LEADER 03067nam 2200469 450 001 9910819473803321 005 20161024011046.0 010 $a1-4422-5387-8 010 $a1-4422-5386-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000000894368 035 $a(EBL)4713725 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4713725 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000894368 100 $a20161019h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe life and songs of Stephen Foster $ea revealing portrait of the forgotten man behind "Swanee River, Beautiful dreamer," and "My old Kentucky home" /$fJoAnne O'Connell 210 1$aLanham, Maryland :$cRowman & Littlefield,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (507 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$aPrint 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 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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" 327 $a16 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 330 $aThe 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. 606 $aComposers$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aPopular music$zUnited States$yTo 1901$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aComposers 615 0$aPopular music$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a782.42164092 700 $aO'Connell$b JoAnne$f1950-$01626619 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910819473803321 996 $aThe life and songs of Stephen Foster$93962754 997 $aUNINA