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This is a list of songs written by Stephen Foster (1826–1864) including those published posthumously. Foster may have written words and/or music for each song. Several of Foster's songs have alternate titles which are included in the "Title" column along with the original title. The original title is always given first.
Beautiful Dreamer is a compilation album comprising 18 songs originally penned by Stephen Foster. ... Title Music Length; 1. "Beautiful Dreamer" Raul Malo: 3:23: 2.
"Beautiful Dreamer" is a parlor song by American songwriter Stephen Foster. It was published posthumously in March 1864, by Wm. A. Pond & Co. of New York. The first edition states on its title page that it is "the last song ever written by Stephen C. Foster, composed but a few days prior to his death."
Historian JoAnne O'Connell speculates in her biography, The Life and Songs of Stephen Foster, that Foster may have killed himself. [14] As O'Connell and musicologist Ken Emerson have noted, several of the songs Foster wrote during the last years of his life foreshadow his death, such as "The Little Ballad Girl" and "Kiss Me Dear Mother Ere I Die."
House in Hoboken, New Jersey where Foster composed Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" is a parlor song by Stephen Foster (1826–1864), published by Firth, Pond & Co. of New York in 1854. Foster wrote the song with his estranged wife Jane McDowell in mind. The lyrics allude to a permanent separation. [1]
Stephen Foster " Angelina Baker ", sometimes sung as " Angeline the Baker " (Roud 18341) is a song written by Stephen Foster for the Christy Minstrels , and published in 1850. [ 1 ] The original laments the loss of a woman slave, sent away by her owner. [ 2 ]
Pages in category "Songs written by Stephen Foster" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
Open Thy Lattice Love was a song composed by Stephen Foster on February 1, 1844, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Susan E. Robinson was the last remaining member of the quartet that performed the song and the person who the song was written for. She died at age 85 on December 31, 1916. [1] Other sources give a different date of publication. [2]