Foster Hall Collection, 1800-1952.

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Foster Hall Collection, 1800-1952.

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The Foster Hall Collection consists of music manuscripts, Stephen Foster's bound sketchbook, his bound account book, his personal and family correspondence, musical instruments, business records, photographs, newspaper clippings, and other ephemera. As the centerpiece of the Center for American Music's library, the collection provides a valuable record of Foster's composition process, nineteenth century life in the United States, the music business, Pittsburgh history, and Foster's legacy. Digital reproductions of portions of the collection are available online.

50 linear ft.

University of Pittsburgh

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SNAC Resource ID: 8178727

University of Pittsburgh

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Foster, William B., 1779-1855.

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University of Pittsburgh. Foster Hall Collection

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Founded in 1930 by Josiah K. Lilly in Indianapolis, the Collection was intended to document the life, work, and influence of Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864), America's first full-time professional songwriter and the composer of songs known throughout the world. From the description of Records, 1930-1944. (University of Pittsburgh). WorldCat record id: 24296595 ...

University of Pittsburgh. Center for American Music

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Stephen Collins Foster was born the ninth child of William Barclay Foster, a businessman and sometime politician, and Eliza Clayland Tomlinson. Though neither parent was musical, their daughters' education in voice and piano and Mrs Foster's subscriptions to literary magazines brought music and poetry into the home. The details of his life and career are sketchy. His first biography, an introduction to a collected edition of his songs, written by his brother Morrison (1896), offered impressions ...

Foster, Stephen Collins

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Stephen Collins foster was born in Pittsburgh in 1826. He wasnaturally inclined to music and he wrote over one hundred and seventy songs in his short life. He traveled to New Orleans and New York to compose music but still came back to Pittsburgh, where he died in 1864. From the description of Stephen Foster Collins collection 1931-1932 [typescripts]. (Historical Society of W Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 48010401 Robert Russell Bennett was an American composer, orchest...

Foster family.

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Foster, Morrison, 1823-1904

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