Stephen Foster
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American songwriter
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Why Is Stephen Foster Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Stephen Collins Foster , known as "the father of American music", was an American composer known primarily for his parlour and minstrel music during the Romantic period. He wrote more than 200 songs, including "Oh! 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", and many of his compositions remain popular today.
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