Stephen Collins Foster  (1826-1864)
Last updated: 01.11.23
According to The New Penguin Dictionary of Music, Stephen Foster was a prolific American composer mainly of songs to his own words. He was self-taught and died poor and an alcoholic.
Many of my early struggles with the piano started with Stephen Foster compositions such as Jeanie with the light brown hair and Beautiful Dreamer.
Websites:
url15.gif Stephen Collins Foster An exhaustive biography by Kathryn Miller Haines.  
Stephen Collins Foster  (1826-1864) has at least 3 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.
b000xtswbc_m.jpgCome Where My Love Lies Dreaming
Music by: Stephen Collins Foster.
Performed by: Christy Minstrels
Publisher: F. Pitman Hart & Co.
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Printed: 1900. Sheet Music.
b0016fwxoy_m.jpgFarewell My Lilly Dear A Plantation Melody
Music by: Stephen Collins Foster.
Performed by: Christy Minstrels
Publisher: Firth, Pond & Co.
Suppliers: B0016FWXOY: not available.
Printed: 1851. Sheet Music.
b00fd7x2dm_m.jpgMy Old Kentucky Home, Good Night
Words and Music by: Stephen Collins Foster.
Performed by: Christy Minstrels
Publisher: Wm. A. Pond & Co.
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Printed: 1853. Sheet Music.
  Title (Release Year) Instruments/Issue Performers
       
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audioextmp315.gif Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming (1908) Edison's National Phonograph Company 9994 Knickerbocker Quartette
audioextmp315.gif Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming (1919) Edison Royal Purple Amberol: 29022 A. Case
audioextmp315.gif My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night (1896-1899) Edison Record: 3014 Charles P. Lowe
audioextmp315.gif My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night (1896-1897) Columbia Phonograph Co.: 12006 Charles P. Lowe
audioextmp315.gif My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night (1909) Edison Amberol: 87 Edison Concert Band
audioextmp315.gif My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night (1914) Edison Blue Amberol: 2239 Edison Concert Band
audioextmp315.gif My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night (1906) Columbia Phonograph Co.: 32865 George Alexander
audioextmp315.gif Nelly Was a Lady (1910) Indestructible Record: 1373 Frank Coombs
audioextmp315.gif Old Folks at Home (1899) Columbia Phonograph Company: 13010 Roger Harding
S. Porter
audioextmp315.gif Old Folks at Home (1915) Edison Blue Amberol: 2584 Christine Miller
audioextmp315.gif Old Folks at Home (1908) U.S. Everlasting Record: 269 Florence Ethel Smith
audioextmp315.gif Old Folks at Home (1913) Edison Blue Amberol: 28143 Margaret Keyes
audioextmp315.gif Suwanee River (1903)(1903) Edison Gold Moulded Record: 8304 Samuel H. Dudley
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book15.gif  Doo-Dah : Stephen Foster and the Rise of American Popular Culture Ken Emerson flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
book15.gif  Stephen Foster: American Troubador John Howard flag15us.gif
book15.gif  Susanna, Jeanie, and The Old Folks at Home William W. Austin flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif
     Title Attribution Remarks
       
url15.gif Beautiful Dreamer Stephen Collins Foster (words & music)
Christy Minstrels (perf.)
 
     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           
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Beautiful Dreamer (1864) S. Foster (w&m)
Piano, Voice IMSLP
Indiana
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pdf15.gif Camptown Races (De), Gwine to Run All Night (1850) S. Foster (w&m) Piano, Voice IMSLP wvicon.gif
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Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming (1855) S. Foster (w&m)
Piano, Voice IMSLP
Indiana
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Ellen Bayne (1854) S. Foster (w&m)
Edwin C. Christy (perf.)
Edwin C. Christy (perf.)
Piano, Voice
IMSLP
Indiana
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Eulalie (1851) S. Foster (music)
Henry Sylvester Cornwell (words)
Piano, Voice IMSLP
Indiana
Pub.

