March 10: William A. Pond & Co. (formerly Firth, Pond) publishes "Beautiful Dreamer", "the last song ever written by Stephen C. Foster, composed but a few days before his death." Counterfeit ...

Susanna”, “Camptown Races”, “Beautiful Dreamer”, “Hard Times (Come Again No More), and Kentucky’s state song “My Old Kentucky Home." "The Stephen Foster Story" captures the essence ...

The nation's first great songwriter, Stephen Foster, wrote popular "high culture" songs for proper young ladies — his "Beautiful Dreamer" is an example. He also wrote minstrel songs ...