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 176-200 of 549 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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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 | lyricist, composer | |
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 | B-13299 | 10-in. | 5/21/1913 | Come where my love lies dreaming | Neapolitan Trio | Instrumental trio | composer | |
Victor | C-13299 | 12-in. | 5/16/1913 | 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 | lyricist, composer | |
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 | lyricist, composer | |
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 | lyricist, composer |
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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