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 351-375 of 549 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Columbia	805	7-in.	ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902	My old Kentucky home	Artists vary	Minstrels, with male vocal solo and orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	818	10-in.	approximately 1902	Suwanee River	Artists vary	Male vocal quartet, with piano	lyricist, composer
Columbia	818	7-in.	approximately 1902	Suwanee River	Artists vary	Male vocal quartet, with piano	lyricist, composer
Columbia	1431	7-in.	ca. 1903	Dixie land march	Columbia Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Columbia	1431	10-in.	ca. 1903	Dixieland march	Columbia Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Columbia	1629	10-in.	ca. 1903	My old Kentucky home	Artists vary	Female vocal solo, with piano	lyricist, composer
Columbia	3354	10-in.	ca. 1905-Mar. 1906	My old Kentucky home	George Alexander	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	4251	10-in.	approximately 1909	Come where my love lies dreaming	Columbia Quartette	Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied	lyricist, composer
Columbia	4351	10-in.	between January and April 1910	My old Kentucky home	Columbia Quartette	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	4378	10-in.	Jan.-May 1910	Old dog Tray	Carroll Clark	Male vocal solo, with banjo	lyricist, composer
Columbia	4431	10-in.	between January and June 1910	Nelly was a lady	Frank Coombs	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	4443	10-in.	ca. 1910	Gentle Annie	Carroll Clark	Male vocal solo, with banjo	lyricist, composer
Columbia	4446	10-in.	between January and August 1910	Massa's in the cold, cold ground	Carroll Clark ; Vess L. Ossman	Male vocal solo, with banjo	lyricist, composer
Columbia	19155	10-in.	12/8/1910	Hard times come again no more	Brunswick Quartette ; Frank Coombs	Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with cello and piano	lyricist, composer
Columbia	19357	10-in.	5/9/1911	Old folks at home	Henry Burr	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	19661	10-in.	11/15/1911	Old folks at home	George McNeice	Clarinet solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	39786	10-in.	1/20/1915	My old Kentucky home	Lois Ewell	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	39872	10-in.	2/18/1915	Old folks at home	Arthur Turelly	Harmonica solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	45873	10-in.	7/21/1915	Old Black Joe	Taylor Trio	Instrumental trio	composer
Columbia	45886	10-in.	7/27/1915	My old Kentucky home	Louise and Ferera	Steel guitar and guitar duet	composer
Columbia	45909	10-in.	8/3/1915	Old folks at home	Henry Burr	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	46133	10-in.	10/21/1915	Come where my love lies dreaming	French Horn Quartette	French horn quartet, unaccompanied	composer
Columbia	46141	10-in.	10/22/1915	Old Black Joe	Fisk University Jubilee Singers	Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied	lyricist, composer
Columbia	46265	10-in.	12/13/1915	Old folks at home	Taylor Trio	Instrumental trio	composer
Columbia	46266	10-in.	3/21/1916	My old Kentucky home	Taylor Trio	Instrumental trio, with orchestra	composer

(Results 351-375 of 549 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Foster, Stephen Collins," accessed November 25, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/101961.

Foster, Stephen Collins. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/101961.

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