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 were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 51-75 of 546 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1259	7-in.	2/15/1902	Old Uncle Ned	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet	lyricist, composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1259	10-in.	2/15/1902	Old Uncle Ned	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet	lyricist, composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1261	7-in.	2/15/1902	Nellie was a lady	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet	lyricist, composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1261	10-in.	2/15/1902	Nellie was a lady	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet	lyricist, composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1263	10-in.	2/15/1902	Old black Joe	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet	lyricist, composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1263	7-in.	2/15/1902	Old black Joe	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet	composer, lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1546	7-in.	8/8/1902	Old black Joe	Walter B. Rogers	Cornet solo	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1546	10-in.	8/8/1902	Old black Joe	Walter B. Rogers	Cornet solo	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1960	7-in.	2/11/1903	Old folks at home	Leo Medaer	Clarinet solo	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1960	10-in.	2/11/1903	Old folks at home	Leo Medaer	Clarinet solo	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1997	7-in.	2/27/1903	My old Kentucky home	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet	lyricist, composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1997	10-in.	2/27/1903	My old Kentucky home	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet	lyricist, composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]2074	7-in.	3/17/1903	Old folks at home	Minnie Emmett	Female vocal solo	lyricist, composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]2074	10-in.	3/17/1903	Old folks at home	Minnie Emmett	Female vocal solo	lyricist, composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]3060	10-in.	1/23/1901	My old Kentucky home	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo	composer, lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]3183	10-in.	3/6/1901	Old black Joe	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet	composer, lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]3264	10-in.	4/5/1901	Fantasie on "Old Kentucky home"	Sousa's Band	Band	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]3371	10-in.	5/16/1901	The old folks at home	Vess L. Ossman	Banjo solo	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]3423	10-in.	6/1/1901	Old black Joe	Walter B. Rogers	Cornet solo	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]3497	10-in.	7/10/1901	Parody on the "Suwaunee River"	Burt Shepard	Male vocal solo	lyricist, composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]3511	10-in.	7/17/1901	Medley of plantation songs	American Quartet	Male vocal quartet	lyricist, composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]3575	10-in.	9/12/1901	My old Kentucky home	Charles P. Lowe	Xylophone solo	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix C-]31046	12-in.	either 1901 or 1902	My old Kentucky home	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet	lyricist, composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix C-]31047	12-in.	either 1901 or 1902	Uncle Ned	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet	lyricist, composer
Victor	A-205	7-in.	7/28/1903	Suwanee River	Metropolitan Orchestra	Descriptive scene and orchestra	composer

(Results 51-75 of 546 records)

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Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Foster, Stephen Collins," accessed April 19, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/101961.

Foster, Stephen Collins. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/101961.

"Foster, Stephen Collins." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 April 2024.