Stephen Foster
American songwriter (1826-1864) · United States · On the map · Musicians · Died at 37
Stephen Collins Foster, known as "the father of American music", was an American composer known primarily for his parlour and folk music during the Romantic period. Foster wrote more than 200 songs, including "Oh!
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Foster's parents, Eliza Tomlinson Foster and William Barclay Foster![House in Hoboken, New Jersey, where Foster is believed to have written "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" in 1854[12]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/STEPHEN_COLLINS_FOSTER_HOME_IN_HOBOKEN_NEW_JERSEY.jpg/1280px-STEPHEN_COLLINS_FOSTER_HOME_IN_HOBOKEN_NEW_JERSEY.jpg)
House in Hoboken, New Jersey, where Foster is believed to have written "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" in 1854[12]
A Pittsburgh Press illustration of the original headstone on Stephen Foster's grave
Telegram that communicated Stephen Foster's death addressed to his brother Morrison Foster![Foster commemorative stamp in the Famous American Composers series, 1940[35]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/1940_FamAmer_e_1.png/500px-1940_FamAmer_e_1.png)
Foster commemorative stamp in the Famous American Composers series, 1940[35]
The Stephen Foster Memorial at the University of Pittsburgh contains two theaters.
Stephen Foster sculpture in Schenley Plaza, Pittsburgh, by Giuseppe Moretti (1900), removed in 2018About this person
Susanna", "Hard Times Come Again No More", "Camptown Races", "Old Folks at Home", "My Old Kentucky Home", "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair", "Old Black Joe", and "Beautiful Dreamer". Many of his compositions remain popular today.
