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 276-300 of 547 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	BS-95015	10-in.	9/12/1935	Festival songs	Elsie Baker ; Myrtle C. Eaver ; Olive Kline ; Elliott Shaw	Mixed vocal trio, with piano	composer, lyricist
Victor	BS-010346	10-in.	5/27/1937	Beautiful dreamer	Richard Crooks ; Frank La Forge	Tenor vocal solo, with piano	lyricist, composer
Victor	BS-010347	10-in.	5/27/1937	Old folks at home	Balladeers ; Ralph Colicchio ; Richard Crooks ; Frank La Forge	Tenor vocal solo, with banjo, piano, and male vocal quartet	composer, lyricist
Victor	BS-010348	10-in.	5/27/1937	Uncle Ned	Balladeers ; Richard Crooks ; Frank La Forge	Tenor vocal solo, with piano and male vocal quartet	lyricist, composer
Victor	BS-010349	10-in.	5/27/1937	Oh! Susanna	Balladeers ; Ralph Colicchio ; Richard Crooks ; Frank La Forge	Tenor vocal solo, with piano, guitar, and male vocal quartet	lyricist, composer
Victor	BS-010350	10-in.	5/27/1937	Massa's in de cold ground	Balladeers ; Ralph Colicchio ; Richard Crooks ; Frank La Forge	Tenor vocal solo, with piano, banjo, and male vocal quartet	composer, lyricist
Victor	BS-010351	10-in.	5/27/1937	Come where my love lies dreaming	Balladeers ; Richard Crooks ; Frank La Forge	Tenor vocal solo, with piano and male vocal quartet	lyricist, composer
Victor	BS-010352	10-in.	5/27/1937	My old Kentucky home	Balladeers ; Ralph Colicchio ; Richard Crooks ; Frank La Forge	Tenor vocal solo, with piano, banjo, and male vocal quartet	lyricist, composer
Victor	BS-010353	10-in.	5/27/1937	Old black Joe	Balladeers ; Richard Crooks ; Frank La Forge	Tenor vocal solo, with piano and male vocal quartet	lyricist, composer
Victor	BS-010354	10-in.	5/27/1937	De Camptown races	Balladeers ; Ralph Colicchio ; Richard Crooks ; Frank La Forge	Tenor vocal solo, with piano, banjo, and male vocal quartet	lyricist, composer
Victor	BS-010355	10-in.	5/27/1937	Ah! May the red rose live always	Richard Crooks ; Frank La Forge	Tenor vocal solo, with piano	lyricist, composer
Victor	BS-010356	10-in.	5/27/1937	I dream of Jeanie with the light brown hair	Richard Crooks ; Frank La Forge	Tenor vocal solo, with piano	lyricist, composer
Victor	BS-021659	10-in.	3/30/1938	Oh! Susanna	Augustana College Choir ; Henry Veld	Mixed vocal chorus, unaccompanied	composer
Victor	CS-023953	12-in.	6/29/1938	I dream of Jeanie	The Aeolians	Instrumental quartet	composer
Victor	BS-024880	10-in.	9/8/1938	Old black Joe	Joe Green	Chimes solo	composer
Victor	BS-024881	10-in.	9/8/1938	My old Kentucky home	Joe Green	Chimes solo	composer
Victor	BS-028178	10-in.	10/31/1938	Old black Joe	Tommy Dorsey Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BS-031261	10-in.	1/9/1939	Old dog Tray	Les Brown Orchestra ; Miriam Shaw	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	composer, lyricist
Victor	BS-034691	10-in.	5/22/1939	I dream of Jeanie with the light brown hair	Shep Fields ; Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist, composer
Victor	PBS-036051	10-in.	3/20/1939	I dream of Jeanie with the light brown hair	Claude Thornhill Orchestra ; Maxine Sullivan	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	composer, lyricist
Victor	BS-043372	10-in.	11/10/1939	Foster chile	New Friends of Rhythm	Jazz/dance string ensemble	composer
Victor	BS-046053	10-in.	1/2/1940	I dream of Jeanie with the light brown hair	Larry Clinton Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer, lyricist
Victor	BS-046054	10-in.	1/2/1940	Old folks at home	Larry Clinton Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BS-050504	10-in.	5/3/1940	Beautiful dreamer	Frank La Forge	Piano solo	composer
Victor	BS-053271	10-in.	8/12/1940	I dream of Jeanie with the light brown hair	Californians ; Eddie Holly ; Abe Lyman	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer

(Results 276-300 of 547 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Foster, Stephen Collins," accessed May 6, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/101961.

Foster, Stephen Collins. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 6, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/101961.

"Foster, Stephen Collins." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 6 May 2024.