Stephen Foster

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American composer composer human songwriter

Stephen Foster was a 19th-century American songwriter often called the "father of American music," known for classics such as "Oh! Susanna" and "Camptown Races."

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Label	Occurrences
Stephen Foster canonical	9
Stephen Collins Foster	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American composer ⓘ composer ⓘ human ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
birthDate	1826-07-04 ⓘ
birthPlace	Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania ⓘ near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
causeOfDeath	infection following a fall ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	1864-01-13 ⓘ
deathPlace	New York City ⓘ
educatedAt	Jefferson College Preparatory School ⓘ
familyName	Foster ⓘ
fullName	Stephen Foster self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Stephen Collins Foster
genre	minstrel song ⓘ parlor song ⓘ popular music ⓘ
givenName	Stephen ⓘ
hasInfluenced	American folk music ⓘ American popular music ⓘ
influencedBy	Irish melodies ⓘ minstrel shows ⓘ parlor music tradition ⓘ
languagesWritten	English ⓘ
movement	19th-century American music ⓘ
name	Stephen Foster self-link ⓘ
nickname	father of American music ⓘ
notableWork	Beautiful Dreamer ⓘ Camptown Ladies ⓘ surface form: Camptown Races Hard Times Come Again No More ⓘ Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair ⓘ God’s Acre ⓘ surface form: Massa's in de Cold Ground My Old Kentucky Home ⓘ Nellie Bly ⓘ surface form: Nelly Bly Oh! Susanna ⓘ Old Black Joe ⓘ Old Folks at Home ⓘ
numberOfWorks	over 200 songs ⓘ
occupation	composer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBurial	Allegheny Cemetery ⓘ
positionHeld	leading American popular songwriter of the 19th century ⓘ
residence	Cincinnati ⓘ surface form: Cincinnati, Ohio New York City ⓘ Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Jane Denny McDowell ⓘ

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Foster → notableBearer → Stephen Foster ⓘ

Stephen Foster → name → Stephen Foster self-link ⓘ

Stephen Foster → fullName → Stephen Foster self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stephen Collins Foster

Hard Times Come Again No More → composer → Stephen Foster ⓘ

Hard Times Come Again No More → lyricist → Stephen Foster ⓘ

Suwannee River → associatedWith → Stephen Foster ⓘ

Stephen Foster Memorial → dedicatedTo → Stephen Foster ⓘ

Stephen Foster Memorial → namedAfter → Stephen Foster ⓘ

My Old Kentucky Home State Park → associatedWith → Stephen Foster ⓘ

Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park → namedAfter → Stephen Foster ⓘ