Article on the Death of Stephen C. Foster

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3 January 2026

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

30 Jan 1864

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Grove date is January 13, 1864.

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LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Stephen Collins Foster

Citations

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Review: Musical Review and World, 29 January 1864, 40.
Gives Foster’s date of death as January 14, 1864.
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Article: New York Clipper, 30 January 1864, 331.
Gives the date as January 15, 1864. Foster was the “well-known composer of Ethiopian melodies. . . . Some of his ballads have attained a world-wide popularity . . . the most famous of which is ‘The Old Folks at Home.’ He has written many more, however, both Ethiopian and sentimental.”
Lists several songs, including “Oh, Susannah!,” “Old Dog Tray,” “Kentucky Home,” and “Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming.”