was born of a good New England family at Salem, Mass.,
March 5, 1853. He pursued the usual course of a well-bred New England
boy, passing successively through the district school and academy, and
at length graduated at Harvard in 1874. He had already made
considerable study of music, both upon instruments and in theory, and
under the competent instruction of Mr. Stephen A. Emery had made
considerable progress in composition.

He now entered seriously upon the study of music, with the intention of
making it a life-long profession. His teachers were Mr. B. J. Lang, in
organ and pianoforte playing, and Prof. J. K. Paine, in composition.
In 1875, after examination, he received from Harvard the degree of A.M.
in music. Since 1876 he has been engaged as a successful teacher of
the pianoforte in Boston, and since 1878 has been organist of the First
Unitarian Church in Boston. In daily work, as an interesting and
stimulating instructor in art, Mr. Foote leads an honored life; but he
is better known to the outside world by his compositions, which
indicate talent of a high order. The range of them and the variety are
alike remarkable.

Among his important compositions are to be mentioned an Impromptu (G
minor); Gavotte (B minor); Mazurka (G minor); Opus 6, consisting of
five pieces; Prelude and Nocturne (F minor and F major); Sarabande (G
major); Petite Valse (for the left hand); Polonaise (D major) and
Gavotte in C minor (Opus 8, No. 1); Eclogue (Opus 8, No. 2); Suite in D
minor (Opus 15), containing Prelude and Fugue, Romance and Capriccio;
Sarabande and Courante of J. S. Bach (transcribed); two Pianoforte
Pedal Studies; Etudes Album, a collection of etudes, selected and
arranged in progressive order; and Additions to Buttshardt Method of
Pianoforte Technic.

I do not find myself very well prepared to make a program of
compositions of Mr. Foote which fully satisfies. The best I can do
with the material I have is the following, which is offered to those
needing it as a suggestion:

PROGRAM.

Five pieces for piano. Opus 6.
Prelude and Nocturne.
Sarabande.
Petite Valse. (For left hand alone.)
Polonaise.
Three pieces for piano. No opus number.
Impromptu in G Minor.
Gavotte in B Minor.
Sarabande and Courante from the Violoncello Sonatas of Bach.
Arranged by Arthur Foote.

The pieces here listed will occupy about forty minutes in performance.
All of