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 151-175 of 546 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	E-6547	8-in.	10/15/1908	Massa's in the cold, cold ground	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-6547	10-in.	10/15/1908	Massa's in the cold, cold ground	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Victor	B-6729	10-in.	1/18/1909	My old Kentucky home	Chris Chapman	Chimes	composer
Victor	C-6801	12-in.	2/15/1909	Old black Joe	Glyndwr Mountain Ash Welsh Male Choir	Male vocal chorus	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-6851	10-in.	3/2/1909	Old folks at home (with variations)	Vess L. Ossman	Banjo solo, with piano	composer
Victor	B-8062	10-in.	6/16/1909	Old folks at home	Whitney Brothers Quartet	Male vocal quartet	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-8273	10-in.	10/4/1909	My old Kentucky home	Geraldine Farrar ; Harry Macdonough ; Reed Miller ; Reinald Werrenrath	Vocal quartet (soprano, 2 tenors, and baritone), with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	C-8273	12-in.	2/25/1910	My old Kentucky home	Geraldine Farrar	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-8421	10-in.	12/1/1909	My old Kentucky home	Fisk University Jubilee Singers	Male vocal quartet	lyricist, composer
Victor	C-8454	12-in.	12/9/1909	Old black Joe	Fisk University Jubilee Singers	Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-8657	10-in.	2/24/1910	My old Kentucky home	Riccardo Martin	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	BVE-8939	10-in.	2/2/1928	Old folks at home	Fritz Kreisler	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Victor	B-8939	10-in.	5/11/1910	Swanee River	Fritz Kreisler	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Victor	B-9146	10-in.	6/29/1910	Old folks at home	Marguerite Dunlap	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	C-9753	12-in.	1/3/1911	Gems from Stephen Foster	Arthur Pryor's Band	Band	composer
Victor	B-9785	10-in.	1/11/1911	Old dog Tray	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-9889	10-in.	1/31/1911	Old black Joe	Chicago Glee Club Trombone Quartet	Trombone quartet	composer
Victor	B-10387	10-in.	5/26/1911	The Camptown races	American Quartet ; Billy Murray	Male vocal solo and vocal trio or quartet, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	C-10506	12-in.	6/2/1911	The old folks at home	Alice Sovereign	Contralto vocal solo, with piano	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-11513	10-in.	1/25/1912	Old folks at home	Elsie Baker	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	C-11513	12-in.	1/25/1912	Old folks at home	Elsie Baker	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-11569	10-in.	2/6/1912	My old Kentucky home	Elsie Baker	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	C-11569	12-in.	2/6/1912	My old Kentucky home	Elsie Baker	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-11782	10-in.	3/22/1912	Massa's in de cold, cold ground	F. J. Bacon	Banjo solo, unaccompanied	composer
Victor	B-11783	10-in.	3/22/1912	Old folks at home	F. J. Bacon	Banjo solo, unaccompanied	composer

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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.