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About Stephen Foster
Stephen Collins Foster, known as "the father of American music", was an American composer known primarily for his parlour and folk music during the Romantic period. Foster wrote more than 200 songs, including "Oh! Susanna", "Hard Times Come Again No More", "Camptown Races", "Old Folks at Home", "My Old Kentucky Home", "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair", "Old Black Joe", and "Beautiful Dreamer". Many of his compositions remain popular in the 21st century.
Everything about Stephen Foster →- Occupation
- songwriter, composer, poet, lyricist
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- July 4, 1826, 1826
- Died
- January 13, 1864, 1864