Parlor Music

Thou Art the Queen of My Song

Artist (Composed By): 
Foster, Stephen C. (Collins)
ca.
1859–1860

Firth, Pond & Co. deposited Stephen C. Foster’s “Thou Art the Queen of My Song” for copyright on December 21, 1859.

Turn Not Away!

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

“Turn Not Away!” was entered for copyright on October 15, 1850, by F. D. Benteen of Baltimore. 

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

Under the Willow She’s Sleeping

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

“Under the Willow She’s Sleeping” was submitted for copyright deposit on May 3, 1860, by Firth, Pond & Co.

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

Village Bells Polka

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

“Village Bells Polka” was entered for copyright deposit on October 15, 1850, by F. D. Benteen of Baltimore.

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

Virginia Belle

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

“Virginia Belle” was entered for copyright deposit on November 15, 1860, by Firth, Pond & Co.

Was My Brother in the Battle?

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

“Was My Brother in the Battle?” was submitted for copyright entry on August 8, 1862, by Horace Waters of New York. The copyright ledgers (Southern New York, Vol. 66, p. 33) indicate August 8, 1862, as the date of deposit, however the copyright deposit copy at Library of Congress is dated August 9.

We Are Coming, Father Abraam, 300,000 More

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

“We Are Coming, Father Abraam, 300,000 More” was submitted for copyright deposit on September 5, 1862, by S. T. Gordon. The poetry is by James Sloane Gibbons and was originally published as “Three Hundred Thousand More” in the New York Evening Post on July 16, 1862. The poem was widely reprinted. 

We’ve a Million in the Field

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

There is no record of copyright entry or deposit for “We’ve a Million in the Field.” The copyright claim on the title page and page 3 of the earliest edition is for 1862.

What Must a Fairy’s Dream Be?

Artist (Composed By): 
Foster, Stephen C. (Collins)
1847

“What Must a Fairy’s Dream Be?” was entered for copyright deposit by W. C. Peters, Cincinnati on October 18, 1847.

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

When Old Friends Were Here

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

“When Old Friends Were Here” was submitted for copyright deposit on January 23, 1864, by Horace Waters of New York. The author of the lyrics is George Cooper, although some of the early editions of the song inaccurately credit Henry Cooper.

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