Beautiful Dreamer (SATB Choir)-Stephen Foster

An arrangement for mixed choir (SATB, Includes occasional divisi passages) and piano.

This is an arrangement of Stephen Foster’s famous song Beautiful Dreamer.

This work is known as one of Foster’s late compositions, characterized by a gently expressive, speech-like melody and a dreamlike atmosphere tinged with a sense of nostalgia.

The serene imagery of a quiet night and its dreamlike atmosphere—hovering between reality and illusion—have made this piece one of the most poetic and beloved among his works.

In this arrangement, the gentle and fantasic (dreamlike) character of the original is carefully preserved, while expanding the richness of choral sonority and introducing new harmonic colors.

Please perform with the image of the choir and piano together unfolding and expanding the musical space.

(arr. Masakazu YAMAMOTO)

Note: Please purchase one score per performer.