Vocal Music

Hold Not Thy Peace

Artist (Composed By): 
Pace, Charles H. (Henry)
1958

For solo voice and piano.

I Cannot Sing To-Night

Artist (Composed By): 
Foster, Stephen C. (Collins)
1852

“I Cannot Sing To-Night” was submitted for copyright deposit on August 11, 1852 by Firth, Pond & Co. The lyrics are by George F. Bannister.

Evelyn Foster Morneweck writes in The Chronicles of Stephen Foster’s Family, “After his return from the South in March, 1852, Stephen published that year ‘Massa’s in de Cold Ground,’ ‘The Hour for Thee and Me,’ ‘I Cannot Sing Tonight,’ and ‘Maggie by My Side.’”

I Know He Will Take Care of Me

Artist (Composed By): 
Pace, Charles H. (Henry)
ca.
1950–1963

For SATB choir and piano.

I See Her Still in My Dreams

Artist (Composed By): 
Foster, Stephen C. (Collins)
1857

Firth, Pond & Co. deposited “I See Her Still in My Dreams” for copyright on June 8, 1857. 

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

I Tried the Lord

Artist (Composed By): 
Pace, Charles H. (Henry)
ca.
1948–1958 

For solo voice and piano.

I Will Be True to Thee

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

There is no record of copyright entry or deposit for “I Will Be True to Thee,” but later copies of the song have an 1862 copyright claim on page three.

I Would Not Die in Spring Time

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

“I Would Not Die in Spring Time” was entered for copyright deposit on October 15, 1850, by F. D. Benteen of Baltimore. It was originally published under the pseudonym Milton Moore, but there is no doubt that the song was composed by Foster. He recorded royalties for the song in his account book, and his brother Morrison notated in the margin of “Old Folks at Home Variations” that Milton Moore was Foster’s nom de plume.

I Would Not Die in Summer Time

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

“I Would Not Die in Summer Time” was submitted for copyright deposit on July 12, 1851 by F. D. Benteen of Baltimore.

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

Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen

Artist (Composed By): 
Foerster, Adolph M. (Martin)
1874

The manuscript, in Adolph M. Foerster’s hand, is dated May 17, 1874.

If You’ve Only Got a Moustache

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

“If You’ve Only Got a Moustache” was submitted for copyright deposit on January 23, 1864, by Horace Waters of New York.

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