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Subject: Stephen Foster From: Barbara Shaw Date: 13 Jan 99 - 12:56 PM I was hunting around for some background information on Stephen Foster today (for an upcoming concert), and found this interesting site: The Stephen Foster Home Page. According to this site, today is the anniversary of his death. Is it possible that he died at age 38?? I'm looking for a list of his songs, more than the 14 found in the DT. Would also like some music. (By the way, a forum search timed out on me, Max). |
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Subject: RE: Stephen Foster From: Barbara Shaw Date: 13 Jan 99 - 01:00 PM HTML link didn't work, although the source looks right to me. HELP! I couldn't figure out what was wrong with your link by looking at it, Barbara. Maybe it was an L that you typed in as a 1, or an extra space or something barely visible like that. I went to the Foster page, and copied the URL from my browser's address bar and pasted it into your link - now it seems to work. -Joe Offer- |
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Subject: RE: Stephen Foster From: Joe Offer Date: 13 Jan 99 - 02:47 PM On this anniversary of Steve's death, I think we should all make a memorial pilgrimage to the Stephen C. Foster School of Music for the HarmonicaYou'll find all sorts of stuff there, including lyrics and tunes for 28 songs. Another good place to look for Stephen Foster songs is The Levy Sheet Music CollectionIf you're on Interstate 75 in northern Florida with nothing to do, stop at the State of Florida's Stephen Foster Center, where the Interstate hits the Suwannee River. It's kind of tacky, but fun - and the river is beautiful from there to the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia. They say that Foster never saw the beautiful, black waters of the Suwannee River. -Joe Offer- |
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Subject: RE: Stephen Foster From: Barbara Shaw Date: 13 Jan 99 - 03:45 PM Thanks, Joe. I pasted it in from the address bar, too, so it must have been one of those well-known byting flukes. Odd that I found the site right on the anniversary of his death. It would be nice to see more of his songs posted to the DT. Anyone got any? |
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Subject: RE: Stephen Foster From: Ralph ButtsTiger Date: 13 Jan 99 - 06:15 PM Hi, Barbara.... Here's a few to get you started (from A Treasury of Stephen Foster). Great book, full lyrics and music, lots of text. ....Tiger
Open Thy Lattice, Love |
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Subject: RE: Stephen Foster From: BanjerBanjer Date: 13 Jan 99 - 08:52 PM One of the better known Foster tunes is our State song here in Florida. A few years ago there was a big POLITICALY CORRECT move on to change the song since in its original version it is considered "racist" by some since it speaks of the "darkies". Several groups had discussion as to what melody should replace the traditional State song. I suggested, (only half in jest) that given the average age of the citizens of the Retirement State, aka: God's Waiting Room, that Stairway to Heaven would be very appropriate. Many other similar suggestions must have been made because as of this date, and as long as I draw a breath our State song always be "Old Folks at Home"!! Also known as Suwannee River. |
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Subject: RE: Stephen Foster From: John Hindsill Date: 14 Jan 99 - 12:55 AM GO TO www.volcano.net/~jackmearl/foster.html where you will find 28 (count 'em, 28) of Foster's greatest hits, including audio, lyrics and harmonica notation. Sorry, I do not know how to do blue and underline to link you right there...but enjoy. |
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Subject: RE: Stephen Foster From: Dale Rose Date: 14 Jan 99 - 12:58 PM I think this site by Benjamin R Tubb is exactly what you are looking for. From there you can get to many other wonderful things by other composers (George F Root, Henry Clay Work, etc) as well. By my rough count, Tubb has over 200 of Foster's songs listed by year written. It is a work in progress. I did not count them, but I would guess that a majority have Midis included, with more on the way. Lyrics are not quite so far along, but there are some there. The longer I write this, the more praises I can sing, so I just suggest that you go there and find out for yourselves. |
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Subject: RE: Stephen Foster From: Barbara Date: 14 Jan 99 - 01:51 PM Neat site, Dale, thanks for posting it. Blessings, Barbara |
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Subject: RE: Stephen Foster From: Barbara ShawBarbara Shaw Date: 14 Jan 99 - 02:51 PM Great sites! The people around me at work are wondering what station I have on my radio. . . Thanks for all the responses. I'd like to learn a few of the songs. Funny, I always pictured Stephen Foster as much older, more old-fashioned, whatever that is. Interesting stuff. |
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Subject: RE: Stephen Foster From: The EsteemedJoe Offer Date: 14 Jan 99 - 02:58 PM Say, Dale, that was such a great site that I thought it oughta be listed on our links page, dontchathink? I posted it there, but I thought this might be a good time to remind people how nice it is to post links and to update the links they've posted. -Joe Offer- |
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Subject: RE: Stephen Foster From: Joe Offer Date: 09 Jun 03 - 05:19 PM Here's another Website with lots of Stephen Foster MIDIs: http://www.stephen-foster-songs.de/Archiv02.htm. I was looking for the simple tune of The Song of All Songs, but the one at the German site is too complicated for our use. -Joe Offer- |
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Subject: RE: Stephen Foster From: GUEST,Q Date: 09 Jun 03 - 06:28 PM The German website on Stephen Foster has been posted in some of the other threads. The music (midi?) is very good; I have wondered just how it was done. The original sheet music for "The Song of Songs" is at the Lester Levy website. No mention of "Poole (?), cited in the DT. Imitations appeared; a broadsheet (Anon.) from the 1890s, #3, is also shown at the Levy website, giving the pop songs of that date. In a previous thread (55664), Masato linked to the authoritative "Chronicles of Stephen Foster's Family," 2 volumes, by Evelyn Foster Mormeweck, 440 pages, illustrated with family and other photographs, which is on the internet, complete, at the University of Pittsburgh website. To find this and other data on Foster at that site, enter Stephen Foster in Search, at Stephen Foster Some of the other books listed at that site have interesting sidelights on Foster, especially the one by Harvey Gaul, "The Minstrel of the Alleghenies." |
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