Collection provides a valuable record of Stephen Foster's composition process, nineteenth century life in the United States, the music business, Pittsburgh history, and Foster's legacy.
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Favorite songster
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Without music; tunes indicated by title., Caption title., Copy imperfect; cover lacking.
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For the dear old flag I die!
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poetry by George Cooper ; music by Stephen C. Foster., For voice and piano, with chorus refrain., Caption title., "The last words of a brave little drummer boy who was fatally wounded at the battle of Gettysburg.", Verses 2-3 printed as text on p. 5., Advertisement: New music just issued by Horace Waters on p. [6], Ornamental red and blue border on t.p., "Warren, Music Stereotyper, 43 Centre"--T.p., Price mark 2 1/2 in eight-pointed star, followed by "each.", First line of text: For the dear old flag I die., First line of chorus: For the dear old flag I die., Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864. Songs. Selections (Foster's melodies) ; no. 17.
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For thee, love, for thee
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written by William Henry McCarthy ; composed by Stephen C. Foster., For voice and piano., Verses 2-3 printed without accompaniment on p. 5., "Wakelam.", Price mark 2 1/2 in six-pointed star., First line of text: I'll watch o'er thy dreams when thou'rt sleeping., Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864. Songs. Selections (Foster's melodies) ; no. 40.
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For thee, love, for thee
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written by William Henry McCarthy ; composed by Stephen C. Foster., For voice and piano., Firth, Son & Co. was at this address from 1863 until 1866. Cf. Early American sheet music / Dichter and Shapiro., Verses 2-3 printed without accompaniment on p. 5., "Wakelam.", Price mark 3 1/2 in six-pointed star., First line of text: I'll watch o'er thy dreams when thou'rt sleeping., Foster Hall Collection cutter no.: 156.2., Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864. Songs. Selections (Foster's melodies); no.40.
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Foster
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by Frederick H. Martens., List of Foster's compositions: p. 22., Little biographies., OCLCN: (OCoLC)225065846
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Foster Hall Collection Curatorial Correspondence 1825-1981
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The Foster Hall Collection Curatorial Correspondence consists of correspondence, financial records, requests for printed materials, and operational reports generated by the Foster Hall Collection from the 1930s until Fletcher Hodges, Jr.'s, retirement in 1982., The majority of the record exists as correspondence generated or received by Fletcher Hodges, Jr., curator of the Foster Hall Collection until 1982. But other types of materials exist, including: reports in the form of manuals, inventories, schedules, guides, financial documents; publications in the form of articles, newsletters, press clippings, programs, manuscript drafts, and advertising. Occassionally photographs, legal documents and music are present in the file. Generally records form the 1800s exists as copies, though original letters do exists (see Rowan, Thorton). In addition, records dating before 1930 tend to deal with the controversy surrounding the Foster homestead. Finally, only financial documents date past 1978. The records deal with subjects such as furniture for the Memorial (see Beers, Carnegie Museum, Ginn and Comp.); Foster letters (see Braun, Fischer, Goodspeed's Bookshop), opinion on various topics (see Carnegie Institute, Crosman, Kerr, N.Y. Public Library, Wilt, Yount, Rowan-Trippet-Gaulet); Fosteriana (see Bouchard, Gammans, Goldsmith, Offers of, Parks, Foster Follow-Up, cohen); and the Foster family (see Baynam, Foster relatives, Klever, Rowan, Thorton). In addition, the record contains correspondence with collectors (see Dichter, Shapiron, Sherwood's); historians and biographers (see Coleman, Cooper, Gaul, Howard, Levy, Petersen); and artists (see Hancock, Muller, Russow, Vidas.) Other records regarding these subjects may be found within the Foster Hall Correspondence., Processing Information: This collection was originally processed by Alice L. Poffinberger on September 1, 1986. It was revised by Brian H. Rogers on October 22, 2008., Foster Hall Collection Curatorial Correspondence, 1825-1981, Foster Hall Collection, Center for American Music, University of Pittsbugh, Fletcher Hodges, Jr. (August 6, 1906 – March 13, 2006) was the first curator of the Foster Hall Collection and as such was a leading American expert on the music of Stephen Collins Foster. Hodges, an Indiana native, graduated from Harvard University. He was hired during the Great Depression by Josiah K. Lilly, Sr., owner of the Eli Lilly and Company pharmaceutical corporation, to organize the Lilly family's archive of Foster materials, which then numbered 20,000 items. When Lilly donated the archive in 1937 to the University of Pittsburgh's newly constructed Stephen Foster Memorial on the Pitt campus. Hodges moved from Indianapolis to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with the collection. What began for Hodges as a three-month assignment for Lilly endured as a 51-year curatorship of the Foster collection, which ended in 1982.
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Foster Hall reproductions
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by Stephen C. Foster., The trios principally for flute, violin, and violoncello; the quartets for flute, 2 violins, and violoncello., Includes works by Foster, Kleber, Donizetti, Mozart, Bellini, and others, all composed or arranged by Foster., Introduction includes performance suggestions.
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