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 426-450 of 547 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Columbia	48802	12-in.	5/8/1916	My old Kentucky home	Lucile Lawrence	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	48832	12-in.	6/21/1916	Uncle Ned	Columbia Stellar Quartette ; Graham Marr	Baritone vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	49122	12-in.	2/13/1917	Old black Joe	Louis Graveure	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	49276	12-in.	11/26/1917	Massa's in the cold, cold ground	Columbia Stellar Quartette ; Lucy Gates	Soprano vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	49341	12-in.	3/14/1918	My old Kentucky home	Columbia Stellar Quartette ; Lucy Gates	Soprano vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Columbia	49496	12-in.	ca. 1918	Old black Joe	Columbia Stellar Quartette ; Barbara Maurel	Mezzo-soprano vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	49508	12-in.	9/25/1918	Old folks at home	Columbia Stellar Quartette ; Oscar Seagle	Baritone vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	49509	12-in.	9/25/1918	Massa's in de cold, cold ground	Columbia Stellar Quartette ; Oscar Seagle	Baritone vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Columbia	49934	12-in.	ca. 1921	Old folks at home	Rosa Ponselle	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	W141220	10-in.	10/30/1925	Come where my love lies dreaming	Hemstreet Singers	Female vocal quartet, unaccompanied	composer, lyricist
Columbia	W141714	10-in.	2/23/1926	My old Kentucky home	Corinne Rider-Kelsey ; Shannon Quartet	Soprano vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Columbia	W141715	10-in.	2/23/1926	Massa's in de cold, cold ground	Corinne Rider-Kelsey ; Shannon Quartet	Soprano vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	W143350	10-in.	1/25/1927	Old folks at home	Musical Art Quartet	String quartet	composer
Columbia	W143600	10-in.	3/9/1927	My old Kentucky home	Harold L. Rieder	Organ solo	composer
Columbia	W143601	10-in.	3/9/1927	Old black Joe	Harold L. Rieder	Organ solo	composer
Columbia	W143816	10-in.	3/30/1927	My old Kentucky home	Bob Nichols ; Riley Puckett	Male vocal duet, with 2 fiddles (violins) and guitar	lyricist, composer
Columbia	W143840	10-in.	3/31/1927	Old black Joe	Clayton McMichen and his Singing Sisters	Vocal ensemble	lyricist, composer
Columbia	W144607	10-in.	9/6/1927	My old Kentucky home	American Singers	Male vocal quartet	lyricist, composer
Columbia	W145171	10-in.	11/8/1927	O Susanna	Dan Hornsby Trio	Male vocal and instrumental trio	lyricist, composer
Columbia	W145891	10-in.	3/28/1928	My old Kentucky home	Edna Thomas	Female vocal solo, with piano	lyricist, composer
Columbia	W147206	10-in.	10/16/1928	My old Kentucky home	Bowman Sisters	Female vocal duet, with guitar	lyricist, composer
Columbia	W147207	10-in.	10/16/1928	Swanee River	Bowman Sisters	Female vocal duet, with guitar	lyricist, composer
Columbia	W148324	10-in.	4/16/1929	Uncle Ned	Leake County Revelers	String band, with male vocal trio and yodeling	composer, lyricist
Columbia	W98581	12-in.	9/5/1928	Old folks at home	Sophie Braslau	Contralto vocal solo, with male quartet and orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	W98721	12-in.	10/1/1930	Stephen Foster medley	Guy Lombardo ; Royal Canadians	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer, lyricist

(Results 426-450 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.