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 451-475 of 549 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | W98581 | 12-in. | 9/5/1928 | Old folks at home | Sophie Braslau | Contralto vocal solo, with male quartet and orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | W98721 | 12-in. | 10/1/1930 | Stephen Foster medley | Guy Lombardo ; Royal Canadians | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer, lyricist | |
Columbia | 25110 | 10-in. | approximately 1903 | The old folks at home | Florence Venning | Female vocal solo | composer, lyricist | |
Columbia | 76022 | 12-in. | approximately 1918 | Old folks at home | Clara Butt | Contralto vocal solo, with chorus and orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 90136 | 10-in. | between 1918 and 1925 | Old folks at home (Swanee Ribber) | Columbia Band | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 90141 | 10-in. | between 1918 and 1925 | Battle hymn of the Republic | Columbia Band | Band | composer | |
Columbia | CCO4706 | 10-in. | 12/17/1946 | Beautiful dreamer | Old Hickory Singers ; Claude Sharpe | Male vocal quartet, with string band | composer, lyricist | |
Columbia | CCO4708 | 10-in. | 12/17/1946 | Come where my love lies dreaming | Old Hickory Singers ; Claude Sharpe | Male vocal quartet. with string band | composer, lyricist | |
Columbia | CO27429 | 10-in. | approximately 1940 | Beautiful dreamer | John Carter ; James Quillian | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
OKeh | 271 | 10-in. | ca. July 1918 | My old Kentucky home | Marie Morrisey | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer, lyricist | |
OKeh | S-773 | 10-in. | ca. Aug. 1919 | Old Black Joe | Shannon Four | Male vocal quartet | composer, lyricist | |
OKeh | S-7016 | 10-in. | approximately Sept. 1919 | Transcription of Swanee River | Ferdinand Himmelreich | Piano solo | composer | |
OKeh | S-73041 | 10-in. | 12/18/1924 | Old Uncle Ned | Fiddlin' John Carson | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) | composer, lyricist | |
OKeh | W80560 | 10-in. | 3/17/1927 | Swanee River | Fiddlin' John Carson ; Virginia Reelers | String band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
OKeh | W80564 | 10-in. | 3/18/1927 | Old folks at home | Monroe Quartette | Vocal quartet, with piano | composer, lyricist | |
OKeh | W400352 | 10-in. | 2/26/1928 | Massa's in the cold, cold ground | Mississippi Juvenile Quartette | Mixed vocal quartet, with piano | composer, lyricist | |
OKeh | [OK cat 1275-b] | 10-in. | approximately 1919 | Old folks at home | Samuel Siegel | Mandolin solo | composer | |
Brunswick | 792 | 10-in. | approximately early 1917 | Old folks at home | Marie Morrisey | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer, lyricist | |
Brunswick | 793 | 10-in. | approximately early 1917 | Old Kentucky home | Marie Morrisey | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer, lyricist | |
Brunswick | 3598 | 10-in. | approximately Jan. 1920 | Old folks at home | Elias Breeskin ; Virginia Rea | Female vocal solo, with violin obbligato | composer, lyricist | |
Brunswick | 3638 | 10-in. | approximately Feb. 1920 | Come where my love lies dreaming | Criterion Trio ; Theo Karle | Male vocal solo and male vocal trio, with orchestra | composer, lyricist | |
Brunswick | 3094-3095 | 10-in. | approximately Nov. 1919 | Old Black Joe | Criterion Quartet | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | composer, lyricist | |
Brunswick | 3837-3838 | 10-in. | approximately July 1920 | Come where my love lies dreaming | Criterion Trio ; Theo Karle | Male vocal solo and male vocal trio, with orchestra | composer, lyricist | |
Brunswick | 4624-4626 | 10-in. | approximately Nov. 1920 | My old Kentucky home | Marie Tiffany | Female vocal solo and male vocal trio, with orchestra | composer, lyricist | |
Brunswick | 10709-10712 | 10-in. | 5/22/1923 | My old Kentucky home | Criterion Trio ; Marie Tiffany | Female vocal solo and male vocal trio, with orchestra | composer, lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Foster, Stephen Collins," accessed September 28, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/101961.
Foster, Stephen Collins. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved September 28, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/101961.
"Foster, Stephen Collins." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 28 September 2024.
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LCNAR: Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50023175
Wikidata: Stephen Foster - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q305202
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/71577893
MusicBrainz: Stephen Foster - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/dd28ee68-673e-4fe9-acfc-fa3c81877469
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