Leopold Godowsky arrangement 1899
4887 Godowsky 4 Pieces, Op.16 (No.2) 1899
4928 Metcalf Absent (version in F) 1899
5092 MacDowell Piano Sonata No.3, Op.57 1900
5108 MacDowell 3 Songs, Op.58 1899
5119 Beach Piano Concerto, Op.45 1900
5139 Beach 3 Browning Songs, Op.44 (No.2) 1900
5180 Hill To Anthea 1900
5215 Schnecker The Fatherhood of God 1900
5310 Foote Melody, Op.44 1900
5335 MacDowell Piano Sonata No.4, Op.59 1901
5419 Foote Serenade, Op.45 - 1914 revised version 1914
5462 Beach Summer Dreams, Op.47 1901
5467 Beach Sylvania, Op.46 1901
5520 MacDowell Marionettes, Op.38 - revised and augmented edition 1901
5544 Foote String Quartet, Op.32 (3rd mvt.) 1901
5575-5578 Niewiadomski 4 Morceaux, Op.30 1901
5625a-d Foote 4 Songs, Op.51 1902
5639 MacDowell 6 Idyls after Goethe, Op.28 - revised and augmented edition 1901
5644 Seeboeck 6 Pièces Charactéristiques, Op.118 1902
5650 MacDowell 6 Poems after Heine, Op.31 - revised and augmented edition 1901
5677 MacDowell 3 Songs, Op.60 1902
5681 Hadley Symphony No.2, Op.30 'The Four Seasons' 1902
5727-5732 Niewiadomski 6_Morceaux Mélodiques, Op.34 1902
5772 MacDowell Fireside Tales, Op.61 1902
5862 MacDowell New England Idyls, Op.62 1902
5935 Chadwick 6 Songs, Op.14 (No.1 in D major) ©1885, 1913
5953, 5954 Martucci 2 Caprices, Op.80 1899
6091 Sartorio Pictures from Youth, Op.400 1900
6151, 6152 Beach 2 Piano Pieces, Op.54 1903
6220 Foote 20 Preludes, Op.52 1903
6259 Foote Flower Songs, Op.49 (No.3 for soprano) 1902
6263 Dennée Progressive Technique, Part I 1903
6435, 6436 Foote 3 Songs, Op.55 (Nos.2 & 3) 1904
6724 Foote Pieces at Twilight 1905
6929 Gurlitt Kleine Blumenstücke, Op.178 1905
6988 Dennée 3 Morceaux Caracteristiques, Op.32 1905
7043 to 7046 Adams 4 Duets for Two Beginners, Op.13 1906
7196 Beach Variations on Balkan Themes, Op.60 1906
7267 Foote An Irish Folk Song 1906
7417 to 7418 Foote 2 Compositions for Piano, Op.60 1907
7419 Foote Meditation, Op.61 1907
7425 to 7428 Beach Eskimos, Op.64 1907
7471 Foote 3 Songs, Op.55 (No.1 for high voice) 1904
7588 Adams 3 Piano Duets in Unfamiliar Keys, Op.20 1907
7637 to 7641 Beach Les Rêves de Columbine, Op.65 1907
7902 to 7906 Niemann Meissner Porzellan, Op.6 1908
7941 MacDowell Lamia, Op.29 (arr. for piano 4 hands) 1908
7943 MacDowell Lamia, Op.29 (full score) 1908
7944 Foote Cello Concerto, Op.33 (2nd. mvt. arr. for cello and piano) 1908
7993, 7994 Stojowski 2 Mazurkas, Op.28 1908
7995 to 7997 Stojowski 3 Esquisses, Op.30 1908
8013 Dennée L'Irresistible, Op.33 1908
8048 Weiss Waldeszauber 1909
8092 Foote 4 Songs, Op.67 (No.1 for alto/bass) 1908
8094 Foote 4 Songs, Op.67 (No.2 for soprano/tenor) 1908
8095 Foote 4 Songs, Op.67 (No.3 for soprano/tenor) 1908
8097 Foote 4 Songs, Op.67 (No.4 for mezzo-soprano/baritone) 1908
8189 to 8191 Niemann 3 Piano Pieces, Op.7 1909
8256 to 8260 MacDowell 10 Woodland Sketches, Op.51 (selections arr. for cello and piano by Julius Klengel) 1896
8308 Staub Scintillements, Op.15 1909
8480 Foote Suite for String Orchestra, Op.63 1909
8487 Elgar Sursum Corda, Op.11 (arr. for violin and piano by F. Louis Schneider) 1909
8538 Foote Piano Trio No.2, Op.65 1909
