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GreasyStrings Approved 
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Many folk songs can be traced back to the minstrel stage, particularily the minstrel tradition of Stephen Foster. He authored hundreds of songs in the 1850s and 60s. Notably, he looked down upon the practices of the blackface shows and sought to portray the subjects of his songs with compassion. Foster's life is legendary and he was one of the first great American composers. It is likely that many of your favorite melodies can be traced to him. His songs are numerous, some of the most popular are: Angeline the Baker, Camptown Races, Oh Susanna, Old Black Joe, Ring De Banjo, and Old Folks at Home. Here is a great link with midis of most of his songs and lyrics: http://www.stephen-foster-songs.de/Archiv02.htm  Last edited on Thu May 13th, 2004 12:13 am by GreasyStrings |
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I'm a big fan of Stephen Foster too. There are a couple of his songs in the EZ Guitar Chords and Lyrics section... Beautiful Dreamer: http://www.ezfolk.com/guitarsongs/abcd/b/Beautiful_Dreamer_-_Chord/beautiful_dreamer_-_chord.HTM Hard Times Come Again No More http://www.ezfolk.com/guitarsongs/efgh/h/Hard_Times_Come_Again_No_More_/hard_times_come_again_no_more_.HTM He was the first great American songwriter, born on the 4th of July in 1826, exactly 50 years to the day after the signing of the Declaration of Independence. I've recorded O Susanna on clawhammer banjo... here's a link to the tab: http://www.ezfolk.com/banjo/tab/mnop/ohsus-m/ohsus-3/ohsus-3.html I also recorded Beautiful Dreamer on guitar. Tab can be accessed from the following page: http://www.ezfolk.com/guitar/tab/abcd/index.html
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Greasy... That website you gave a link to is an outstanding Stephen Foster resource. Wonder if they created all of the MIDI files or if they're available somewhere for use by other websites. Any idea? I looked up the owner of the website and his address is in Germany. I'd love to have access to the MIDIs. I've got a limited edition book (300 copies) that was published in 1908 called "The Melodies of Stephen C. Foster." It is 307 pages and contains sheet music and lyrics to 158 Stephen Foster songs. The only place I can find the book listed is on the following page: http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives/d5300jep.htm Anyway, what I'd like to do is scan the entire book and make it available on ezFolk along with the MIDI files. Let me know if you have any info about those MIDIs and if you've seen them on other sites or just the one site. If they're just interested in sharing the music of Stephen Foster maybe they'd be willing to use them, giving whoever made the MIDIs proper credit and all that.
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GreasyStrings Approved
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Interestingly, I was watching the HBO western series "Deadwood" tonite and there was one of those typical saloon scenes with a guy banging on a piano in the background. I immediately identified the tune as Stephen Foster's "Nelly Bly." Pretty cool to hear it played in context.  Last edited on Mon May 17th, 2004 05:16 am by GreasyStrings |
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