Stephen Foster
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- (1826-1864) a US writer of almost 200 popular songs, most of them about the US South. They are sometimes called folk songs because they are so simple. Most were for musical shows performed by white entertainers with words representing the speech of African Americans at that time. They include Oh! Susanna, Old Folks at Home, Camptown Races, My Old Kentucky Home, Beautiful Dreamer and Old Black Joe. Foster himself only visited the South once.
斯蒂芬·福斯特（Stephen Foster）：（1826-1864）是美国作家，创作了近200首流行歌曲，其中大部分是关于美国南部的。它们有时很简单，因此有时被称为民歌。大部分是由白人演艺人员表演的音乐表演，用代表当时非裔美国人讲话的词来表达。他们包括哦！苏珊娜（Susanna），家里的老人们，坎普顿种族（Camptown Races），我的肯塔基老家，美丽的梦想家和老黑人乔（Black Black Joe）。福斯特本人只去过一次南方。