Stephen Foster & Co.: Lyrics of the First Great American Songwriters: (American Poets Project #30)

by Stephen Foster

Book Overview

Stephen Foster is the trunk of the tree of American song. His blackface minstrel songs, including "Oh Susanna," "Old Folks at Home" ("Way down upon the Swanee River..."), and "My Old Kentucky Home," and his parlor ballads, such as "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair," and "Beautiful Dreamer," have inspired composers, songwriters, and performers from Charles Ives and George Gershwin to Ray Charles and James Taylor. Foster devoted as much care and craft...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1598530704
• ISBN13: 9781598530704
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Library of America
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.7" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher