Stephen Collins Foster

Stephen Collins Foster (July 4, 1826 – January 13, 1864), known as "the father of American music", was an American composer known primarily for his parlour and minstrel music during the Romantic period. He wrote more than 200 songs, including "Oh! Susanna", "Hard Times Come Again No More", "Camptown Races", "Old Folks at Home" ("Swanee River"), "My Old Kentucky Home", "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair", "Old Black Joe", and "Beautiful Dreamer", and many of his compositions remain popular today.

Birth and Death Data: Born 1826 (Lawrenceville), Died January 13, 1864 (Manhattan)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1894 - 1948

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist

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Recordings (Results 251-275 of 546 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	CVE-45267	12-in.	6/13/1928	Old folks at home	Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Salon Group	Orchestra, with mixed vocal chorus	lyricist, composer
Victor	CVE-45268	12-in.	6/13/1928	Open thy lattice, love	Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Salon Group	Orchestra, with mixed vocal chorus	lyricist, composer
Victor	CVE-45631	12-in.	6/14/1928	Massa's in de cold ground	Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Salon Group	Orchestra, with mixed vocal chorus	composer, lyricist
Victor	CVE-45632	12-in.	6/14/1928	Hard times come again no more	Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Salon Group	Orchestra, with male vocal chorus	lyricist, composer
Victor	CVE-45636	12-in.	6/15/1928	Nelly was a lady	Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Salon Group	Orchestra, with male vocal chorus	lyricist, composer
Victor	CVE-45652	12-in.	6/22/1928	My old Kentucky home	Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Salon Group	Orchestra, with mixed vocal chorus and whistling	lyricist, composer
Victor	CVE-45653	12-in.	6/22/1928	Ring de banjo	Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Salon Group	Orchestra, with mixed vocal chorus	lyricist, composer
Victor	CVE-45654	12-in.	6/22/1928	Old black Joe	Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Salon Group	Orchestra, with male vocal quartet	composer, lyricist
Victor	BVE-46388	10-in.	12/12/1928	My old Kentucky home	Amelita Galli-Curci	Soprano vocal solo, with piano	composer, lyricist
Victor	CVE-47884	12-in.	11/1/1928	Old folks at home	Victor Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	CVE-48041	12-in.	11/7/1928	Dixieland	Victor Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	50079	10-in.	10/24/1929	Saudade	Orfeão Piracicabano	Mixed vocal chorus	composer
Victor	BVE-51065	10-in.	3/28/1929	Old folks at home	Ralph Crane	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	BVE-56239	10-in.	9/23/1929	Swanee River	Robert MacGimsey	Whistling solo, with guitar and organ	composer
Victor	BVE-56240	10-in.	9/23/1929	My old Kentucky home	Robert MacGimsey	Whistling solo, with guitar and organ	composer
Victor	BVE-59983	10-in.	5/24/1930	When the springtime comes again	Carter Family	Mixed vocal trio, with yodeling, steel guitar, and autoharp	lyricist, composer
Victor	BVE-63628	10-in.	9/5/1930	Old folks at home	Amelita Galli-Curci	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	BVE-67746	10-in.	12/30/1930	The little brown church	Ralph Crane	Male vocal solo, with instrumental quintet	composer, lyricist
Victor	BRC-69975	10-in.	6/24/1931	Beautiful dreamer	Francis Luther	Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano	lyricist, composer
Victor	BVE-70586	10-in.	2/17/1932	Oh! Susanna	Irene Harding ; Mathilda Harding	Piano and pipe organ duet	composer
Victor	BS-75719	10-in.	4/5/1933	Old black Joe	Elsie Baker ; Myrtle C. Eaver ; Olive Kline ; Lambert Murphy ; Elliott Shaw	Mixed vocal quartet, with piano	composer, lyricist
Victor	BS-75722	10-in.	4/5/1933	A merry life	Elsie Baker ; Myrtle C. Eaver ; Olive Kline ; Lambert Murphy ; Elliott Shaw	Mixed vocal quartet, with piano	composer
Victor	BS-82599	10-in.	6/11/1934	Suwani gawa no uta	Hizi Koyke	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-89261	10-in.	4/4/1935	Beautiful dreamer	S. Archer Gibson	Organ solo	composer
Victor	BVE-89869	10-in.	6/6/1935	Company	Olive Kline	Soprano vocal solo, with piano	composer

(Results 251-275 of 546 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Foster, Stephen Collins," accessed May 2, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/101961.

Foster, Stephen Collins. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 2, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/101961.

"Foster, Stephen Collins." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 2 May 2024.