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 501-525 of 549 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Edison	1077	10-in.	6/14/1912	Old folks at home	Christine Miller	Female vocal solo and vocal ensemble, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Edison	1266	10-in.	9/18/1912	My old Kentucky home	Thomas Chalmers	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Edison	2172	10-in.	3/10/1913	Come where my love lies dreaming	Mixed vocal quartet (unidentified; Edison Records)	Mixed vocal quartet	composer, lyricist
Edison	2573	10-in.	11/19/1913	Old folks at home	Christine Miller	Female vocal solo and vocal ensemble, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Edison	2951	10-in.	between 4/9/1914 and 4/15/1914	My old Kentucky home	Thomas Chalmers	Male vocal solo and vocal ensemble, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Edison	3147	10-in.	July 1914	Old folks at home	Samuel Gardner	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Edison	3274	10-in.	Sept. 1914	Massa's in de cold, cold ground	Metropolitan Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Edison	3544	10-in.	1/27/1915	Old folks at home	Christine Miller	Female vocal solo and mixed vocal ensemble, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Edison	3579	10-in.	2/12/1915	Old dog Tray	Walter Scanlan	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Edison	3685	10-in.	4/5/1915	Old folks at home	Kitty Berger	Harp-zither solo	composer
Edison	3846	10-in.	6/4/1915	Come where my love lies dreaming	Knickerbocker Quartet	Male vocal quartet	composer, lyricist
Edison	3914	10-in.	6/28/1915	My old Kentucky home	Palakiko Ferera	Guitar solo	composer
Edison	3937	10-in.	7/3/1915	Old black Joe	André Benoist	Piano solo	composer
Edison	4097	10-in.	9/8/1915	My old Kentucky home—Variations	André Benoist ; Albert Spalding	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Edison	4194	10-in.	10/15/1915	Old Black Joe	André Benoist	Piano solo	composer
Edison	4330	10-in.	12/11/1915	Massa's in de cold, cold ground	Fred J. Bacon	Banjo solo	composer
Edison	4345	10-in.	12/16/1915	Old black Joe	Christine Miller	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Edison	4475	10-in.	2/5/1916	Old black Joe	Fred J. Bacon	Banjo solo	composer
Edison	4756	10-in.	5/31/1916	Come where my love lies dreaming	Thomas Chalmers	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Edison	4758	10-in.	6/1/1916	My old Kentucky home	Thomas Chalmers	Male vocal solo and mixed vocal ensemble, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Edison	4882	10-in.	7/17/1916	Old folks at home	Anna Case	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Edison	4976	10-in.	9/8/1916	Old folks at home	M. Nagy	Cimbalom solo, with piano	composer
Edison	5028	10-in.	9/28/1916	Old black Joe	Criterion Quartet	Male vocal quartet	composer, lyricist
Edison	5295	10-in.	1/17/1917	Gentle Annie	Apollo Quartet of Boston	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Edison	5594	10-in.	5/31/1917	Old black Joe	Thomas Chalmers	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist

(Results 501-525 of 549 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Foster, Stephen Collins," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/101961.

Foster, Stephen Collins. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/101961.

"Foster, Stephen Collins." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.