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His Life And Background In Cincinnati 1846 - 1850 by Raymond Walters

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arrives in Cincinnati in 1846, 10; formal education of, 10; duties at Irwin & Foster, 13, 15, 22, 23; has cholera, 24; acquaintances in Cincinnati, 26ff; musical background in Pittsburgh, 27; minstrel friends of, 30; influence of Cincinnati upon, iff, 38ff; influence of Southern and negro life upon, 5off; ex­amples'of American humor in work of, 52ff; visits Federal Hill, Bardstown, Ky., $3, 54; influence of Uncle Horn's Cabin upon "Old Folks at Home," 55ft"; attitude toward minstrel songs, 656°; influence upon negro songs by works of, 68; songs sung by Kneass' Opera Troupe, 7iff; writes "Oh! Susanna," 74, 75; influence of Shakespeare upon, 796*"; influence of Cincinnati con­cert halls upon, 8iff; as a successful composer, 87fT; compositions published and copyrighted 1847-1850, 93ff; as a poet, 96ff; sources of melodies of, loiff; interest in negroes, ic^ff; and re­ligious music, 106; weak side of character of, 106, 107; activities during Mexican War, no; returns to Pitts­burgh, I2iff; earnings from songs of, 122; marriage, I24ff; last visit to Cincinnati in 1858 of, i3off "Foster's Plantation Melodies,"
"Foster's Social Orchestra," 81
Foster, William, 55n
Foster, William B. (father) 27,
3J> 109 Foster, Mrs. William B. (moth­er), see Mrs. Eliza Tomlinson Foster
Gallagher, William D., 30, 36,
48, 86, 90, 97, 98 Gamble, James, 44 Getty, Captain Robert, 20, 30 Gladstone, William, 53n "TheGlendyBmV'15 "A Good Time Coming," 90 Green, Fannie Foster, $$n Griffin, Mrs. Jane, 11,113 "Gwine to Run All Night," see
"Camptown Races"
Hall, James C, 29 Hamilton, William, 130, 133 Herz, Henry, 81 Hibberd, Samuel P., 30 Higginson, Thomas Wentworth,
68 Hill, Professor U. C, 85 Hodges, Fletcher, Jr., I22n Hoffman, James Fenno, 40 Holman, George, 70, 72, 73 Holt (music publisher), 62 Howard, John Tasker, 1, 5$n,
102,103, 106,I22n
Irving, Washington, 46
Irwin, Archibald, 12
Irwin, Archibald, Jr., 11, 12,
I9»23>29>3° Irwin, Mary H., 28,29,71 Irwin, Judge Thomas, 28,73 Irwin & Foster, ioff, 115, 118,
132 UI Would Not Die in the Spring ; Time," 94