Brass Ensemble Horn,Trombone,Trumpet,Tuba - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.802619 Composed by Stephen Foster. Arranged by P.R. and Peet du Toit. Contemporary. Score and parts. 6 pages. Peet du Toit #6027489. Published by Peet du Toit (A0.802619). Stephen Collins Foster (July 4, 1826 – January 13, 1864), known as the father of American music, was an American songwriter known primarily for his parlor and minstrel music. He wrote more than 200 songs, including Oh! Susanna, Hard Times Come Again No More, Camptown Races, Old Folks at Home (Swanee River), My Old Kentucky Home, Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair, Old Black Joe, and Beautiful Dreamer, and many of his compositions remain popular today. He has been identified as the most famous songwriter of the nineteenth century and may be the most recognizable American composer in other countries. Most of his handwritten music manuscripts are lost, but editions issued by publishers of his day feature in various collections.
