111 PAGES OF CONTEMPORARY PIANO ARRANGEMENTS (WITH OPTIONAL VOCAL) OF 19 OF STEPHEN FOSTER'S BEST KNOWN SONGS. SINCE THESE ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE PLAYED AS PIANO SOLOS, THE PIANO SCORES ARE DESIGNED TO BE OF ENJOYABLE MUSICAL INTEREST ON THEIR OWN; THAT IS, "ORCHESTRATED" FOR THE PIANO AS IF THEY WERE SKETCHES FOR AN ENSEMBLE OF INSTRUMENTS. MOST ARRANGEMENTS ARE ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE, WITH SOME INTERMEDIATE, AND ONE OR TWO ADVANCED. THIS IS APPROPRIATE SINCE THE FEW PEOPLE WHO CAN SIGHT-READ AT THE PIANO NOWADAYS ARE OFTEN ABLE TO READ AND PLAY CLASSICAL COMPOSITIONS BY BACH, HANDEL, SCARLATTI, MOZART, HAYDEN, AND BEETHOVEN. THEY, THEREFORE, DESERVE MORE INTERESTING AND REWARDING ARRANGEMENTS THAN THE ORIGINAL VERSIONS (PURPOSELY MADE SIMPLE IN ORDER TO SELL AS MANY COPIES AS POSSIBLE) OF THESE WONDERFUL AMERICAN MUSICAL TREASURES OF THE 1800'S.