Oh! Susanna
E563142
"Oh! Susanna" is a famous 19th-century American minstrel song by Stephen Foster that became one of the best-known songs in American folk and popular music.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oh! Susanna canonical | 1 |
| Oh, Susannah | 1 |
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
19th-century song
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Oh Susanna
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oh! Susannah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | California Gold Rush NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfOrigin | 19th century ⓘ |
| composer | Stephen Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| firstPerformanceYear | 1847 ⓘ |
| genre |
American folk music
ⓘ
minstrel music ⓘ popular music ⓘ |
| hasChorus | Yes ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRole | unofficial American folk anthem ⓘ |
| hasForm | verse-chorus form ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance | early commercial American popular song ⓘ |
| hasMeter | 4/4 time ⓘ |
| hasRecording | multiple 20th-century commercial recordings ⓘ |
| includedIn | American folk song repertoire ⓘ |
| influenced | later American popular music ⓘ |
| inPublicDomain | Yes ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Stephen Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openingLyric | I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee ⓘ |
| partOf | Stephen Foster song catalog ⓘ |
| performanceContext | blackface minstrel shows ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1848 ⓘ |
| sheetMusicPublishedIn | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
cultural criticism
ⓘ
musicological studies ⓘ |
| theme |
American frontier
ⓘ
travel to Louisiana ⓘ |
| usedAs | American folk standard ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Oh, Susannah