A Night Piece For A Flute And String Orchestra

Arthur Foote, the composer of this piece, was born in Salem near Boston in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. He studied music at the New England Music Academy and later at Harvard University under the instruction of Paine. While serving as a church organist in Boston, he composed music that reflected the influence of Brahms. He contributed to the development of classical music in the United States and is reguarded as a student of the so-called Boston school.

Besides "A Night Piece for a Flute and String Orchestra," he wrote many other pieces of chamber music and vocal music including a string suite for a string quartet: D. op.21 (written in 1886); d. op.36 (1896) op.63 (1910) and two piano trios.