![]() While most of these books are out of print, many should be available through your local library or might be able to be purchased at our gift shop. What books should I read to find out more about Foster? Where can I find them?įor the best written resources on Stephen Foster please visit our bibliography. Foster A Critical Edition (full bibliographic information for this book can be found here). For a complete listing of Stephen Foster's songs go here or consult The Complete Works of Stephen C. How many songs did Foster write? Did he write.?įoster wrote 286 works in less than 20 years: 156 songs with piano accompaniment, 27 hymns, 5 piano pieces, 74 instrumental works and arrangements, 19 resetting of his songs for guitar accompaniment, 2 translations (from French and German), and 3 new lyrics to pre-existing melodies. Marion supported herself as a piano teacher in Pittsburgh. Yes, one daughter, Marion (ApJuly 9, 1935). Yes, he married Jane Denny MacDowell (DecemJanuary 3, 1903) on July 22, 1850. infancy, replaced by William, Sr.'s, son of the same name), Henry, Henrietta, Dunning, Morrison, James (d. infancy), Charlotte Susanna, Ann Eliza, William, Jr. and Eliza Clayland Tomlinson Foster Siblings: Ann Eliza (d. Who were his parents? Did he have brothers and sisters? The original house is no longer standing, but a historical marker is at the site. ![]() Stephen Foster was born in a "White Cottage" located at 3600 Penn Avenue in what is now the Lawrenceville section of Pittsburgh. His grave is in Allegheny Cemetery, in the Lawrenceville section of Pittsburgh. On 13th of January he died peacefully and quietly." Where is Stephen Foster buried? He was so much weakened by fever and loss of blood that he did not rally. Accordingly he was taken to Bellevue Hospital. On recovering his senses he asked that he be sent to a hospital. She called for assistance and he was placed in bed again. ![]() ![]() He lay there insensible and bleeding until discovered by the chambermaid who was bringing the towel he had asked for to the room. After two or three days he arose, and while washing himself fainted and fell across the wash basin, which broke and cut a gash in his neck and face. In his biography "My Brother Stephen", Morrison Foster describes his death as follows, "In January 1864, while at the American Hotel, he was taken with ague and fever. When and how did Stephen Foster die?įoster died in Bellevue Hospital in New York City on January 13, 1864. When and where was Stephen Foster born?įoster was born in Lawrenceville, PA, on July 4, 1826. Below are some of the most common questions we receive. Every year the Center for American Music is contacted with thousands of reference questions pertaining to Stephen Foster. ![]()
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