Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864)

Overview

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:
	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.

Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming
Music by: Stephen Collins Foster.
Performed by: Christy Minstrels

Publisher:	F. Pitman Hart & Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1900.	Sheet Music.

Farewell 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.

My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night
Words and Music by: Stephen Collins Foster.
Performed by: Christy Minstrels

Publisher:	Wm. A. Pond & Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1853.	Sheet Music.

	Title (Release Year)	Instruments/Issue	Performers


MP3 File(s)
Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming (1908)	Edison's National Phonograph Company 9994	Knickerbocker Quartette
Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming (1919)	Edison Royal Purple Amberol: 29022	A. Case
My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night (1896-1899)	Edison Record: 3014	Charles P. Lowe
My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night (1896-1897)	Columbia Phonograph Co.: 12006	Charles P. Lowe
My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night (1909)	Edison Amberol: 87	Edison Concert Band
My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night (1914)	Edison Blue Amberol: 2239	Edison Concert Band
My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night (1906)	Columbia Phonograph Co.: 32865	George Alexander
Nelly Was a Lady (1910)	Indestructible Record: 1373	Frank Coombs
Old Folks at Home (1899)	Columbia Phonograph Company: 13010	Roger Harding S. Porter
Old Folks at Home (1915)	Edison Blue Amberol: 2584	Christine Miller
Old Folks at Home (1908)	U.S. Everlasting Record: 269	Florence Ethel Smith
Old Folks at Home (1913)	Edison Blue Amberol: 28143	Margaret Keyes
Suwanee River (1903)(1903)	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 8304	Samuel H. Dudley

Books

	Title	Author	Supplier


	Doo-Dah : Stephen Foster and the Rise of American Popular Culture	Ken Emerson
	Stephen Foster: American Troubador	John Howard
	Susanna, Jeanie, and The Old Folks at Home	William W. Austin

Mono.

	Title	Attribution	Remarks


	Beautiful Dreamer	Stephen Collins Foster (words & music) Christy Minstrels (perf.)

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


Beautiful Dreamer (1864)	S. Foster (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana
Camptown Races (De), Gwine to Run All Night (1850)	S. Foster (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming (1855)	S. Foster (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana
Ellen Bayne (1854)	S. Foster (w&m) Edwin C. Christy (perf.) Edwin C. Christy (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana
Eulalie (1851)	S. Foster (music) Henry Sylvester Cornwell (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana	Pub.
Farewell My Lilly Dear (1851)	S. Foster (w&m) Christy Minstrels (perf.) Christy Minstrels (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana	Pub.
Gentle Annie (1856)	S. Foster (w&m)	Piano	Greer IMSLP	Pub.
Glendy Burk (1860), The	S. Foster (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
I Still See Her in My Dreams (1857)	S. Foster (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair (1854)	S. Foster (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Linger in Blissful Repose (1858)	S. Foster (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Greer IMSLP Indiana	Pub.
Lula Is Gone (1858)	S. Foster (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Maggie by My Side (1852)	S. Foster (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Massa's in De Cold Ground (1852)	S. Foster (w&m) Christy Minstrels (perf.) Christy Minstrels (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana	Pub.
Molly Do You Love Me? (1850)	S. Foster (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
My Brodder Gum (1849)	S. Foster (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night (1853)	S. Foster (w&m) Christy Minstrels (perf.) Christy Minstrels (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana YorkSpace	Pub.
Nellie Bly (1850)	S. Foster (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana	Pub.
Nelly Was a Lady (1849)	S. Foster (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Oh Boys Carry Me 'long (1851)	S. Foster (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana	Pub.
Oh! Susanna (1848)	S. Foster (w&m) S. Winner (coauth.) Christy Minstrels (perf.) Christy Minstrels (perf.)	Piano	Greer IMSLP
Old Black Joe (1860)	S. Foster (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana
Old Dog Tray (1853)	S. Foster (w&m) Christy Minstrels (perf.) Christy Minstrels (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana	Pub.
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.
Ring, Ring De Banjo (1851)	S. Foster (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
She Was All the World to Me (1864)	S. Foster (music) Dr. Duffy (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Song of All Songs (1888), The	S. Foster (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
Under the Willow She's Sleeping (1863)	S. Foster (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
Way Down in C-A-I-Ro (1850)	S. Foster (w&m) James F. Taunt (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Willie, We Have Missed You (1854)	S. Foster (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana	Pub.

Sheet Music

Recorder Sheet Music

Album of Well-Known Songs (American Folk) (D/A/T)

Score and Parts.
Arr./Editor: A. Charlton
Publisher: Jolly Robin (JR00016)

Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair (D/A/T/B)

Score.
Publisher: Loux Music Publishing Co. (RFS0010)

SMP

Works

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:

(w&m)

1848-1853

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.)
My Brodder Gum (w&m)	1849
Nelly Was a Lady (w&m)	1849	Frank Coombs (perf.)	Pub.
Camptown Races (De), Gwine to Run All Night (w&m)	1850
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.)	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	Pub.
⇑ 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.)
Old Dog Tray (w&m)	1853	Christy Minstrels (perf.)	Pub.

1854-1935

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Ellen Bayne (w&m)	1854	Edwin C. Christy (perf.)
Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair (w&m)	1854	Dale Evans (perf.) Milt Herth (perf.) John McCormack (perf.) Jack Spratt (perf.)	Pub.
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.)
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.)
Under the Willow She's Sleeping (w&m)	1863
⇑ Beautiful Dreamer (w&m)	1864	Christy Minstrels (perf.) Stephen Sasloe (perf.) Jonathan Guyot Smith (perf.)
She Was All the World to Me	1864	Dr. Duffy (words)
Song of All Songs, The (w&m)	1888
Suwanee River (Parody)	1903	Samuel H. Dudley (perf.)
Way Down Upon the Swanee River	1935	Stephen Foster (words) Samuel H. Dudley (perf.) S. H. Dudley parodises it.

1939-?

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


For the Dear Old Flag I Die (w&m)	1939
Hard Times Come Again No More (w&m)	1954
Oh! Lemuel (w&m)	1957
Open Thy Lattice, Love (w&m)	1957	Pub.
Some Folks (w&m)	1957	Pub.
White House Chair, The (w&m)	?

Videos

	Composer	Title	Performer


	S. Foster	Beautiful Dreamer (3:24)	Jonathan Guyot Smith & Stephen Sasloe
	S. Foster	Jeanie with the light brown hair (3:01)	John McCormack