Vocal Music

At Twilight

Artist (Composed By): 
Nevin, Ethelbert
1891

“At Twilight,” by Ethelbert Nevin, was published in 1891 as part of the set Five Songs, op. 12.

Away down Souf

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.

“Away down Souf” was submitted for copyright deposit by W. C. Peters of Louisville on December 30, 1848. An advertisement published before that date on September 29, 1848, suggests it was published that day.

Bring My Brother Back to Me

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

There is no record of copyright entry or deposit. The copyright claims on the title page and page 3 are for 1863. The author of the lyrics was George Cooper.

Charles and Frankie Pace Collection

Charles Henry Pace (1886–1963) began his career as a composer, director, and publisher of Black gospel music in Chicago, where he made some of the first recordings of early Black gospel standards with his group the Pace Jubilee Singers between 1926 and 1929. He met and married Frankie (1905–1989) in the early 1930s, and in 1936 they moved to Pittsburgh, eventually establishing their publishing business in the Hill District neighborhood.

Come o’er the Sea

Artist (Composed By): 
Foerster, Adolph M. (Martin)
ca.
1868-1923

“Come o'er the Sea” is a song for voice and piano by Adolph M. Foerster. The text is by Thomas Moore. A manuscript in Foerster’s hand is found in the Adolph M. Foerster Collection. 

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. 

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.

Deep in a Rose’s Glowing Heart

Artist (Composed By): 
Nevin, Ethelbert
1888

“Deep in a Rose’s Glowing Heart” is the first song in Ethelbert Nevin’s Three Songs, op. 3, published by Boston Music Co. in 1888.

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