Vocal Music

Sail On

Artist (Composed By): 
Foerster, Adolph M. (Martin)
1908

“Sail On” is a setting of a text by Thomas Moore for voice and piano by Adolph M. Foerster. The song appears to have never been published. Foerster may have originally considered including it in his songs published in his opus 71. He scratched out “Op. 71, No. 2” on a manuscript in his handwriting dated June 13, 1908. On a separate manuscript he scratched out “Op. 80, No. 1.”

Sechs Lieder, op. 6

Artist (Composed By): 
Foerster, Adolph M. (Martin)
1875

Adolph M Foerster’s Sechs Lieder, for voice and piano, was published in Leipzig by C. F. Kahnt and G. Schirmer in New York. The manuscript for the fifth song, in Adolph M. Foerster’s hand,  is dated November 1, 1875. 

Seek and Ye Shall Find

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

“Seek and Ye Shall Find” was included in Waters’ Golden Harp for Sunday Schools, which was submitted for copyright deposit on April 14, 1863, by Horace Waters. It was later republished in The Athenaeum Collection of Hymns and Tunes for Church and Sunday School (New York: Horace Waters, 1863). It also appeared in Heavenly Echos: A New Collection of Hymns & Tunes for Sunday Schools and Social Meetings (New York: C. M. Tremaine, 1867).

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.

Sleep Minstrel Sleep

Artist (Composed By): 
Nevin, Ethelbert
1996

Slumber Song

Artist (Composed By): 
Foerster, Adolph M. (Martin)
1888

Adolph M. Foerster’s “Slumber Song,” for voice and piano, was published by J. H. Rogers in Cleveland in 1888. A manuscript of the song in the composer’s hand is found in the Adolph M. Foerster Collection. The manuscript is dated May 6, 1888.

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:

Somebody’s Coming to See Me To Night

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

“Somebody’s Coming to See Me To Night” was submitted for copyright entry on April 29, 1864, and for copyright deposit on May 14, 1864, both by D. S. Holmes of New York. George Cooper authored the lyrics.

Song of the Winds and Streams

Artist (Composed By): 
Oetting, William H.
ca.
1875-1969

“Song of the Winds and Streams” is a composition for voice and piano by William H. Oetting. The poetry is by Tennyson. Oetting dedicated the piece “to Martha.” Manuscripts for high voice (in the key of A-flat) and mezzo-soprano (in the key of F) are found in the William Oetting Collection. The manuscript for high voice is dated February 20, 1902, and lists performances of the song. 

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