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 201-225 of 546 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	C-16523	12-in.	9/21/1915	Gems of Stephen Foster	Conway's Band	Band	composer
Victor	BVE-16822	10-in.	11/3/1926	My old Kentucky home	Neapolitan Trio	Instrumental trio	composer
Victor	B-16822	10-in.	11/29/1915	My old Kentucky home	Neapolitan Trio	Instrumental trio	composer
Victor	B-16823	10-in.	11/29/1915	Old folks at home	Venetian Trio (Victor Records ensemble)	Instrumental trio	composer
Victor	BVE-16823	10-in.	9/23/1926	Old folks at home	Venetian Trio (Victor Records ensemble)	Instrumental trio	composer
Victor	C-17156	12-in.	2/15/1916	My old Kentucky home	Alma Gluck	Soprano vocal solo, with male vocal chorus and orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	C-17856	12-in.	6/13/1916	Songs of the past, no. 16	Victor Light Opera Company	Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-18320	10-in.	9/1/1916	My old Kentucky home	Victor Military Band	Band	composer
Victor	B-18349	10-in.	9/12/1916	Pickaninny's lullaby	Imperial Quartet	Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-18933	10-in.	12/27/1916	Massa's in da cold, cold ground	Efrem Zimbalist	Violin solo, with string orchestra and celeste	composer
Victor	B-18934	10-in.	12/27/1916	Old black Joe	Efrem Zimbalist	Violin solo, with string orchestra	composer
Victor	C-20014	12-in.	6/6/1917	Four American folk songs	Maud Powell	Violin solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-20094	10-in.	6/26/1917	Nelly was a lady	Alma Gluck	Soprano vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	C-20600	12-in.	8/8/1917	Evening by the moonlight medley	Boston Quintet	Male quintet (vocal quartet and piano)	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-20859	10-in.	10/12/1917	Massa's in de cold, cold ground	Clarence Whitehill	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Victor	B-22154	10-in.	7/12/1918	Old folks at home (Swanee River)	Conway's Band	Band	composer
Victor	B-22155	10-in.	7/12/1918	Old black Joe	Conway's Band	Band	composer
Victor	C-22183	12-in.	7/29/1918	Old folks at home	Ernestine Schumann-Heink	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-22630	10-in.	3/18/1919	Oh, boys, carry me 'long	Louise Homer	Contralto vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-22631	10-in.	3/18/1919	Hard times, come again no more	Louise Homer	Contralto vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-22696	10-in.	4/22/1919	Gentle Annie	Merle Alcock	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-23430	10-in.	10/23/1919	My old Kentucky home	Westminster Chimes [i.e., William H. Reitz]	Chimes, unaccompanied	composer
Victor	B-24540	10-in.	10/21/1920	Old folks at home	Fred Van Eps	Banjo solo, with piano	composer
Victor	B-25249	10-in.	5/2/1921	My old Kentucky home	Ford Hanford	Musical saw, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-25647	10-in.	10/11/1921	My old Kentucky home	Horace Davis ; Sam Moore	Instrumental duet	composer

(Results 201-225 of 546 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Foster, Stephen Collins," accessed April 26, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/101961.

Foster, Stephen Collins. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/101961.

"Foster, Stephen Collins." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 26 April 2024.