Biography, Songs and Musical Compositions of Stephen C. Foster
Author: Stephen Collins Foster
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Published: 1896
Total Pages: 334
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Stephen Collins Foster
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Published: 1896
Total Pages: 334
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Stephen Collins Foster
Publisher: Washington : Smithsonian Institution
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 560
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This first complete critical edition of the works of Stephen Foster (1826-1864) includes reproductions of not only Foster's songs, but also his children's hymns, piano pieces, and instrumental music--the full range of his compositional activity. The compositions appear in the order Foster wrote them. A critical report by the editors accompanies every piece, and introductory chapters discuss the composer's place in American cultural history, the sources for the edition, performing the music, and musical style. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Author: Stephen Collins Foster
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 1974-01-01
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13: 0486230481
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Old favorites such as Beautiful Dreamer and Oh! Susanna as well as patriotic, plantation, and minstrel songs by the American composer are presented along with reproductions of original covers
Author: Stephen Collins Foster
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Published: 1990
Total Pages: 520
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This first complete critical edition of the works of Stephen Foster (1826-1864) includes reproductions of not only Foster's songs, but also his children's hymns, piano pieces, and instrumental music--the full range of his compositional activity. The compositions appear in the order Foster wrote them. A critical report by the editors accompanies every piece, and introductory chapters discuss the composer's place in American cultural history, the sources for the edition, performing the music, and musical style. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
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Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Published: 1999-04-01
Total Pages: 135
ISBN-13: 1476801096
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →(P/V/G Composer Collection). The first great American songwriter, Stephen Foster's songs are now part of the American folk tradition. This collection presents 30 of his compositions, plus photos and a new biography. Includes: Beautiful Dreamer * Camptown Races * Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair * My Old Kentucky Home * Oh! Susanna * Old Folks at Home (Swanee River) * more.
Author: Stephen Foster
Publisher: Alfred Music
Published: 2016-05-10
Total Pages: 74
ISBN-13: 147063726X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Stephen Collins Foster penned some of America's most enduring songs. This exquisite book offers stunning piano/vocal arrangements of ten favorites from the Foster library. Mark Hayes adds his touch to this quintessential repertoire for recitals, concerts, and contests. Titles: * Beautiful Dreamer * Camptown Races * Gentle Annie * The Glendy Burk * Hard Times Come Again No More * Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair * My Old Kentucky Home * Oh! Susanna * Slumber, My Darling * Some Folks
Author: Library of Congress. Music Division
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Published: 1915
Total Pages: 90
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Peggy Pancella
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
Published: 2005-08-09
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 9781403467485
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Stephen Foster helped to create some incredible music. Learn about his life in this exciting title.
Author: JoAnne O'Connell
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2016-09-29
Total Pages: 497
ISBN-13: 1442253878
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Life and Songs of Stephen Foster offers an engaging reassessment of the life, politics, and legacy of the misunderstood father of American music. Once revered the world over, Foster’s plantation songs, like “Old Folks at Home” and “My Old Kentucky Home,” fell from grace in the wake of the Civil Rights Movement due to their controversial lyrics. Foster embraced the minstrel tradition for a brief time, refining it and infusing his songs with sympathy for slaves, before abandoning the genre for respectable parlor music. The youngest child in a large family, he grew up in the shadows of a successful older brother and his president brother-in-law, James Buchanan, and walked a fine line between the family’s conservative politics and his own pro-Lincoln sentiments. Foster lived most of his life just outside of industrial, smoke-filled Pittsburgh and wrote songs set in a pastoral South—unsullied by the grime of industry but tarnished by the injustice of slavery. Rather than defining Foster by his now-controversial minstrel songs, JoAnne O’Connell reveals a prolific composer who concealed his true feelings in his lyrics and wrote in diverse styles to satisfy the changing tastes of his generation. In a trenchant reevaluation of his NewYork Bowery years, O’Connell illustrates how Foster purposely abandoned the style for which he was famous to write lighthearted songs for newly popular variety stages and music halls. In the last years of his life, Foster’s new direction in songwriting stood in the vanguard of vaudeville and musical comedy to pave the way for the future of American popular music. His stylistic flexibility in the face of evolving audience preferences not only proves his versatility as a composer but also reveals important changes in the American music and publishing industries. An intimate biography of a complex, controversial, and now neglected composer, The Life and Songs of Stephen Foster is an important story about the father of American music. This invaluable portrait of the political, economic, social, racial, and gender issues of antebellum and Civil War America will appeal to history and music lovers of all generations.