Stephen Foster and American Song: A Guide for Singers
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-osu12348108172021-08-03T05:55:20Z Stephen Foster and American Song: A Guide for Singers Mowery, Samantha Renee Music Stephen Foster American Folk Song American Art Song While America has earned a reputation as a world-wide powerhouse in area such as industry and business, its reputation in music has often been questioned.Tracing the history of American folk song evokes questions about the existence of truly American song. These questions are legitimate because our country wasfounded by people from other countries who brought their own folk song, but the history of our country alone proves the existence of American song. As Americansformed lives for themselves in a new country, the music and subjects of their songs were directly related to the events and life of their newly formed culture. The existence of American song is seen in the vocal works of Stephen Collins Foster. His songs were quickly transmitted orally all over America because of their simple melodies and American subjects. This classifies his music as true American folk-song. While his songs are simple enough to be easily remembered and distributed, they are also lyrical with the classical influence found in art song. These characteristics have attracted singers in a variety of genres to perform hisworks. Foster wrote over 200 songs, yet few of those are known. The songs that are known, such as “Beautiful Dreamer,” “Oh! Susanna,” and “Camptown Races,” areincredibly popular, but there are many other songs that are just as worthy of performance. This document discusses the existence of American folk song andthe details of Stephen Foster’s life, and also provides a catalogue and performance guide for Foster’s vocal works that contains valuable information for the classicallytrained singer. This catalogue is meant to bring awareness to Foster’s vast repertoire of songs, and also to encourage more classical singers to perform hisworks. 2009-02-18 English text The Ohio State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1234810817 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1234810817 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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