8823 Chadwick 4 Choruses (No.1 Inconstancy) 1910
8824 Chadwick Elfin Song 1910
8932, 8934 to 8936 Chadwick Four Irish Songs, F.222 1910
9243 to 9249 Torjussen Norwegian Suite, Op.3 1915
9276 Chadwick Suite Symphonique 1911
9289 Foote String Quartet No.3 in D major, Op.70 (score&parts) 1911
9338 Foote Sigh No More, Ladies 1913
9348 Foote 7 Compositions for Organ, Op.71 (No.5) 1912
9351 to 9360 Foote 5 Songs, Op.72 1912
9368 Foote Tomorrow 1911
9421 to 9426 Ornstein 6 Lyric Fancies 1911
9494 Chadwick Three Little Songs, Op.11 (No.3-in D major) 1911
9680 Foote 4 Character Pieces after the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Op.48 1912
9715 Stanford Symphony No.7, Op.124 1912
9731 to 9735 Moszkowski Tanz-Momente, Op.89 1912
9804 Foote The Little Creek Goes Winding 1912
9822 Dennée Polonaise in A-flat major, Op.39 No.2 1913
9858 to 9862 Foote 5 Silhouettes, Op.73 1913
10008, 10009 Foote 2 Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op.74 1913
10016 Hollins Cantilène 1912
10088 Huhn Israfel (version for med. voice) 1913
10098 Foote Hear My Prayer, O God 1914
10194 Weiser Fruhlings-Gavotte 1912
10275 Horváth 2 Compositions 1914
10454 Foote Recessional 1914
10568 Liebling Momento appassionato, Op.24 1915
10569, 10570 MacDowell Air and Rigaudon, Op.49 1915
10577, 10579 Lang 2 Songs, Op.54 1915
10830-5 Hall, William John Substance 1916
10893 MacDowell 6 Fancies, Op.7 (No.2 arr. for violin and piano by Hartmann) 1916
11229 Moszkowski 6 Piano Pieces, Op.93 1916
11382 Hall Smile An' Dry Yo' Eyes (low voice) 1919
11594 Floy Little Bartlett I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes 1919
11610 Walter E. Young The Wilderness 1919
11823 Skilton Music to the Electra of Sophocles (v.s.) 1920
12095 Foote Shadows 1921
12437, 12438 Beach Hermit Thrush, Op.92 1922
12602-6 Ralph Cox Thou Wilt Keep Him in Perfect Peace 1922
12608 Foote From Rest Harrow 1922
12714 Beach From Blackbird Hills, Op.83 1922
12802-4 Ralph Cox The Lord Is My Light 1923
13909 Agnew Winter Solitude 1927
14523 Schmitt Crépuscules, Op.56 1913
14606 Beach Out of the Depths, Op.130 1932
14962 Foote A Night Piece [Flute & Strings] 1934

S. Plate Numbers

Plate Composer Work Year
S.51 to S.60 Schytte Caprices et Fantasies, Op.63 1890
S.92 Schytte Barcarolle for Piano and Strings, Op.60 (1891)
S.94 Schytte Barcarolle for Piano and Strings, Op.60 (parts) (1891)
S.95 Huber Piano Concerto No.2, Op.107 (2 Piano reduction) 1891
S.110 Raff Orchestral Prelude to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, WoO.51 1891
S.113 Raff Orchestral Prelude to Shakespeare's Macbeth, WoO.50 1891
S.123 MacDowell Suite No.1, Op.42 1891
S.199 Bird Dritte kleine Suite, Op.32 1892
S.251 Behr Napolitana, Op.105 1893
S.281 Brüll Piano Suite No.2, Op.71 1894
S.321 Brüll Piano Sonata, Op.73 1894
S.339 Dancla Recueillement 1895
S.436 Beach Symphony in E minor, Op.32 'Gaelic' 1898
S.562a-d MacDowell Forgotten Fairy Tales, Op.4 1899

Sources Consulted

  • 1. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, edited by Stanley Sadie.
New York and London: Macmillan Publications, 1980.

See Also

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