BEAUTIFUL DREAMER: THE SONGS OF STEPHEN FOSTER

From: The Village Voice | Date: September 1, 2004| Author: Bruno, Franklin | Copyright information

BEAUTIFUL DREAMER:

THE SONGS OF STEPHEN FOSTER

Emergent

SYMWHY FOR THE SLAVE

Stephen Collins Foster is back on earth, wrestling with race : The entity in the woodpile

In 1850, after the success of "O! Susannah" in' pirated editions convinced him to give up ' bookkeeping, Stephen Collins Foster became American songwriting's first professional. Fourteen years later, he was its first tragic failure: Having sold off his early, valuable copyrights, he died in pen...

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