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 376-400 of 547 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Columbia	46461	10-in.	2/28/1916	Old folks at home	Henry Burr	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Columbia	46496	10-in.	3/14/1916	Gwine to run all night	Harry C. Browne	Male vocal solo, with banjo and orchestra	composer, lyricist
Columbia	46844	10-in.	6/16/1916	Old Black Joe	Columbia Stellar Quartette	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	46873	10-in.	6/22/1916	Oh! Susanna	Harry C. Browne ; Peerless Quartet	Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with banjo and orchestra	composer, lyricist
Columbia	47199	10-in.	11/29/1916	Southern medley	Fred Van Eps	Banjo solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	47245	10-in.	12/19/1916	Swanee River	Carroll Clark ; Fred Van Eps	Male vocal solo, with banjo and orchestra	composer, lyricist
Columbia	47246	10-in.	12/19/1917	Nellie was a lady	Carroll Clark	Male vocal solo, with banjo and orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	47466	10-in.	4/6/1917	Old dog tray	Taylor Trio	Instrumental trio	composer
Columbia	47467	10-in.	4/6/1917	Nelly was a lady	Taylor Trio	Instrumental trio	composer
Columbia	77115	10-in.	6/7/1917	Old folks at home	Sibyl Sanderson Fagan	Whistling solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	77278	10-in.	8/20/1917	Old folks at home	Nellie Hoone Wetmore	Cornet solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	77297	10-in.	8/29/1917	My old Kentucky home	Columbia Stellar Quartette ; Margaret Woodrow Wilson	Female vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with piano	composer, lyricist
Columbia	77449	10-in.	10/26/1917	Old Black Joe	William J. Finn ; Paulist Choristers of Chicago	Male vocal chorus, with piano	lyricist, composer
Columbia	77450	10-in.	10/26/1917	My old Kentucky home	William J. Finn ; Paulist Choristers of Chicago	Male vocal chorus, with piano	composer, lyricist
Columbia	77463	10-in.	10/29/1917	Little Alabama coon	Frank Ferera ; Irene Greenus ; Helen Louise	Instrumental trio (Hawaiian)	composer
Columbia	77578	10-in.	12/14/1917	Old dog tray	Carroll Clark	Male vocal solo, with banjo	composer, lyricist
Columbia	77768	10-in.	4/12/1918	Old folks at home	Sascha Jacobsen	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	77801	10-in.	4/29/1918	My old Kentucky home	Sascha Jacobsen	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	77946	10-in.	7/9/1918	Oh, boys, carry me 'long	Harry C. Browne	Male vocal solo, with banjo and piano	composer, lyricist
Columbia	77973	10-in.	7/27/1918	Hard times	Columbia Stellar Quartette	Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied	lyricist, composer
Columbia	77992	10-in.	8/13/1918	Old dog tray	Carroll Clark	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Columbia	78022	10-in.	8/22/1918	Old folks at home	Sascha Jacobsen	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	78737	10-in.	10/14/1919	My old Kentucky home	Columbia Male Quartette	Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied	lyricist, composer
Columbia	78767	10-in.	10/29/1919	Massa's in de cold, cold ground	Tollefsen Trio	Instrumental trio	composer
Columbia	78768	10-in.	10/29/1919	Old Black Joe	Tollefsen Trio	Instrumental trio	composer

(Results 376-400 of 547 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Foster, Stephen Collins," accessed May 12, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/101961.

Foster, Stephen Collins. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 12, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/101961.

"Foster, Stephen Collins." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 12 May 2024.