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 were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 401-425 of 547 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Columbia	78829	10-in.	11/25/1919	Uncle Ned	Harry C. Browne ; Peerless Quartet	Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	78906	10-in.	1/3/1920	Old folks at home	Trio de Lutece	Instrumental trio	composer
Columbia	78973	10-in.	2/13/1920	Come where my love lies dreaming	Columbia Stellar Quartette	Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied	composer, lyricist
Columbia	79048	10-in.	3/15/1920	Old folks at home	George Meader	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Columbia	79408	10-in.	9/9/1920	Nelly was a lady	Henry Burr	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Columbia	79526	10-in.	11/18/1920	My old Kentucky home	Robert Hood Bowers ; Paul Kéfer ; George Stehl	Instrumental trio	composer
Columbia	79771	10-in.	3/29/1921	Gentle Annie	Oscar Seagle	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Columbia	79844	10-in.	5/16/1921	Medley of jigs and reels	Philip Hauser ; Don Richardson	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	79967	10-in.	8/23/1921	Uncle Ned	Oscar Seagle	Baritone vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Columbia	80288	10-in.	4/7/1922	Old Black Joe	Horace Davis ; Sam Moore	Musical saw duet	composer
Columbia	80289	10-in.	4/7/1922	Old Black Joe	Horace Davis ; Sam Moore	Musical saw and harp-guitar duet	lyricist, composer
Columbia	80826	10-in.	2/2/1923	Southern medley	Harry Reser ; Shannon Four	Male vocal quartet, with banjo and orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	80827	10-in.	2/2/1923	Southern medley	Harry Reser ; Shannon Four	Male vocal quartet, with banjo and orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	140014	10-in.	9/11/1924	Old Black Joe	Riley Puckett	Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar	lyricist, composer
Columbia	140024	10-in.	9/11/1924	O! Susanna	Riley Puckett	Male vocal solo, with banjo	composer, lyricist
Columbia	30038	12-in.	approximately 1906	Old black Joe	Columbia Quartette	Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied	composer, lyricist
Columbia	30128	12-in.	3/20/1908	Old folks at home	Mrs. A. Stewart Holt	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Columbia	30401	12-in.	between January and June 1910	My old Kentucky home	Mrs. A. Stewart Holt	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Columbia	30402	12-in.	between January and June 1910	Old black Joe	Mrs. A. Stewart Holt	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Columbia	30580	12-in.	11/22/1910	Old folks at home	Alice Nielsen	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Columbia	30654	12-in.	2/2/1911	Old folks at home	Lillian Nordica	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	37184	12-in.	2/18/1915	Old black Joe	Alice Nielsen	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	48531	12-in.	12/27/1915	Old folks at home	Oscar Seagle	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	48542	12-in.	1/7/1916	Come where my love lies dreaming	Oscar Seagle	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	48543	12-in.	1/14/1916	Massa's in the cold cold ground	Oscar Seagle	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer

(Results 401-425 of 547 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Foster, Stephen Collins," accessed May 13, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/101961.

Foster, Stephen Collins. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 13, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/101961.

"Foster, Stephen Collins." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 13 May 2024.