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Stephen Foster

1826 – 1864 38 years · born in United States
187 works
263 versions & arrangements
Romantic period
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A Dream of My Mother and My Home D major 1 version 2 min
A Penny for Your Thoughts! C major 1861 · 1 version 3 min
A Soldier in de Colored Brigade C major 1 version 5 min
A Thousand Miles from Home E♭ major 1861 · 1 version 3 min
Ah! May the Red Rose Live Alway! G major 1850 · 3 versions 3 min
Angelina Baker C major 1 version 3 min
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Annie My Own Love G major 1 version 3 min
Away Down Souf G major 1848 · 1 version 3 min
Beautiful Child of Song F major 1860 · 1 version 3 min
Better Times Are Coming C major 1 version 8 min
Bring My Brother Back to Me C major 1863 · 1 version 3 min
Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming F major 1855 · 7 versions 3 min
Come with Thy Sweet Voice Again A♭ major 1854 · 2 versions 3 min
Comrades Fill No Glass for Me A major 1855 · 1 version 3 min
Cora Dean G major 1 version 3 min
De Camptown Races D major 2 versions
Dearer Than Life C major 1863 · 1 version 3 min
Dolcy Jones F major 1 version 3 min
Dolly Day A major 1 version 3 min
Don't Bet Your Money on de Shanghai C major 1 version 2 min
Down Among the Cane-Brakes G major 1 version 3 min
Ellen Bayne C major 2 versions 3 min
Eulalie G major 1851 · 1 version 3 min
Fairy-Belle C major 1859 · 1 version 3 min
Farewell Mother Dear B♭ major 1861 · 1 version 3 min
Farewell My Lilly Dear C major 1851 · 1 version 4 min
Farewell Sweet Mother A major 1861 · 1 version 3 min
Farewell! Old Cottage G major 1851 · 1 version 3 min
For Thee, Love, for Thee C major 1859 · 1 version 3 min
For the Dear Old Flag I Die C major 1863 · 1 version 3 min
Gentle Lena Clare C major 1862 · 1 version 3 min
Give This to Mother E♭ major 1864 · 1 version 3 min
Give the Stranger Happy Cheer B♭ major 1851 · 1 version 3 min
Happy Hours at Home B♭ major 1 version 3 min
Hard Times Come Again No More E♭ major 1 version 4 min
I Cannot Sing To-Night G major 1852 · 1 version 3 min
I See Her Still in My Dreams F major 1857 · 1 version 3 min
I Will Be True to Thee E♭ major 2 versions 3 min
I Would Not Die in Spring Time D major 1850 · 1 version 3 min
I Would Not Die in Summer Time D major 1851 · 1 version 3 min
I'd Be a Fairy A♭ major 1863 · 1 version 2 min
I'll Be Home To-Morrow B♭ major 1862 · 1 version 3 min
I'll Be a Soldier D major 1861 · 1 version 3 min
I'm Nothing But a Plain Old Soldier F major 1863 · 1 version 3 min
If You've Only Got a Moustache D major 1864 · 1 version 3 min
Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair F major 9 versions
Jenny June E♭ major 1863 · 1 version 3 min
Jenny's Coming O'er the Green E♭ major 1860 · 2 versions 3 min
Katy Bell C major 1863 · 2 versions 3 min
Kiss Me Dear Mother Ere I Die F major 1869 · 1 version 3 min
Kissing in the Dark C major 1863 · 1 version 3 min
Larry's Good Bye B♭ major 1863 · 1 version 3 min
Laura Lee G major 1851 · 1 version 3 min
Leave Me with My Mother C major 1863 · 1 version 2 min
Lena Our Loved One Is Gone E♭ major 1863 · 1 version 3 min
Lily Ray E♭ major 1850 · 1 version 3 min
Linda Has Departed C major 1859 · 1 version 3 min
Linger in Blissful Repose B♭ major 1 version 3 min
Little Belle Blair C major 1 version 3 min
Little Ella F major 1 version 3 min
Little Ella's an Angel C major 1863 · 1 version 2 min
Little Jenny Dow A major 1 version 3 min
Lizzie Dies To Night D major 1861 · 1 version 3 min
Lou'siana Belle D major 1847 · 1 version 3 min
Lula Is Gone D major 1858 · 1 version 3 min
Maggie by My Side G major 1 version 3 min
Mary Loves the Flowers D major 1 version 3 min
Massa's in de Cold Ground D major 1852 · 4 versions
Meet Me Tonight, Dearest 1863 · 1 version 2 min
Melinda May D major 1 version 5 min
Merry Little Birds Are We D major 1 version 3 min
Molly Dear Good Night B♭ major 1 version 3 min
Molly Do You Love Me! A major 1850 · 1 version 3 min
Mother, Thou'rt Faithful to Me F major 1851 · 1 version 3 min
My Angel Boy G major 1858 · 1 version 3 min
