Stephen Collins Foster

Aliases: Stephen Foster; Stephen C. Foster

Life

Born: 4 July 1826

Died: 13 January 1864

Biography

American composer and author of popular songs and a few gospel hymns.

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List of choral works

Ah! May the red rose live alway! Come where my love lies dreaming Gentle Annie Hard times come again no more

I dream of Jeanie Massa's in the cold ground Mi viejo rio My old Kentucky home

Old black Joe Old folks at home The pure, the bright, the beautiful Slumber my darling

 
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References

• Rogal, Samuel J. 1970. The Gospel Hymns of Stephen Collins Foster. The Hymn 21(1):7-11.