Parlor Music

Nevin, Ethelbert

Date of Birth: 
November 25, 1862
Date of Death: 
February 17, 1901

Ethelbert Nevin was a composer and pianist from Sewickley, Pennsylvania. 

No Home, No Home

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

“No Home, No Home” was deposited for copyright on July 26, 1862, by John J. Daly.

No One to Love

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

“No One to Love” was submitted for copyright deposit twice by S. T. Gordon of New York, on June 20, 1862, as “No One to Love” and on July 24, 1862, as “Why, No One to Love?”

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

None Shall Weep a Tear for Me

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

Firth, Pond & Co. deposited Stephen C. Foster’s “None Shall Weep a Tear for Me” for copyright on February 9, 1860. The lyrics are Richard Henry Wilde’s “My Life Is Like the Summer Rose.” The popular text was set by many composers following its initial publication in the April 1819 issue of Analectic Magazine.

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

Oh! Susanna

Artist (Composed By): 
Foster, Stephen C. (Collins)
1848

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

“Oh! Susanna” was submitted for copyright deposit by W. C. Peters & Company on December 30, 1848. It was very likely published between July 15 and August 1 that year, for an advertisement in the Louisville Daily Democrat refers to the song as “recently published” on September 6, 1848. This was not the first edition of the song published. But this is the first edition that was prepared from Foster’s autograph manuscript.

Oh! Tell Me of My Mother

Artist (Composed By): 
Foster, Stephen C. (Collins)
1861

“Oh! Tell Me of My Mother” was submitted for copyright deposit on August 20, 1861, by John J. Daly of New York.

Oh! There’s No Such Girl as Mine

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

“Oh! There’s No Such Girl as Mine” was submitted for copyright deposit on March 10, 1863, by Horace Waters of New York. The text is a paraphrase of Samuel Lover’s “There’s No Such Girl as Mine.” 

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

Old Dog Tray

Artist (Composed By): 
Foster, Stephen C. (Collins)
1853

“Old Dog Tray” was entered for copyright deposit on August 10, 1853, by Firth, Pond & Co.

A guitar arrangement of the song was submitted for copyright deposit on September 28, 1854, also by Firth, Pond & Co.

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

Old Folks at Home

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

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

Old Memories

Artist (Composed By): 
Foster, Stephen C. (Collins)
1853

“Old Memories” was deposited for copyright on December 5, 1853, by Firth, Pond & Co.

A guitar arrangement of the song was submitted for copyright on September 27, 1854, also by Firth, Pond, & Co.

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

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