My Boy Is Coming from the War C major 1863 · 1 version 3 min
My Brodder Gum G major 1849 · 1 version 3 min
My Hopes Have Departed Forever B♭ major 1851 · 1 version 4 min
My Loved One and My Own F major 1 version 2 min
My Old Kentucky Home G major 1853 · 8 versions 4 min
My Wife Is a Most Knowing Woman E♭ major 1863 · 1 version 4 min
Nell and I C major 1861 · 1 version 3 min
Nelly Bly C major 1 version 3 min
Nelly Was a Lady A major 1 version 3 min
No Home, No Home D major 1862 · 1 version 3 min
None Shall Weep a Tear for Me B♭ major 1 version 3 min
Oh! Boys Carry Me 'Long F major 1 version 3 min
Oh! Lemuel! G major 1 version 3 min
Oh! Susanna G major 3 versions 3 min
Oh! Tell Me of My Mother F major 1 version 2 min
Oh! There's No Such Girl as Mine C major 1 version 3 min
Oh! Why Am I So Happy? F major 1 version 3 min
Old Black Joe D major 1860 · 7 versions 3 min
Old Dog Tray G major 1853 · 1 version 3 min
Old Folks at Home D major 13 versions
Old Memories G major 1 version
Old Uncle Ned G major 2 versions 3 min
Once I Loved Thee Mary Dear E♭ major 1 version 3 min
Onward and Upward! C major 1 version 3 min
Open Thy Lattice Love D major 2 versions 3 min
Our Bright, Bright Summer Days Are Gone D major 1861 · 1 version 3 min
Our Darling Kate F major 1 version 3 min
Our Willie Dear Is Dying E♭ major 1 version 3 min
Parthenia to Ingomar G major 1859 · 2 versions 3 min
Poor Drooping Maiden E♭ major 2 versions 3 min
Praise the Lord! E♭ major 1 version 3 min
Ring, Ring de Banjo! F major 2 versions 3 min
Sadly to Mine Heart Appealing F major 1858 · 1 version 3 min
She Was All the World to Me E♭ major 1 version 3 min
Sitting by My Own Cabin Door F major 1 version 3 min
Slumber My Darling E♭ major 2 versions 3 min
Some Folks F major 1 version 4 min
Somebody's Coming to See Me To Night D major 2 versions 3 min
Stand Up for the Flag! D major 1 version 3 min
Stay Summer Breath E♭ major 1848 · 2 versions 3 min
Suffer Little Children to Come Unto Me F major 1 version 2 min
Summer Longings G major 1849 · 1 version 3 min
Sweet Emerald Isle That I Love So Well F major 1 version 3 min
Sweet Little Maid of the Mountain C major 1 version 3 min
Sweetly She Sleeps, My Alice Fair B♭ major 1 version 3 min
Tell Me Love of Thy Early Dreams E♭ major 1 version 2 min
That's What's the Matter D major 1 version
The Bright Hills of Glory G major 1863 · 1 version 3 min
The Glendy Burk G major 1860 · 1 version 3 min
The Little Ballad Girl E♭ major 1 version 3 min
The Love I Bear to Thee B♭ major 2 versions 3 min
The Soldier's Home F major 1 version 3 min
The Song of All Songs F major 1863 · 1 version 5 min
The Spirit of My Song C major 1 version 5 min
The Village Maiden D major 1 version 3 min
The Voice of By Gone Days F major 1 version 3 min
The Voices that Are Gone C major 1865 · 1 version 3 min
The Wife C major 1 version 3 min
There Are Plenty of Fish in the Sea C major 1 version 3 min
There Is a Land of Love B♭ major 1863 · 1 version 3 min
There Was a Time A♭ major 1863 · 1 version 3 min
There's a Good Time Coming B♭ major 1846 · 1 version 2 min
There's a Land of Bliss Where the Weary Are at Rest F major 1 version 4 min
Thou Art the Queen of My Song C major 1 version 3 min
Under the Willow She's Sleeping E♭ major 1 version 3 min
Virginia Belle B♭ major 1 version 3 min
Was My Brother in the Battle? F major 1 version 3 min
Way Down in CA-I-RO C major 1 version 3 min
We Are Coming, Father Abraam C major 1 version 3 min
We Will Keep a Bright Lookout F major 1863 · 1 version 3 min
We'll All Meet Our Saviour E♭ major 1863 · 1 version 3 min
What Must a Fairy's Dream Be? C major 1 version 3 min
When Dear Friends Are Gone E♭ major 1 version 3 min
When Old Friends Were Here B♭ major 1 version 3 min
When This Dreadful War Is Ended D major 1 version 3 min
Where Has Lula gone C major 2 versions 3 min
Where Is Thy Spirit, Mary A major 1 version 3 min
While the Bowl Goes Round E♭ major 1 version 3 min
Willie has Gone to the War 1 version
Willie, We Have Missed You F major 2 versions
Wilt Thou Be True? F major 1 version 3 min

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