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 226-250 of 546 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	B-26566	10-in.	6/22/1922	I dream of Jeanie with the light brown hair	Lambert Murphy	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	BVE-26566	10-in.	3/10/1927	I dream of Jeanie with the light brown hair	Lambert Murphy	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-26594	10-in.	7/11/1922	Old folks at home	Amelita Galli-Curci	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	C-26860	12-in.	9/1/1922	Medley of Foster songs	Criterion Quartet	Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied	composer, lyricist
Victor	B-27739	10-in.	4/6/1923	Massa's in the cold, cold ground	Wilfred Glenn ; Shannon Quartet	Male vocal quartet and soloist, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Victor	B-28210	10-in.	6/22/1923	Oh Susanna	Hugo Frey ; Great White Way Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal chorus	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-28261	10-in.	7/9/1923	Southern melodies	The Troubadours	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	B-29416	10-in.	1/24/1924	Gwine to run all night	Wendell W. Hall ; Shannon Quartet	Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with banjo	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-29417	10-in.	1/24/1924	Oh! Susanna	Wendell W. Hall ; Shannon Quartet	Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with banjo	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-31302	10-in.	11/5/1924	Old dog Tray	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	CVE-32857	12-in.	6/2/1925	My old Kentucky home	Rosa Ponselle	Soprano vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	CVE-32865	12-in.	6/3/1925	Old folks at home	Rosa Ponselle	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	BVE-34724	10-in.	3/9/1926	Old folks at home	Alberto Salvi	Harp solo	composer
Victor	BVE-35406	10-in.	4/15/1926	Old dog Tray	Reinald Werrenrath	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	BVE-35917	10-in.	7/15/1926	Medley of Foster songs	Shannon Quartet	Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied	lyricist, composer
Victor	BVE-35957	10-in.	8/9/1926	Old folks at home	Shannon Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	BVE-35958	10-in.	8/9/1926	My old Kentucky home	Shannon Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	BVE-36122	10-in.	8/23/1926	Old black Joe	Hart House String Quartet	String quartet	composer
Victor	BVE-37880	10-in.	3/31/1927	Old black Joe	Lawrence Tibbett	Baritone vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and orchestra	composer, lyricist
Victor	BVE-37881	10-in.	3/31/1927	Uncle Ned	Lawrence Tibbett	Baritone vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	BVE-40007	10-in.	9/12/1927	Old folks at home	Mary Lewis	Soprano vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	lyricist, composer
Victor	BVE-40578	10-in.	11/15/1927	Oh! Susanna	Vernon Dalhart ; Adelyne Hood ; Carson Robison	Mixed vocal trio, with instrumental ensemble	composer, lyricist
Victor	PBVE-42122[a]	10-in.	3/26/1928	Old black Joe	Sam Ku West	Steel guitar solo	composer
Victor	CVE-43382	12-in.	3/20/1928	Southern melodies waltz, no. 1	Walter Kolomoku’s Honoluluans	Instrumental ensemble (Hawaiian)	composer
Victor	CVE-43383	12-in.	3/20/1928	Southern melodies waltz, no. 2	Walter Kolomoku’s Honoluluans	Instrumental ensemble (Hawaiian)	composer

(Results 226-250 of 546 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Foster, Stephen Collins," accessed April 28, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/101961.

Foster, Stephen Collins. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 28, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/101961.

"Foster, Stephen Collins." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 28 April 2024.