Stephen Collins Foster Biography - online book

A Biography Of America's Folk-Song Composer By Harold Vincent Milligan

Stephen Foster occupies a unique position in the history of music, not only of America, but of the world. No other single individual produced so many of those songs which are called "folk-songs," by which is meant songs that so perfectly express the mood and spirit of the people that they become a part of the life of all the "folk" and speak as the voice, not of an individual, but of all. So completely do the "folk" absorb these songs and adapt them to their own uses, that the individuality and frequently even the name of the originator is completely lost, thus giving rise to the erroneous idea that a "folk-song" is a song created not by an individual but by a community. Harold Vincent Milligan 1919

Sorry for the odd errors and weirdnesses you will find in my web version of this book. Scanning & OCR is difficult at the best of times and there were quality problems with the original for this book, anyway I hope what I have presented here will be of some use

Stephen Collins Foster Biography- Contents Index Deduct 100 from the page numbers show to get the original numbers as in the book.

Frontispiece Title page Copyright Notice Contents ILLUSTRATIONS list The Foster Homestead "The Old Folks at Home" Original Version "The Old Folks at Home" Original Version of "Massa's in de cold, cold ground"  The Old Kentucky Home The Last Page of the Manuscript Book Portrait of Stephen C. Foster Stephen Foster and George Cooper The Grave of Stephen C. Foster PREFACE PREFACE I The Family - 0101 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0102 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0103 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0104 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0105 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0106 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0107 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0108 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0109 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0110 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0111 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0112 II Boyhood - 0113 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0114 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0115 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0116 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0117 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0118 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0119 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0120 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0121 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0122 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0123 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0124 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0125 III Youth - 0126 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0127 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0128 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0129 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0130 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0131 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0132 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0133 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0134 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0135 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0136 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0137 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0138 IV First Songs - 0139 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0140 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0141 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0142 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0143 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0144 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0145 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0146 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0147 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0148 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0149 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0150 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0151 Stephen-Foster-bio-page - 0152

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