Parlor Music

She Was All the World to Me

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

“She Was All the World to Me” was submitted for copyright deposit on February 23, 1864, by Horace Waters of New York. The author of the lyrics is Dr. Duffy.

Sitting by My Own Cabin Door

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

“Sitting by My Own Cabin Door” was submitted for copyright deposit on April 20, 1864, by John J. Daly of New York.

Slumber My Darling

Artist (Composed By): 
Foster, Stephen C. (Collins)
ca.
1862–1863

There is no record of copyright entry or deposit for “Slumber My Darling.” It was issued as number 11 in Waters’s Foster’s Melodies series. Therefore it was probably published number 10, “Was My Brother in the Battle?”, was entered for copyright on August 10, 1862. The song must have been published by June 4, 1863, when Waters advertised it in the New York Daily Tribune.

Soiree Polka

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

“Soiree Polka” was submitted for copyright on February 12, 1850, by W. C. Peters of Baltimore. An arrangement for four hands was submitted on September 3, 1850, although it Is unclear if Stephen Foster made that arrangement himself.

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

Some Folks

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

“Some Folks” 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:

Stay Summer Breath

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

“Stay Summer Breath” was submitted for copyright by W. C. Peters of Louisville on December 30, 1848, though it was most likely published earlier than that because an advertisement by Peters on July 15, 1848, describes the song as “just published.”

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

Stephen Foster Collection

Stephen C. (Collins) Foster (1826–1864) was born in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania, outside of Pittsburgh. He wrote songs in his youth to perform in amateur blackface minstrel shows and in parlors with his friends. After the immense success of “Oh! Susanna” and “Uncle Ned,” in 1849 Foster signed contracts with music publishers and embarked on a career as a songwriter.

Summer Longings

Artist (Composed By): 
Foster, Stephen C. (Collins)
1849

“Summer Longings” was submitted for copyright deposit by W. C. Peters on November 21, 1849. The words are by Denis Florence MacCarthy, whose poetry Foster discovered in The Home Journal on May 12, 1849.

Sweetly She Sleeps, My Alice Fair

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

“Sweetly She Sleeps, My Alice Fair” was submitted for copyright deposit on March 18, 1851, by F. D. Benteen of Baltimore. The text was an adaptation of Charles G. Eastman’s “Sweetly She Sleeps,” which appeared in Poems of Charles G. Eastman (Montpelier: Eastman and Danforth, 1848).

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

That’s What’s the Matter

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

“That’s What’s the Matter” was submitted for copyright deposit on April 29, 1862, by Firth, Pond & Co. of New York.

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

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