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Stephen Foster

Also known as Stephen Collins Foster, Stephen C. Foster

American songwriter (1826-1864)

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Stephen Collins Foster (1826–1864) was an American songwriter, composer, poet, and lyricist. Born in Lawrenceville, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he began his work period in 1844. He was educated at Washington & Jefferson College and wrote in the English language. His notable works include "Oh! Susanna," "Old Folks at Home," and "Old Black Joe."

Foster died of accidental death in Manhattan in 1864 and is buried at Allegheny Cemetery. He is described by the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. His works are in the public domain. Tags associated with his music include folk, americana, 19th century, and civil war.

Synthesized by Vinony from 34 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Europeana Sparql. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works: 63

Top works

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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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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 16,767
Total plays: 67,952

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 )
Children: Marion
Parents: William Barclay Foster (father) Eliza Clayland Tomlinson Foster (mother)
Relatives: Morrison Foster (brother) Evelyn Foster Morneweck (niece)

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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: musician
Educated at: Washington & Jefferson College
Languages spoken: English language
Notable work: Old Black Joe
Image: StephenFoster.jpeg

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date of birth: 1826-00-00
date of death: 1864-01-13
place of burial: Allegheny Cemetery
manner of death: accidental death
topic's main category: Category:Stephen Foster
Commons category: Stephen Foster
writing language: English language
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
birth name: Stephen Collins Foster
name in native language: Stephen Foster
copyright representative: public domain
Commons Creator page: Stephen Foster
start of work period: 1844-00-00
different from: Stephen Foster
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Works in European collections

16 objects attributed to Stephen Foster, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Old folks at home/(Foster)

Stephen Foster melodies: “My old Kentucky home”/[Stephen Foster]

Stephen Foster melodies: part 7; Massa 's in de cold ground/[Stephen Foster]

My Old Kentucky Home/(Stephen C. Foster)

Old folks at home/(Stephen C. Foster)

Old folks at home (Swanee river)/(Foster)

My old Kentucky home/(Stephen C. Foster)

Stephen Foster melodies: part 8; Old folks at home/[Stephen Foster]

Stephen Foster melodies: part 6; My old Kentucky Home/[Stephen Foster]

Stephen Foster melodies: “Old black Joe”/[Stephen Foster]

Old folks at home/[Stephen C. Foster]

Stephen Foster melodies: part 5; Old Black Joe/[Stephen Foster]

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]

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]

Massa 's in the cold, cold ground/(Stephen C. Foster)

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Encyclopedic overview

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.

Early life

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