Known as the "father of American music," Stephen Foster made his living by selling his sheet music in the days before records and radio. During his career, Foster penned over 200 tunes, including the ...

Now in its 66th Season, The Stephen Foster Drama Association is committed to providing a quality entertainment experience while sustaining the legacy and music of America’s first great composer, ...

PARKERSBURG – The life and times of one of America’s greatest songwriters was presented Sunday through history and song at the Blennerhassett Museum of Regional History in downtown Parkersburg.

Of all the excellent recordings released in 2004–and believe me, amid all the crap, there were lots of treats–one of the most charming was Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs of Stephen Foster, on which ...

You might not know his name, but if you’ve ever hummed “Oh! Susanna,” “My Old Kentucky Home,” or “Camptown Races,” you certainly know Stephen Foster’s music. From 1844 until his death in 1864, this ...

Boston Brahmins and New York classicists dismissed Old Black Joe and Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair as melodious trash, and urged Stephen Collins Foster to write symphonies. But the forty-niners ...

On July 4, 1826, as America celebrated its fiftieth birthday, local patriots and politicians in a small village east of Pittsburgh, read the Declaration of Independence at an open-air banquet. Before ...