Introduction

Biography

Arthur was the son of Ca­leb Foote and Ma­ry Wild­er White, bro­ther of Hen­ry Wil­der Foote, and hus­band of Kate N. Knowl­ton.

Educated at Har­vard Uni­ver­si­ty, he played the or­gan at the First Church (Uni­ta­ri­an) in Bos­ton for 32 years, start­ing in 1878.

Foote was a found­ing mem­ber of the Am­er­ican Guild of Or­gan­ists, and a mem­ber of the Am­er­ican Aca­de­my of Arts and Sci­enc­es and the Am­er­ican Aca­de­my of Arts and Let­ters.

Works

• Hymns of the Church Uni­vers­al (ed­it­or), 1890
• Modern Har­mo­ny in Its The­o­ry and Prac­tice, with Wal­ter R. Spal­ding, 1905
• Some Prac­ti­cal Things in Pi­ano-Play­ing, 1909
• Then and Now, Thir­ty Years of Mu­sic­al Ad­vance in Am­e­ri­ca, in The Etude, 1913
• Modulation and Re­lat­ed Har­mo­nic Ques­tions, 1919
• A Bos­to­ni­an Re­mem­bers, in the Mu­sic­al Quar­ter­ly, 1937