Foote's 20-minute gem was actually pieced together from a couple of earlier, unpublished string orchestra three movements from the Suite in E major, Op.12 of 1886; and two movements from the Suite in D major, Op.21 of 1889. In 1891, the composer re-worked these into the present five-movement work which was given its premiere by the Baltimore Symphony in January 1893. This new study score is a digitally-enhanced reprint of the one issued by Arthur P. Schmidt in 1892.
1. Praeludium 2. Air 3. Intermezzo 4. Romanze 5. Gavotte
Arthur William Foote (March 5, 1853 in Salem, Massachusetts – April 8, 1937 in Boston, Massachusetts) was an American classical composer, and a member of the "Boston Six.