Author: Fred

Considered the first full-time songwriter in the U.S. Stephen Foster began churning them out in 1844. His total output was 285 compositions.

These mp3s were prepared by Werner Tomaschewski. His website is no longer available, so they are presented here. Download by right-clicking on the play button.

This main site has more than 7,000 songs. The titles are in alphabetical order. Click a title to see the sheet music, listen, read lyrics, sing along or play along. For the music by itself, download the MIDI. Enjoy and share.

Join our small group of dedicated singers, musicians and historians in research and documentation. It’s an ongoing project.

Below are mp3s for the songs in an amazing book from Dover Publications. This book started the sheet music singer project.

The files were made by Werner Tomaschewski of Germany. His website was called Stephen Foster American Dreams. It is no longer online but we present his work here. Most of these songs are also in our long song list.

Look in your Google folder for the Google Drive phone app. It has a document scanner built-in. The icon is a purple camera button. This is free to use.

Snap the sheet music cover in color. Then use the B&W filter to make the music pages clearer. Each page can be reframed and rotated as you go. All these snaps become a pdf which you can share.

We have received a batch of physical sheet music from New Mexico. Thank you, Arthur! It has these titles:

Japanese Love Song 1900
Jean 1903
Johnson Rag 1917
It’s Never Too Late To Be Sorry 1918
I Told You So 1920
I Want You Dear Heart To Want Me 1921