Parlor Music

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:

Cooper, George

Date of Birth: 
May 14, 1840
Date of Death: 
September 26, 1927

George Cooper was an American poet, lyricist, and composer. 

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:

Dear Friends

Date of Birth: 
1982
Date of Death: 
2000

Dear Friends was the ensemble-in-residence at the Stephen Foster Memorial at the University of Pittsburgh from 1982 through 2000. The ensemble was originally devoted to performing 19th century American Music, much of which was drawn from the University's Center for American Music's Foster Hall Collection, but expanded their repertory to reflect the diverse musical life of 19th and 20th century America, as well as traditional European and Latin Music.

Dear Friends Recordings Collection

From 1982 to 2000, the Dear Friends were an ensemble-in-residence at the University of Pittsburgh’s Stephen Foster Memorial devoted to performing nineteenth-century music from the United States.

Dearer than Life! (Meet Me Tonight Dearest)

Artist (Composed By): 
Foster, Stephen C. (Collins)
1869

Stephen C. Foster appears to have never competed composing this song. The text on the manuscript was written by his friend George W. Birdseye, and it was used in the song “Down by the Gate,” composed by J. R. Thomas and published in 1863. 

Dolly Day

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.

“Dolly Day” 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.

Ellen Bayne

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

“Ellen Bayne” was never entered for copyright deposit. The earliest known copy was published by Firth, Pond & Co. on February 3, 1854.

A guitar arrangement of the song was submitted for copyright on November 13, 1854, by Firth, Pond, & Co.

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

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