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O'Connell JoAnne <1950-> |
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Titolo |
The life and songs of Stephen Foster : a revealing portrait of the forgotten man behind "Swanee River, Beautiful dreamer," and "My old Kentucky home" / / JoAnne O'Connell |
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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ISBN |
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1-4422-5387-8 |
1-4422-5386-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (507 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Composers - United States |
Popular music - United States - To 1901 - History and criticism |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Stephen Collins Foster Life Events; Introduction; 1 Pioneer Elites; 2 Foreclosure and the Death of Charlotte; 3 All Up and Down the Whole Creation; 4 Schooldays in Brother William's Sunshine; 5 At Home in Allegheny; 6 Musical Bookkeeper; 7 The Awakening in Cincinnati; 8 Non-Companionate Marriage; 9 "Swanee River," E. P. Christy, and Sentimental Minstrelsy; 10 Shiras and the Antislavery Impulse; 11 Piano Girls and Parlor Songs; 12 Hoboken and Deaths in the Family; 13 The Buchanan Glee Club; 14 Royalties Sellout; 15 New York "Potboilers" |
16 War Songs and Copperhead Relatives17 The Foster-Cooper "Song Factory"; 18 Concert Saloons and Variety Music; 19 Last Days on the Bowery; 20 Accidental Death or Suicide?; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Life and Songs of Stephen Foster offers a critical reassessment of the life, politics, and legacy of America's misunderstood father of popular song. JoAnne O'Connell reveals a prolific composer who concealed his sympathies for slaves in his plantation songs and wrote in diverse styles to satisfy the changing tastes of his generation. This intimate biography offers an invaluable portrait of the musical, |
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political, economic, social, racial, and gender issues of Antebellum and Civil War America. |
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