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 176-200 of 546 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	B-12517	10-in.	10/17/1912	My old Kentucky home	William H. Reitz	Bells solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-12565	10-in.	11/4/1912	Old black Joe	Frances Alda	Soprano vocal solo, with piano	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-12646	10-in.	11/20/1912	Massa's in de cold, cold ground	Marguerite Dunlap	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Victor	B-12830	10-in.	1/23/1913	Old folks at home	Alma Gluck	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-12977	10-in.	3/8/1913	Old folks at home	Alma Gluck	Soprano vocal solo, with piano and violin obbligato	lyricist, composer
Victor	C-13083	12-in.	4/7/1913	Old black Joe	Frances Alda	Soprano vocal solo, with cello obbligato and piano	lyricist, composer
Victor	C-13299	12-in.	5/16/1913	Come where my love lies dreaming	Neapolitan Trio	Instrumental trio	composer
Victor	B-13299	10-in.	5/21/1913	Come where my love lies dreaming	Neapolitan Trio	Instrumental trio	composer
Victor	B-13496	10-in.	6/26/1913	Old black Joe	Clarence Whitehill	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	C-13904	12-in.	10/3/1913	Old folks at home	Nellie Melba	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-13978	10-in.	10/22/1913	Way down upon the old Swanee	Frank Croxton ; Byron G. Harlan	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	C-14258	12-in.	12/29/1913	My old Kentucky home	Alma Gluck	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-14678	10-in.	4/8/1914	Come where my love lies dreaming	John McCormack	Tenor vocal solo, with male vocal chorus and orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-14839	10-in.	5/18/1914	Old black Joe	Christine Miller	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-14976	10-in.	6/22/1914	Old folks at home	"That Girl" Quartet	Female vocal quartet, unaccompanied	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-15008	10-in.	6/25/1914	Old folks at home	Sascha Jacobsen	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Victor	B-15432	10-in.	11/25/1914	Old folks at home	Felix Arndt	Celeste solo	composer
Victor	B-15433	10-in.	11/25/1914	Old black Joe	Felix Arndt	Celeste solo	composer
Victor	B-15441	10-in.	11/30/1914	My old Kentucky home	Felix Arndt	Celeste solo	composer
Victor	B-15574	10-in.	1/7/1915	Old black Joe	Pale K. Lua	Guitar solo (Hawaiian)	composer
Victor	B-15704	10-in.	2/15/1915	My old Kentucky home	Samuel Gardner	Violin solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-15781	12-in.	3/11/1915	Swanee River	Ferdinand Himmelreich	Piano solo	composer
Victor	C-16082	12-in.	6/7/1915	Old black Joe	Alma Gluck	Soprano vocal solo, with male vocal quartet, celeste, and orchestra	composer, lyricist
Victor	C-16146	12-in.	6/25/1915	Massa's in de cold, cold ground	Clarence Whitehill	Baritone vocal solo, with male vocal chorus and orchestra	composer, lyricist
Victor	B-16146	10-in.	7/6/1915	Massa's in de cold, cold ground	Clarence Whitehill	Baritone vocal solo, with male vocal chorus and orchestra	composer, lyricist

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Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Foster, Stephen Collins," accessed April 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/101961.

Foster, Stephen Collins. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/101961.

"Foster, Stephen Collins." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 April 2024.