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 451-475 of 547 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Columbia	25110	10-in.	approximately 1903	The old folks at home	Florence Venning	Female vocal solo	lyricist, composer
Columbia	76022	12-in.	approximately 1918	Old folks at home	Clara Butt	Contralto vocal solo, with chorus and orchestra	composer
Columbia	90136	10-in.	between 1918 and 1925	Old folks at home (Swanee Ribber)	Columbia Band	Band	composer
Columbia	90141	10-in.	between 1918 and 1925	Battle hymn of the Republic	Columbia Band	Band	composer
Columbia	CCO4706	10-in.	12/17/1946	Beautiful dreamer	Old Hickory Singers ; Claude Sharpe	Male vocal quartet, with string band	composer, lyricist
Columbia	CCO4708	10-in.	12/17/1946	Come where my love lies dreaming	Old Hickory Singers ; Claude Sharpe	Male vocal quartet. with string band	composer, lyricist
Columbia	CO27429	10-in.	approximately 1940	Beautiful dreamer	John Carter ; James Quillian	Tenor vocal solo, with piano	composer
OKeh	271	10-in.	ca. July 1918	My old Kentucky home	Marie Morrisey	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
OKeh	S-773	10-in.	ca. Aug. 1919	Old Black Joe	Shannon Four	Male vocal quartet	composer, lyricist
OKeh	S-7016	10-in.	approximately Sept. 1919	Transcription of Swanee River	Ferdinand Himmelreich	Piano solo	composer
OKeh	S-73041	10-in.	12/18/1924	Old Uncle Ned	Fiddlin' John Carson	Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin)	composer, lyricist
OKeh	W80560	10-in.	3/17/1927	Swanee River	Fiddlin' John Carson ; Virginia Reelers	String band, with male vocal solo	composer
OKeh	W80564	10-in.	3/18/1927	Old folks at home	Monroe Quartette	Vocal quartet, with piano	composer, lyricist
OKeh	W400352	10-in.	2/26/1928	Massa's in the cold, cold ground	Mississippi Juvenile Quartette	Mixed vocal quartet, with piano	composer, lyricist
OKeh	[OK cat 1275-b]	10-in.	approximately 1919	Old folks at home	Samuel Siegel	Mandolin solo	composer
Brunswick	792	10-in.	approximately early 1917	Old folks at home	Marie Morrisey	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Brunswick	793	10-in.	approximately early 1917	Old Kentucky home	Marie Morrisey	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Brunswick	3598	10-in.	approximately Jan. 1920	Old folks at home	Elias Breeskin ; Virginia Rea	Female vocal solo, with violin obbligato	composer, lyricist
Brunswick	3638	10-in.	approximately Feb. 1920	Come where my love lies dreaming	Criterion Trio ; Theo Karle	Male vocal solo and male vocal trio, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Brunswick	3094-3095	10-in.	approximately Nov. 1919	Old Black Joe	Criterion Quartet	Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied	composer, lyricist
Brunswick	3837-3838	10-in.	approximately July 1920	Come where my love lies dreaming	Criterion Trio ; Theo Karle	Male vocal solo and male vocal trio, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Brunswick	4624-4626	10-in.	approximately Nov. 1920	My old Kentucky home	Marie Tiffany	Female vocal solo and male vocal trio, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Brunswick	10709-10712	10-in.	5/22/1923	My old Kentucky home	Criterion Trio ; Marie Tiffany	Female vocal solo and male vocal trio, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Brunswick	10763-10764	10-in.	5/29/1923	My old Kentucky home	Marie Tiffany	Female vocal solo, with male vocal trio and orchestra	composer, lyricist
Brunswick	14121-14122	10-in.	11/4/1924	My old Kentucky home	Edith Mason	Female vocal solo and male vocal trio, with orchestra	composer, lyricist

(Results 451-475 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.