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Book Synopsis Stephen Foster Song Book by : Stephen Collins Foster
Download or read book Stephen Foster Song Book written by Stephen Collins Foster and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1974-01-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
Book Synopsis The Life and Songs of Stephen Foster by : JoAnne O'Connell
Download or read book The Life and Songs of Stephen Foster written by JoAnne O'Connell and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-09-29 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Stephen Collins Foster by : Harold Vincent Milligan
Download or read book Stephen Collins Foster written by Harold Vincent Milligan and published by New York ; Boston : G. Schirmer. This book was released on 1920 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Biography, Songs and Musical Compositions of Stephen C. Foster by : Stephen Collins Foster
Download or read book Biography, Songs and Musical Compositions of Stephen C. Foster written by Stephen Collins Foster and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :William W. Austin Publisher :New York : Macmillan Publishing Company ; London: Collier Macmillan ISBN 13 : Total Pages :458 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (37 download)
Book Synopsis "Susanna," "Jeanie," and "the Old Folks at Home" by : William W. Austin
Download or read book "Susanna," "Jeanie," and "the Old Folks at Home" written by William W. Austin and published by New York : Macmillan Publishing Company ; London: Collier Macmillan. This book was released on 1975 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Stephen Foster and His Little Dog Tray by : Opal Wheeler
Download or read book Stephen Foster and His Little Dog Tray written by Opal Wheeler and published by . This book was released on 2008-03-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Behind the Burnt Cork Mask by : William John Mahar
Download or read book Behind the Burnt Cork Mask written by William John Mahar and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The songs, dances, jokes, parodies, spoofs, and skits of blackface groups such as the Virginia Minstrels and Buckley's Serenaders became wildly popular in antebellum America. Behind the Burnt Cork Mask not only explores the racist practices of these entertainers but considers their performances as troubled representations of ethnicity, class, gender, and culture in the nineteenth century. William J. Mahar's unprecedented archival study of playbills, newspapers, sketches, monologues, and music engages new sources previously not considered in twentieth-century scholarship. More than any other study of its kind, Behind the Burnt Cork Mask investigates the relationships between blackface comedy and other Western genres and traditions; between the music of minstrel shows and its European sources; and between "popular" and "elite" constructions of culture. By locating minstrel performances within their complex sites of production, Mahar offers a significant reassessment of the historiography of the field. Behind the Burnt Cork Mask promises to redefine the study of blackface minstrelsy, charting new directions for future inquiries by scholars in American studies, popular culture, and musicology.
Book Synopsis Old Uncle Ned by : Stephen Collins Foster
Download or read book Old Uncle Ned written by Stephen Collins Foster and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Father Of The Blues by : W. C. Handy
Download or read book Father Of The Blues written by W. C. Handy and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 1991-03-22 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: W. C. Handy's blues—“Memphis Blues," "Beale Street Blues," "St. Louis Blues"—changed America's music forever. In Father of the Blues, Handy presents his own story: a vivid picture of American life now vanished. W. C. Handy (1873–1958) was a sensitive child who loved nature and music; but not until he had won a reputation did his father, a preacher of stern Calvinist faith, forgive him for following the "devilish" calling of black music and theater. Here Handy tells of this and other struggles: the lot of a black musician with entertainment groups in the turn-of-the-century South; his days in minstrel shows, and then in his own band; how he made his first 100 from "Memphis Blues"; how his orchestra came to grief with the First World War; his successful career in New York as publisher and song writer; his association with the literati of the Harlem Renaissance.Handy's remarkable tale—pervaded with his unique personality and humor—reveals not only the career of the man who brought the blues to the world's attention, but the whole scope of American music, from the days of the old popular songs of the South, through ragtime to the great era of jazz.
Download or read book Doo-dah! written by Ken Emerson and published by Wayland. This book was released on 1997 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first biography of Foster in more than sixty years, Ken Emerson makes the man as well as his music come alive.
