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Thread #47158   Message #702102
Posted By: masato sakurai
01-May-02 - 12:04 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: That's What's the Matter (Stephen Foster)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: That's what's the matter by S.Foster
hey both are in the Levy Collection.

THAT'S WHAT'S THE MATTER

Title: Foster's Melodies No.56. That's What's The Matter. Dan Bryant's Celebrated Song.
Composer, Lyricist, Arranger: Written and Composed by Stephen C. Foster.
Publication: New York: Firth, Pond & Co., 547 Broadway, 1862.
Form of Composition: strophic with chorus
Instrumentation: piano and voice
First Line: We live in hard and stirring times, too sad for mirth, too rough for rhymes
First Line of Chorus: That's what's the matter, the rebels have to seatter
Performer: As Sung by Him With Great Success.
Engraver, Lithographer, Artist: Wakelam; Engvd. at Clayton's

MY WIFE IS A MOST KNOWING WOMAN

Title: Foster's Melodies. No.19. My Wife is a Most Knowing Woman.
Composer, Lyricist, Arranger: Poetry by George Cooper. Music by Stephen C. Foster.
Publication: New York: Horace Waters, 481 Broadway, 1862.
Form of Composition: strophic with refrain
Instrumentation: piano and voice
First Line: My wife is a most knowing woman, She always is finding me out First line of refrain Oh! my wife is a most knowing woman
Engraver, Lithographer, Artist: Warren, Stereotyper, 43 Centre, N.Y.

~Masato