Talk:Stephen Foster/Archive 1

Relevance of his descendant
I fail to see how it is relevant that his descendant is Brodie Foster Hubbard. Why should this be in the Foster article? If anywhere, it belongs in Hubbard's article, not elsewhere. — BrianSmithson 20:55, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Already discussed on your talk page... sorry about the delete! Didn't even realize I'd done it 'til now. :( Parsssseltongue 02:47, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
 * No worries! — BrianSmithson 04:03, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Swanee
Made a couple of changes that someone may take issue with so I figured I better put down why: In all references to the Suwannee River, with the exception of the movie section, I changed the spelling to "Suwannee" as opposed to "Swanee". I did not change the movie section because evidently that is the actual name of the film. I cannot find any "Swanee" river in anything online or in mapping software or books except where it has been misspelled. It even appears that SCF misspelled it. Radiooperator 21:42, 22 May 2007 (UTC) Update - I changed the so-called "alternate title" of SCF's song back because that was how he originally wrote it.Radiooperator 21:51, 22 May 2007 (UTC) To the article's assertion that Mr. Foster had little formal musical education, I counter with the article on http://www.pitt.edu/~amerimus/foster.htm: "Foster's life has become part of American legend. One thread of the tale is that he detested school and so was poorly educated.  In truth, as a young boy Stephen evinced more interest in music than in other subjects.  But as the child of a middle-class family in an era before tax-supported public education, he variously was privately tutored, then schooled at private academies in Pittsburgh and in north-central Pennsylvania.  He expressed a distaste for rote learning and recitation, but was an avid reader and eventually became a literate, well-educated person by the standards of his day. "He was musically literate as well;  he probably received some formal musical training from a German immigrant, Henry Kleber, an accomplished and versatile musician who eventually exerted a major influence on Pittsburgh's musical life as a performer, composer, music merchant, impresario, and teacher."

YO
The sculpture does not depict Stephen Foster. The sculpture is of a slave and his master. Originally, the pedestal described the two people, but the pedestal has been burnished clear of the original words. Sixty years ago, the name Stephen Collins Foster was not on the pedestal. On a visit to Pittsburgh around 1948, I read the original words. I believe that the sculpture was originally named "His master's ears" and that it also mentioned "good ole black Joe," too, YO.HeyYallYo 05:55, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

Movie Biographies
I don't think that "I Dream of Genie" is a biopic of Mr Foster Chznarles (talk) 17:08, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Preaching copyright?
The second-last paragraph of the "career" section sounds like it was written by some major record company who wants to expand copyright laws. It sounds far too one sided, as if the lack of copyright laws almost destroyed Stephen Foster, and does not cite any sources. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.55.152.226 (talk) 22:20, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Death
The section currently has no citations. It relies on an account of Foster's death attributed to his brother, which perhaps unsurprisingly makes no mention of alcohol. The Emerson biography is quite clear that Foster had become a chronic alcoholic by this stage, spending his days drinking bad liquor on Hester Street.KD Tries Again (talk) 21:45, 11 October 2010 (UTC)KD Tries Again

Removal of song names makes the article significantly worse.
What is the alleged justification for butchering this article? Dlabtot (talk) 21:37, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

Early Life
I've expanded this section slightly with some info on Foster's parents, siblings, and ancestry. This seems to me SOP for Wikipedia biogrpahical articles, but if there are objections to these additions I will remove them. CharlesWTrowbridge (talk) 05:52, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

Canon Commercial
A cover of the song "Beautiful Dreamer" was featured in a Canon commercial, but I've found conflicted accounts of who sings it. Some say it's Rachel Fannan, some say it's Michelle Featherstone.Shenkerism (talk) 00:14, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I'll edit it to say Rachel Fannan, more reliable sources seem to say that. Like thisShenkerism (talk) 00:19, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

Parents
Mother: Eliza Clayland Tomlinson Foster

Father: William Barclay Foster — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.95.8.186 (talk) 19:09, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

Looney Tunes
Shouldn't it be mentioned that his songs were frequently sung by looney tunes characters? 24.218.161.224 (talk) 13:17, 6 July 2013 (UTC)