See also:

• STEPHEN
• STEPHEN (1097?-1154)
• STEPHEN (ISTVAN) BATHORY (1533-1586)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES (1789-1859)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES FITZJAMES, BART
• STEPHEN, SIR LESLIE (1832-1904)

STEPHEN See also:

• COLLINS, ANTHONY (1676-1729)
• COLLINS, JOHN CHURTON (1848-1908)
• COLLINS, MORTIMER (1827-1876)
• COLLINS, WILLIAM (1721-1759)
• COLLINS, WILLIAM (1787–1847)
• COLLINS, WILLIAM WILKIE (1824–1889)

COLLINS See also:

• FOSTER, GEORGE EULAS (1847– )
• FOSTER, JOHN (177o-1843)
• FOSTER, MYLES BIRKET (1825-1899)
• FOSTER, SIR CLEMENT LE NEVE (1841-1904)
• FOSTER, SIR MICHAEL (1836-r9o7)
• STEPHEN COLLINS FOSTER (1826-1864)

FOSTER (1826-1864)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• SONG

song and ballad writer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born near See also:

• PITTSBURG
• PITTSBURG, or PITTSBURGH

Pittsburg, See also:

• PENNSYLVANIA
• PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Pennsylvania, on the 4th of See also:

• JULY

July 1826 . He was the youngest See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child of a See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant of Irish descent who became a member of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state legislature and was related by See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage to See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

President See also:

• BUCHANAN
• BUCHANAN, CLAUDIUS
• BUCHANAN, GEORGE (1506–1582)
• BUCHANAN, JAMES (1791-1868)
• BUCHANAN, ROBERT WILLIAMS (1841-1901)

Buchanan . See also:

• STEPHEN
• STEPHEN (1097?-1154)
• STEPHEN (ISTVAN) BATHORY (1533-1586)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES (1789-1859)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES FITZJAMES, BART
• STEPHEN, SIR LESLIE (1832-1904)

Stephen See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early showed See also:

• TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

talent for See also:

• MUSIC

music, and played upon the See also:

• FLAGEOLET

flageolet, the See also:

• GUITAR (Fr. guitarre, Ger. Guitarre, Ital. chitarra, Span. guitarra)

guitar and the See also:

• BANJO

banjo; he also acquired a See also:

• FAIR

fair knowledge of See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French and See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German . He was sent to school in See also:

• TOWANDA

Towanda, Pennsylvania, and later to See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens, Pennsylvania, and when thirteen years old he wrote the song " Sadly to Mine See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

Heart Appealing." At sixteen he wrote " Open thy Lattice, Love "; at seventeen he entered his See also:

• BROTHER

brother's business See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house, See also:

• CINCINNATI

Cincinnati, See also:

• OHIO

Ohio, where he remained about three years, composing meanwhile such popular pieces as " Old See also:

• UNCLE

Uncle Ned," " O Susannah!" and others . He then adopted song-See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing as a profession . His See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief successes were songs written for the See also:

• NEGRO (from Lat. eager, black)

negro melodists or See also:

• CHRISTY, HENRY (1810-1865)

Christy minstrels . Besides those mentioned the following attained See also:

• GREAT

great popularity: " Nelly was a See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady," " Old See also:

• KENTUCKY

Kentucky See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

Home," " Old Folks at Home," " See also:

• MASSA

Massa's in de See also:

• COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

Cold, Cold Ground," &c . For these and other songs the composer received considerable sums, " Old Folks at Home " bringing him, it is said, 15,000 dollars . For most of his songs See also:

• FOSTER, GEORGE EULAS (1847– )
• FOSTER, JOHN (177o-1843)
• FOSTER, MYLES BIRKET (1825-1899)
• FOSTER, SIR CLEMENT LE NEVE (1841-1904)
• FOSTER, SIR MICHAEL (1836-r9o7)
• FOSTER, STEPHEN COLLINS (1826-1864)

Foster wrote both songs and music . In 1850 he married and moved to New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, but soon returned to Pittsburg . His reputation rests chiefly on his negro melodies, many of which have been popular on both sides of the See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic and sung in many See also:

• TONGUES, GIFT OF, or GLOSSOLALIA (yXwova, tongue, aXeiv, speak)

tongues . " Old See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

Black Joe," the last of these negro melodies, appeared in 1861 .

His later songs were sentimental See also:

• BALLADS

ballads . Among these are " Old See also:

• DOG

Dog See also:

• TRAY

Tray," " See also:

• GENTLE (through the Fr. gentil, from Lat. gentilis, belonging to the same gens, or family)

Gentle Annie," " Willie, we have missed you," &c . His " Come where my Love lies Dreaming " is a well known vocal quartet . Al-though as a musician and composer Foster has little claim to high See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank, his song-writing gives him a prominent See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in the See also:

• MODERN

modern developments of popular music . He died at New York on the 13th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1864 .