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Farewell My Lilly Dear (1851) S. Foster (w&m)
Christy Minstrels (perf.)
Christy Minstrels (perf.)
Piano, Voice
IMSLP
Indiana
Pub.
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Gentle Annie (1856) S. Foster (w&m)
Piano Greer
IMSLP
Pub.
pdf15.gif Glendy Burk (1860), The S. Foster (w&m) Piano, Voice IMSLP
pdf15.gif I Still See Her in My Dreams (1857) S. Foster (w&m) Piano, Voice Indiana Pub.
pdf15.gif Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair (1854) S. Foster (w&m) Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
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Linger in Blissful Repose (1858) S. Foster (w&m)

Piano, Voice Greer
IMSLP
Indiana
Pub.
pdf15.gif Lula Is Gone (1858) S. Foster (w&m) Piano, Voice Indiana Pub.
pdf15.gif Maggie by My Side (1852) S. Foster (w&m) Piano, Voice Indiana Pub.

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Massa's in De Cold Ground (1852) S. Foster (w&m)
Christy Minstrels (perf.)
Christy Minstrels (perf.)
Piano, Voice
IMSLP
Indiana
Pub.
pdf15.gif Molly Do You Love Me? (1850) S. Foster (w&m) Piano, Voice Indiana Pub.
pdf15.gif My Brodder Gum (1849) S. Foster (w&m) Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.

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My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night (1853) S. Foster (w&m)
Christy Minstrels (perf.)
Christy Minstrels (perf.)
Piano, Voice
IMSLP
Indiana
YorkSpace
Pub.
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Nellie Bly (1850) S. Foster (w&m)
Piano, Voice IMSLP
Indiana
Pub.
pdf15.gif Nelly Was a Lady (1849) S. Foster (w&m) Piano, Voice Indiana Pub.
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Oh Boys Carry Me 'long (1851) S. Foster (w&m)
Piano, Voice IMSLP
Indiana
Pub.


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Oh! Susanna (1848) S. Foster (w&m)
S. Winner (coauth.)
Christy Minstrels (perf.)
Christy Minstrels (perf.)
Piano

Greer
IMSLP
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Old Black Joe (1860) S. Foster (w&m)
Piano, Voice IMSLP
Indiana
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Old Dog Tray (1853) S. Foster (w&m)
Christy Minstrels (perf.)
Christy Minstrels (perf.)
Piano, Voice
IMSLP
Indiana
Pub.

