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 476-500 of 547 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Brunswick	14315-14316½	10-in.	11/28/1924	My old Kentucky home	Edith Mason	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Brunswick	14503-14505	10-in.	12/16/1924	Hard times, come again no more	Florence Easton	Female vocal solo and mixed vocal trio, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Brunswick	14506-14508	10-in.	12/16/1924	Old folks at home	Florence Easton ; Fredric Fradkin	Female vocal solo, with orchestra and violin obbligato	composer
Brunswick	E28856	10-in.	11/30/1928	My old Kentucky home	Lew White	Organ solo	composer
Brunswick	E28857	10-in.	11/30/1928	Old Black Joe	Lew White	Organ solo	composer
Brunswick	E29698	10-in.	Apr. 1929	De Camptown races	Kanawha Singers	Male vocal ensemble, with fiddle (violin), banjo, and guitar	composer, lyricist
Brunswick	E29716	10-in.	Apr. 1929	Old folks at home	Jessica Dragonette	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Brunswick	E3742-E3743	10-in.	9/9/1926	Uncle Ned	Uncle Dave Macon	Male vocal solo, with banjo	composer, lyricist
Brunswick	E16605-E16607	10-in.	10/13/1925	My old Kentucky home	Edith Mason	Soprano vocal solo and male vocal trio, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Brunswick	E18464-E18466	10-in.	3/18/1926	My old Kentucky home	Carl Fenton’s Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	E18583-E18584	10-in.	3/27/1926	My old Kentucky home	Edith Mason	Female vocal solo and male vocal trio, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Brunswick	E26306-E26307	10-in.	1/28/1928	My old Kentucky home	Edith Mason	Female vocal solo and male vocal trio, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Brunswick	E27121-E27122	10-in.	3/23/1928	My old Kentucky home	Marie Tiffany	Female vocal solo, with male vocal trio and orchestra	composer, lyricist
Brunswick	LAE222	10-in.	July 1928	My old Kentucky home	Kentucky Jubilee Choir ; Forbes Randolph	Male vocal chorus	composer, lyricist
Edison	101	10-in.	7/14/1910	Come where my love lies dreaming	Knickerbocker Quartet	Male vocal quartet	lyricist, composer
Edison	149	Not documented	7/22/1910	Old black Joe	Vocal quartet (unidentified; Edison Records)	Vocal quartet	composer, lyricist
Edison	546	Not documented	approximately Jan. 1911	My old Kentucky home	Elizabeth Spencer	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Edison	604	10-in.	4/12/1911	Old folks at home	Eleanora de Cisneros	Mezzo-soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Edison	684	10-in.	6/22/1911	Old black Joe	Knickerbocker Quartet	Male vocal quartet	composer, lyricist
Edison	803	Not documented	9/5/1911	Old black Joe	Frank Croxton	Male vocal solo and mixed vocal quartet	composer, lyricist
Edison	811	Not documented	9/20/1911	Old folks at home	Elsie Baker	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Edison	1019	10-in.	5/6/1912	My old Kentucky home	Metropolitan Quartet	Mixed vocal quartet	composer, lyricist
Edison	1035	10-in.	between 5/17/1912 and 5/21/1912	Massa's in de cold, cold ground	Metropolitan Quartet	Mixed vocal quartet	lyricist, composer
Edison	1077	10-in.	6/14/1912	Old folks at home	Christine Miller	Female vocal solo and vocal ensemble, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Edison	1266	10-in.	9/18/1912	My old Kentucky home	Thomas Chalmers	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist

(Results 476-500 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.