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 549 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | C-16523 | 12-in. | 9/21/1915 | Gems of Stephen Foster | Conway's Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | B-16822 | 10-in. | 11/29/1915 | My old Kentucky home | Neapolitan Trio | Instrumental trio | composer | |
Victor | BVE-16822 | 10-in. | 11/3/1926 | My old Kentucky home | Neapolitan Trio | Instrumental trio | composer | |
Victor | BVE-16823 | 10-in. | 9/23/1926 | Old folks at home | Venetian Trio (Victor Records ensemble) | Instrumental trio | composer | |
Victor | B-16823 | 10-in. | 11/29/1915 | 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 | lyricist, composer | |
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 |
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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