Write a brief essay on Stephen Foster and address his song output.

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best-known composer of the nineteenth centuryb. Pittsburgh1840s—some success with his songs1850s—became a professional songwriterby mid-1850s: troubled times mounting debtsseparations from familyalcoholismFoster’s output of songs can be divided into what two categories? parlor songssongs for the minstrel stage sentimental minstrel songs 

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Discuss the general structure of a Javanese gamelan composition (gendhing) in performance, including major phrase units, main melody, punctuation, subdividing the beat, coinciding, and melodic elaboration

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