Stephen Foster
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1826-00-00
- Died
- 1864-00-00
- Works
- 63
Top works
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Sound · Lawrenceville, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Stephen Collins Foster (July 4, 1826 – January 13, 1864), known as "the father of American music", was an American songwriter known primarily for his parlor and minstrel music. He wrote more than 200 songs, including "Oh! Susanna", "Hard Times Come Again No More", "Camptown Races", "Old Folks at Home" ("Swanee River"), "My Old Kentucky Home", "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair", "Old Black Joe",…
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- 67,952
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The famous American songwriter Stephen Foster (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Foster) (July 4, 1826- January 14, 1864) was author of the words and music of some of the most well-known American songs, including "Camptown Races" and "I Dream of Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair". Since all his songs are firmly in the public domain, many artists have recorded them over the years, and in digital recordings they are Stephen Foster's name often appears in the "artist" field of the ID3 label. Se
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Key facts
- Born
- Stephen Collins Foster , ( 1826-07-04 ) July 4, 1826, Lawrenceville , Pennsylvania , U.S.
- Died
- January 13, 1864 (1864-01-13) (aged 37), New York City , U.S.
- Resting place
- Allegheny Cemetery ( Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania, U.S.)
- Monuments
- Stephen Foster Memorial
- Occupations
- Composer lyricist poet
- Years active
- 1844–1864
- Agent s
- Various sheet music publishers and brother, Morrison Foster
- Known for
- First American full-time songwriter
- Notable work
- " Beautiful Dreamer ", " Camptown Races ", " Hard Times Come Again No More ", " My Old Kentucky Home ", " Oh! Susanna ", " Old Black Joe ", " Old Folks at Home ", among others...
- Style
- American folk minstrels
- Spouse
- Jane McDowell Foster Wiley ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1850 )
Key dates
- Born
- 1826
- Died
- 1864
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Stephen
- Family name
- Foster
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of death
- Manhattan
- Occupation
- singer
- Educated at
- Washington & Jefferson College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Old Black Joe
Works in European collections
16 objects attributed to Stephen Foster, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
![Stephen Foster melodies: “My old Kentucky home”/[Stephen Foster]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fa%2F021892%2Ffon_snp_a_021892_02.jpg&type=IMAGE)
![Stephen Foster melodies: part 7; Massa 's in de cold ground/[Stephen Foster]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fa%2F014967%2Ffon_snp_a_014967_01.jpg&type=IMAGE)
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Stephen Collins Foster (July 4, 1826 – January 13, 1864), known as "the father of American music", was an American composer known primarily for his parlour and folk music during the Romantic period. Foster wrote more than 200 songs, including "Oh! Susanna", "Hard Times Come Again No More", "Camptown Races", "Old Folks at Home" ("Swanee River"), "My Old Kentucky Home", "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair", "Old Black Joe", and "Beautiful Dreamer". Many of his compositions remain popular today.
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1826 births1864 deaths19th-century American composers19th-century American male composers19th-century American male writers19th-century American songwritersAccidental deaths from falls in the United StatesAccidental deaths in New York (state)American male lyricistsAmerican people of Scotch-Irish descentBlackface minstrel songwritersBurials at Allegheny Cemetery
![Stephen Foster melodies: part 8; Old folks at home/[Stephen Foster]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fa%2F014967%2Ffon_snp_a_014967_02.jpg&type=IMAGE)
![Stephen Foster melodies: part 6; My old Kentucky Home/[Stephen Foster]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fa%2F014966%2Ffon_snp_a_014966_02.jpg&type=IMAGE)
![Stephen Foster melodies: “Old black Joe”/[Stephen Foster]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fa%2F021892%2Ffon_snp_a_021892_01.jpg&type=IMAGE)
![Old folks at home/[Stephen C. Foster]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fa%2F008863%2Ffon_snp_a_008863_01.jpg&type=IMAGE)
![Stephen Foster melodies: part 5; Old Black Joe/[Stephen Foster]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fa%2F014966%2Ffon_snp_a_014966_01.jpg&type=IMAGE)
![Stephen Foster melodies: part 3; Nelly was a lady; Jeanie with the light brown hair; Oh! Susanna; Come where my love lies dreaming/[Stephen Foster]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fa%2F014965%2Ffon_snp_a_014965_01.jpg&type=IMAGE)
![Stephen Foster melodies: part 4; Hard times come again no more; Angelina Baker; Gentle Annie; Old dog tray; Some folks like to sigh/[Stephen Foster]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fa%2F014965%2Ffon_snp_a_014965_02.jpg&type=IMAGE)
