Vocal Music

A Dream of My Mother and My Home

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

“A Dream of My Mother and My Home” was submitted for copyright deposit on April 16, 1862, by Horace Waters of New York.

A Fair Good Morn

Artist (Composed By): 
Nevin, Ethelbert
1893

“A Fair Good Morn,” by Ethelbert Nevin, was published in 1893 in A Book of Songs, op. 20. A holographic sketch can be found in the Ethelbert Nevin Collection. 

A Penny for Your Thoughts

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

“A Penny for Your Thoughts” was submitted for copyright deposit on December 16, 1861, by Horace Waters of New York.

A Soldier in the Colored Brigade

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

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

“A Soldier in the Colored Brigade” was submitted for copyright deposit on May 27, 1863, by Firth, Son & Co. George Cooper authored the lyrics.

A Thousand Miles from Home

Artist (Composed By): 
Foster, Stephen C. (Collins)
1870

There is no deposit copy in the Library of Congress for “A Thousand Miles from Home.”

John Mahon, a friend of Foster’s, offers insight into the songs origins in his article “The Last Years of Stephen C. Foster” (New York Clipper, March 24, 1877):

Adolph M. Foerster Collection

Adolph M. Foerster (1854–1927) was a musician, conductor, and music educator. Born in Pittsburgh, he studied voice, composition, and piano at the Leipzig Conservatory. Upon graduation, he taught music at the conservatory in Fort Wayne, Indiana, before returning to Pittsburgh, where he directed the Pittsburgh Symphony Society and the Musical Union Choral Society.

Ah! May the Red Rose Live Alway!

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

“Ah! May the Red Rose Live Alway!” was entered for copyright deposit on April 12, 1850, by F. D. Benteen of Baltimore.

Among Flowers, op. 28

Artist (Composed By): 
Foerster, Adolph M. (Martin)
1889

Published by Henry Kleber, Among Flowers is a set of eleven songs for soprano or tenor voice with piano accompaniment. The songs are “Violets,” “Sunflowers,” “Love in a Rose-bush,” “For-get-me-not,” “The Water Sprite,” “Among the Roses,” “In Blossom Time,” “Old Proverb,” “Cradle Song,” “On the Wild Rose Tree,” and “The Young Rose.”

Annie My Own Love

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

“Annie My Own Love” was entered for copyright deposit on May 12, 1853, by Firth, Pond & Co. The lyrics of the song are by Charles Shiras.

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

Anthem for Easter: Christ the Lord Is Risen To-Day

Artist (Composed By): 
Oetting, William H.
1901

“Anthem for Easter: Christ the Lord Is Risen To-Day” is for SATB quartet and organ, featuring alto and tenor solos and soprano and tenor duet. William H. Oetting indicated on the autograph manuscript that he completed the composition in Berlin on January 23, 1901. The manuscript resides in the William Oetting Collection. 

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