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MARIANA WHITMER Josiah Kirby Lilly and the Foster Hall Collection An elderly man, with children and grandchildren gathered about, sits before a newly acquired Orthophonic Victrola. One after another, recent reproductions of [Stephen] Foster’s songs by Nathaniel Shilkret’s Orchestra and the Victor Singers are rendered. What a flood of memories pour through the mind and heart of him of three score years and ten! . . . Truth compels it to be recorded that silent tears were in evidence and deepest emotions stirred. In the quiet following the “concert” a chance remark made to the family bibliophile proved to be the spark that has brought into being a comprehensive collection of data and material pertaining to the life and work of America’s greatest composer of beautiful melodies. Josiah Kirby Lilly (1861–1948), heir to the Eli Lilly Pharmaceutical Com- pany, described this informal concert of recorded songs by Stephen Col- lins Foster as the inspiration for collecting Foster ’s materials, which, in time, led to the expansive distribution and the most comprehensive docu- mentation of his music and life. Lilly’s collection and related projects have helped to clarify our understanding of Foster and amend some of the myths surrounding his
American Music – University of Illinois Press
Published: Apr 24, 2013
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