Book Synopsis Chronicles of Stephen Foster's Family by : Evelyn Foster Morneweck
Download or read book Chronicles of Stephen Foster's Family written by Evelyn Foster Morneweck and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864) was the son of William Barclay Foster (1779-1855) and Eliza Clayland Tomlinson (1788-1855). Stephen's great-grandfather, Alexander Foster (1710-1767) was the first of the Foster family to come to America. He was born in northern Ireland and emigrated about 1725 settling in Pennsylvania.
Book Synopsis My Brother Stephen (Classic Reprint) by : Morrison Foster
Download or read book My Brother Stephen (Classic Reprint) written by Morrison Foster and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-24 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from My Brother Stephen In person he was slender, in height not over five feet 7seven inches. His figure was handsome; exceedingly well proportioned. His feet were small, as were his hands, which were soft and delicate. His head was large and well proportioned. The features Of his face were regular and. Striking. His nose was straight, inclined to aquiline; his nostrils full and dilated. His mouth was regular in form and the lips full. His most remarkable feature were his eyes. They were very dark and very large, and lit up with unusual intelligence. His hair was dark, nearly black. The color of his eyes and hair he inherited from his mother, some Of whose remote ancestors were Italian, though She was directly Of English descent. In conversation he was very interesting, but more sugges tive than argumentative. He was an excellent listener, though well informed on every current topic. His father, William Barclay Foster, was an enter prising, prominent citizen and merchant of Pittsburgh, Pa., Of scotch-irish ancestry. Alexander Foster was the first Of the family who came to America. He emigrated from Londonderry, Ireland, about the year 1728, and settled in Little Britain Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He had three sons and six daughters. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Stephen Foster Songs for Harmonica by : Phil Duncan
Download or read book Stephen Foster Songs for Harmonica written by Phil Duncan and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2011-02-09 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephen Collins Foster was the "tune smith" of the 1800's. His music was everywhere. Foster's music has become part of our folklore and is still being played today. This book gives you 60 of these popular tunes simplified for easy playing. There are patriotic songs, Civil War songs, sentimental love songs, comedy songs, nonsense songs and mournful songs. Almost any type of harmonica, diatonic 10 hole, chromatic harmonica, blues harp, tremolo and octave tuned double reed instruments are able to perform this music. Tablature (arrows and numbers) is provided to help you understand the playing techniques for the harmonica. the split-track CD provides 23 selected tunes for the listening portion of this book with harmonica on one channel and accompaniment on the other. the audio will help "ear" players to enjoy these special tunes.
Book Synopsis Massa's in the Cold, Cold, Ground by : Stephen Collins Foster
Download or read book Massa's in the Cold, Cold, Ground written by Stephen Collins Foster and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Congressional Record by : United States. Congress
Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 1324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Prayer - 10th Anniversary Edition by : Richard J. Foster
Download or read book Prayer - 10th Anniversary Edition written by Richard J. Foster and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best-selling author Richard J. Foster offers a warm, compelling, and sensitive primer on prayer, helping us to understand, experience, and practice it in its many forms-from the simple prayer of beginning again to unceasing prayer. He clarifies the prayer process, answers common misconceptions, and shows the way into prayers of contemplation, healing, blessing, forgiveness, and rest. Coming to prayer is like coming home, Foster says. "Nothing feels more right, more like what we are created to be and to do. Yet at the same time we are confronted with great mysteries. Who hasn't struggled with the puzzle of unanswered prayer? Who hasn't wondered how a finite person can commune with the infinite Creator of the universe? Who hasn't questioned whether prayer isn't merely psychological manipulation after all? We do our best, of course, to answer these knotty questions but when all is said and done, there is a sense in which these mysteries remain unanswered and unanswerable . . . At such times we must learn to become comfortable with the mystery." Foster shows how prayer can move us inward into personal transformation, upward toward intimacy with God, and outward to minister to others. He leads us beyond questions to a deeper understanding and practice of prayer, bringing us closer to God, to ourselves, and to our community.
Book Synopsis I See Her Still in My Dreams by : Stephen Collins Foster
Download or read book I See Her Still in My Dreams written by Stephen Collins Foster and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
