Stephen Foster & Co. : lyrics of America's first great popular songs
Stephen Collins Foster, Ken Emerson (Editor)
America's first professional songwriter, Foster wrote lyrics that have entered our country's cultural bloodstream. Emerson presents a fully and delightfully annotated selection of Foster's most famous songs, and augments them with lyrics that either influenced Foster or were inspired by his genius
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xxii, 182 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
9781598530704, 1598530704
426803667
Plantation melodies
Parlor ballads
Drinking and temperance songs
Songs of protest and poverty
War songs
Comic songs