Write a brief essay on Stephen Foster and address his song output
What will be an ideal response?
best-known composer of the nineteenth century
b. Pittsburgh
1840s—some success with his songs
1850s—became a professional songwriter
by mid-1850s: troubled times
mounting debts
separations from family
alcoholism
Foster's output of songs can be divided into what two categories?
parlor songs
songs for the minstrel stage
sentimental minstrel songs
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