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De Camptown Races

Artist (Composed By): 
Foster, Stephen C. (Collins)
1850

WARNING: This is a blackface minstrel song, a genre that features demeaning caricatures rooted in racism and white supremacy.

“De Camptown Races” was entered for copyright deposit on February 19, 1850, by F. D. Benteen of Baltimore. The earliest copies state on the title page “as sung by the Christy and Campbell Minstrels and New Orleans Serenaders.” Later copies only listed the Christy Minstrels at Edwin P. Christy’s request. 

Can You Say, “Thy Will Be Done?”

Artist (Composed By): 
Pace, Charles H. (Henry)
1943

For solo voice and piano.

Captain Jinks

Artist (Composed By): 
Foerster, Adolph M. (Martin)
ca.
1868-1923

Manuscript in Adolph M. Foerster’s hand. 

Choral Harp

Artist (Composed By): 
Foster, Stephen C. (Collins)
1863

“Choral Harp” was published in The Athenaeum Collection of Hymns and Tunes for Church and Sunday School, which was submitted for copyright deposit on December 9, 1863, by Horace Waters. William Ross Wallace authored the lyrics.

Chrysanthemum

Artist (Composed By): 
Rivers, Sam (Carthorne)

Circle

Artist (Composed By): 
Rivers, Sam (Carthorne)

Come o’er the Sea

Artist (Composed By): 
Foerster, Adolph M. (Martin)
ca.
1868-1923

“Come o'er the Sea” is a song for voice and piano by Adolph M. Foerster. The text is by Thomas Moore. A manuscript in Foerster’s hand is found in the Adolph M. Foerster Collection. 

Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming

Artist (Composed By): 
Foster, Stephen C. (Collins)
1855

“Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming” was submitted for copyright deposit on June 28, 1855, by Firth, Pond & Co.

According to Evelyn Foster Morneweck’s The Chronicles of Stephen Foster’s Family

Come with Thy Sweet Voice Again

Artist (Composed By): 
Foster, Stephen C. (Collins)
1854

“Come with Thy Sweet Voice Again” was submitted for copyright deposit on September 19, 1854, by Firth, Pond & Co.

An arrangement for guitar accompaniment was also published in 1854 by Firth, Pond & Co., though there is no record of copyright entry or deposit.

Comrades Fill No Glass for Me

Artist (Composed By): 
Foster, Stephen C. (Collins)
1855

“Comrades Fill No Glass for Me” was submitted for copyright deposit on November 23, 1855, by Miller & Beacham, Baltimore. The songs lyrics were published in the Cincinnati Gazette on January 22, 1857, in an article on Foster written by John B. Russell.

According to Evelyn Foster Mornweck’s The Chronicles of Stephen Foster’s Family:

In the six months immediately following his father’s death, Stephen published only two songs, “The Village Maiden” and “Comrades, Fill No Glass for Me.”

Later she writes:

Concert Study in G Major

Artist (Composed By): 
Oetting, William H.
ca.
1901

For piano. The manuscript in the William Oetting Collection indicates the piece was “dedicated to Dallmeyer Russell.” The manuscript is dated July 13, 1901.  

Concerto in D Minor for Violin and Orchestra, op. 52

Artist (Composed By): 
Foerster, Adolph M. (Martin)
ca.
1868-1923

The concerto is in three movements: Prelude, Romanza, and Finale. The manuscripts are dated July–August 1904. The second movement, Romanza, was originally a standalone composition. The manuscripts in Adolph M. Foerster’s hand for that composition are dated November 24, 1898.

Connotation

Artist (Composed By): 
Rivers, Sam (Carthorne)

Cora Dean

Artist (Composed By): 
Foster, Stephen C. (Collins)
1860

Although there are no copyright records for Stephen C. Foster’s “Cora Dean,” Firth, Pond & Co. published the song as No. 47 in its “Foster’s Melodies” series. The following song in the series, “Under the Willow She's Sleeping,” was copyrighted on May 3, 1860. It can be inferred that “Cora Dean” was written and composed around the same time. The placement of drafts of the song’s lyrics in Foster’s sketchbook supports this inference.

According to Evelyn Foster Morneweck’s The Chronicles of Stephen Foster’s Family:

Count Your Blessings

Artist (Composed By): 
Pace, Charles H. (Henry)
1957

For solo voice or chorus and piano. Negative photographs that Charles H. Pace used to print the music are dated both 1957 and 1958. 

Cyclic Episode

Artist (Composed By): 
Rivers, Sam (Carthorne)