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Old Folks at Home (1851) S. Foster (w&m)
Christy Minstrels (perf.)
Christina Nilsson (perf.)
E. Christy (perf.)
Piano, Voice
IMSLP
Indiana
Indiana
YorkSpace
Pub.
pdf15.gif Ring, Ring De Banjo (1851) S. Foster (w&m) Piano, Voice IMSLP
pdf15.gif She Was All the World to Me (1864) S. Foster (music)
Dr. Duffy (words)
Piano, Voice IMSLP
pdf15.gif Song of All Songs (1888), The S. Foster (w&m) Piano, Voice Indiana wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Under the Willow She's Sleeping (1863) S. Foster (w&m) Piano, Voice Indiana wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Way Down in C-A-I-Ro (1850) S. Foster (w&m)
James F. Taunt (perf.)
Piano, Voice Indiana Pub.
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Willie, We Have Missed You (1854) S. Foster (w&m)
Piano, Voice IMSLP
Indiana
Pub.
Recorder Sheet Music
Album of Well-Known Songs (American Folk) (D/A/T)smp_unav15.gif
Score and Parts.
Arr./Editor: A. Charlton
Publisher: Jolly Robin (JR00016)
Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair (D/A/T/B)smp_unav15.gif
Score.
Publisher: Loux Music Publishing Co. (RFS0010)
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 38 works by Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: pdf15.gif (w&m)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Oh! Susanna (w&m) 1848 Septimus Winner (co-author)
Betty, Jean & Jim (perf.)
Blaine & Cal Smith (perf.)
Christy Minstrels (perf.)
Johnny Fox (perf.)
Lois Wilson (perf.)
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My Brodder Gum (w&m) 1849  wvicon.gif
Nelly Was a Lady (w&m) 1849 Frank Coombs (perf.)  Pub. audioextmp315.gif
Camptown Races (De), Gwine to Run All Night (w&m) 1850  wvicon.gif
Molly Do You Love Me? (w&m) 1850  Pub.
Nellie Bly (w&m) 1850  Pub.
Way Down in C-A-I-Ro (w&m) 1850 James F. Taunt (perf.)  Pub.
Eulalie 1851 Henry Sylvester Cornwell (words)  Pub.
Farewell My Lilly Dear (w&m) 1851 Christy Minstrels (perf.)  amazon15.gif Pub.
Oh Boys Carry Me 'long (w&m) 1851  Pub.
Old Folks at Home (w&m) 1851 Christy Minstrels (perf.)
Edwin Pearce Christy (perf.)
Roger Harding (perf.)
Margaret Keyes (perf.)
Christine Miller (perf.)
Christina Nilsson (perf.)
Steve Porter (perf.)
Florence Ethel Smith (perf.)
Sold by Foster to Edwin Pearce Christy
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Ring, Ring De Banjo (w&m) 1851
Maggie by My Side (w&m) 1852  Pub.
Massa's in De Cold Ground (w&m) 1852 Christy Minstrels (perf.)  Pub.
My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night (w&m) 1853 George Alexander (perf.)
Edison Concert Band (perf.)
Christy Minstrels (perf.)
Charles P. Lowe (perf.)
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Old Dog Tray (w&m) 1853 Christy Minstrels (perf.)  Pub.
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Ellen Bayne (w&m) 1854 Edwin C. Christy (perf.)  wvicon.gif
Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair (w&m) 1854 Dale Evans (perf.)
Milt Herth (perf.)
John McCormack (perf.)
Jack Spratt (perf.)
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Willie, We Have Missed You (w&m) 1854  Pub.
Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming (w&m) 1855 Anna Case (perf.)
Christy Minstrels (perf.)
Knickerbocker Quartette (perf.)
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Gentle Annie (w&m) 1856 Christy Minstrels (perf.)  Pub.
I Still See Her in My Dreams (w&m) 1857  Pub.
Linger in Blissful Repose (w&m) 1858  Pub.
Lula Is Gone (w&m) 1858  Pub.
Glendy Burk, The (w&m) 1860
Old Black Joe (w&m) 1860 Orrin Tucker (perf.)  wvicon.gif
Under the Willow She's Sleeping (w&m) 1863  wvicon.gif
Beautiful Dreamer (w&m) 1864 Christy Minstrels (perf.)
Stephen Sasloe (perf.)
Jonathan Guyot Smith (perf.)
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She Was All the World to Me 1864 Dr. Duffy (words)
Song of All Songs, The (w&m) 1888  wvicon.gif
Suwanee River (Parody) 1903 Samuel H. Dudley (perf.)  audioextmp315.gif
Way Down Upon the Swanee River 1935 Stephen Foster (words)
Samuel H. Dudley (perf.)
S. H. Dudley parodises it.
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Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
For the Dear Old Flag I Die (w&m) 1939  wvicon.gif
Hard Times Come Again No More (w&m) 1954  wvicon.gif
Oh! Lemuel (w&m) 1957  wvicon.gif
Open Thy Lattice, Love (w&m) 1957  Pub.
Some Folks (w&m) 1957  Pub.
White House Chair, The (w&m) ?
     Composer Title Performer
       
youtube15.jpg S. Foster Beautiful Dreamer (3:24) Jonathan Guyot Smith & Stephen Sasloe
youtube15.jpg S. Foster Jeanie with the light brown hair (3:01) John McCormack