Prelude to Goethe's 'Faust', Op.48 (Foerster, Adolph Martin)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	1 overture
First Publication	1915 – New York: Carl Fischer
Genre Categories	Preludes; For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra

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Editor	First edition
Engraver	Leipzig: C.G. Röder.
Publisher. Info.	New York: Carl Fischer, 1915. Plate 37.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	File includes a program for the 1898 first performance, a notice of a 1921 performance with a synopsis of the work, and a handwritten identification of musical themes. Original images: ca.350dpi grayscale jpg files approx. 3100 by 3800 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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Editor	First edition
Publisher. Info.	New York: Carl Fischer, 1915. Plate 40.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Original images: ca.350dpi grayscale jpg files approx. 3180 by 4005 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. The viola part is missing.
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Work Title	Prelude to Goethe's 'Faust'
Alternative. Title
Composer	Foerster, Adolph Martin
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	Op.48
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	IAF 35
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	1 overture
First Performance.	1898/12/27 — Pittsburgh, Carnegie Music Hall: Pittsburgh Orchestra, Victor Herbert (conductor)
First Publication.	1915 – New York: Carl Fischer
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Orchestra: 2 flutes/piccolo, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons + 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba + timpani, cymbals + harp + strings
Extra Information	Awarded Pittsburgh Art Society prize in 1898 for best work in overture form by a composer living in Pittsburgh and vicinity.

The 1898 award was shared with Fidelis Zitterbart Jr. for his Overture to Richard III.