Stephen Foster & Co.: Lyrics of the First Great American Songwriters: (American Poets Project #30)
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Stephen Foster is the trunk of the tree of American song. His blackface minstrel songs, including "Oh Susanna," "Old Folks at Home" ("Way down upon the Swanee River..."), and "My Old Kentucky Home," and his parlor ballads, such as "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair," and "Beautiful Dreamer," have inspired composers, songwriters, and performers from Charles Ives and George Gershwin to Ray Charles and James Taylor. Foster devoted as much care and craft...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1598530704
ISBN13:9781598530704
Release Date:April 2010
Publisher:Library of America
Length:204 Pages
Weight:0.60 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 4.7" x 7.8"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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