Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair
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"Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" is a popular 19th-century American parlor song known for its sentimental melody and lyrics, composed by Stephen Foster.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
19th-century American song
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song ⓘ |
| centuryOfOrigin | 19th century ⓘ |
| composer | Stephen Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| copyrightStatus | public domain ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| era | Antebellum period in the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstLine | I dream of Jeanie with the light brown hair ⓘ |
| form | strophic ⓘ |
| genre |
parlor song
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popular song ⓘ |
| hasCharacter | Jeanie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
example of mid-19th-century American parlor music
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widely recognized Stephen Foster song ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later American popular song style ⓘ |
| hasLyricsCharacteristic | sentimental ⓘ |
| hasLyricsTheme |
lost love
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nostalgia ⓘ |
| hasMelodyCharacteristic | sentimental ⓘ |
| hasMood |
melancholic
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romantic ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
romanticized depiction of womanhood
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simple, singable melody ⓘ use of nature imagery in lyrics ⓘ |
| hasSubject | a woman named Jeanie ⓘ |
| includedIn |
many 19th-century song collections
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numerous American song anthologies ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Jane Denny McDowell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isStandardIn | American folk and popular tradition ⓘ |
| isTaughtIn |
American music history courses
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voice and piano pedagogy repertoires ⓘ |
| key | A-flat major ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Stephen Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfVerses | 3 ⓘ |
| originalPublisher | Firth, Pond & Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
American popular song repertoire
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Stephen Foster songbook ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1854 ⓘ |
| refrainText | I dream of Jeanie with the light brown hair ⓘ |
| timeSignature | 4/4 ⓘ |
| typicalInstrumentation | voice and piano ⓘ |
| typicalPerformanceContext |
home music-making
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parlor performance ⓘ |
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