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Garland of Songs, op. 64

Artist (Composed By): 
Foerster, Adolph M. (Martin)
1906

Garland of Songs, op. 64, is a set of songs for medium and high voice by Adolph M. Foerster. The songs in Book 1 (for medium voice) are “Song of the Soul,” “The Starless Night,” “The Starlit Night,” “The Robin’s Lullaby,” “’Tis the Last Rose of Summer,” and “The Silent Sea.” The songs in Book 2 (for high voice) are “To the Beloved,” “Love Me If I Live,” “Heart Song,” “Love Alone,” “Enraptured,” and “Sun of the Sleepless.”

Manuscripts in the composer’s hand for “Heart Song,” “Love Alone,” and “The Robin’s Lullaby” are found in the Adolph M. Foerster Collection. 

Gentle Annie

Artist (Composed By): 
Foster, Stephen C. (Collins)
1856

The title page of “Gentle Annie” was deposited for copyright on April 24, 1856. It was originally published by Firth, Pond & Co.

The first score listed below is the edition that was used in the Foster Hall Reproductions and The Music of Stephen C. Foster: A Critical Edition. 

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

Gentle Lena Clare

Artist (Composed By): 
Foster, Stephen C. (Collins)
1862

“Gentle Lena Clare” was submitted for copyright deposit on December 31, 1862, by S. T. Gordon of New York.

Geraniums

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

Give Me My Flowers

Artist (Composed By): 
Pace, Charles H. (Henry)
1945

For solo voice and piano.

Give the Stranger Happy Cheer

Artist (Composed By): 
Foster, Stephen C. (Collins)
1851

“Give the Stranger Happy Cheer” was entered for copyright deposit on January 6, 1851, by F. D. Benteen of Baltimore.

Give This to Mother

Artist (Composed By): 
Foster, Stephen C. (Collins)
1864

“Give This to Mother” was submitted for copyright deposit on May 7, 1864, by P. A. Wundermann of New York. The author of the lyrics is not listed on the earliest copies, but a caption title on a later copy of the song, printed by Horace Waters from Wundermann’s plates, reads “Words by S. W. Hardings.” A later copy gives his name as S. W. Harding, without the final “s.”

Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread

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

“Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread” was included in Waters’ Golden Harp for Sunday Schools, which was submitted for copyright deposit on April 14, 1863, by Horace Waters. It was later republished in The Athenaeum Collection of Hymns and Tunes for Church and Sunday School (New York: Horace Waters, 1863).

Gladiolus

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

The Glendy Burk

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

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

Firth, Pond & Co. deposited Stephen C. Foster’s “The Glendy Burk” for copyright on May 29, 1860.

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

Glimpse

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

Great Jehovah

Artist (Composed By): 
Pace, Charles H. (Henry)
1950

For SATB choir, soprano soloist, and piano.