03067nam 2200469 450 991081947380332120161024011046.01-4422-5387-81-4422-5386-X(CKB)3710000000894368(EBL)4713725(MiAaPQ)EBC4713725(EXLCZ)99371000000089436820161019h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe 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'ConnellLanham, Maryland :Rowman & Littlefield,2016.©20161 online resource (507 p.)Description based upon print version of record.Print version: O'Connell, JoAnne, 1950- Life and songs of Stephen Foster : a revealing portrait of the forgotten man behind "Swanee River, Beautiful dreamer," and "My old Kentucky home". Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, c2016 xxxii, 436 pages 9781442253865 2016011230 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 AuthorThe 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, political, economic, social, racial, and gender issues of Antebellum and Civil War America.ComposersUnited StatesBiographyPopular musicUnited StatesTo 1901History and criticismComposersPopular musicHistory and criticism.782.42164092O'Connell JoAnne1950-1626619MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819473803321The life and songs of Stephen Foster3962754UNINA