"Susanna," "Jeanie," and "The Old Folks at Home"

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Publisher : Urbana [Ill.] : University of Illinois Press
Total Pages : 464
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Download or read book "Susanna," "Jeanie," and "The Old Folks at Home" written by William W. Austin and published by Urbana [Ill.] : University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The music of celebrated composer Stephen Foster--whose two hundred songs include 'Camptown Races' and 'My Old Kentucky Home' as well as 'Susanna, ' 'Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair, ' and 'The Old Folks at Home'--has influenced such famous composers and popular singers as Antonin Dvorak, Charles Ives, George Gershwin, Pete Seeger, and Ray Charles. Now, more than one hundred years after they were written, these songs are still popular. William Austin shows how generations of Americans have kept them alive, weaving them into the changing fabric of American life.


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