MUSA1300 Study Guide - Crooner, Vernon Duke, Bessie Smith
22 Jan 2014
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Jeanie with the light brown hair stephen foster, composer: (1854) Stephen foster is one of the first popular song-writers in the united states. First person who made a living off songwriting. Composed short and simple songs that can sell. His songs had an irish sentimental and ethiopian style. Well versed in art, opera, romantic lieder, and folk tradition. Depicts a woman through the ages as a concept of beauty. Beginning of a popular song selling a lot of records. Foster wrote songs and gave it to a producer who performed it and that"s how he sold his music. We listened to this song because it is an example of the shift to sentimental songs and a switch in short and simple songs. This is an example of the minstrel show music in that foster was just a composer. They used his songs in the minstrel show and made it a popular song.
