Stephen Collins Foster, American composer. Worked as a warehouse manager in the early years. He has composed about 200 songs with popular and smooth folk songs, and wrote his own lyrics, such as "My Hometown Relatives", "Oh Susannah", "My Kentucky Hometown", "Old Black Slave" and so on.
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1826. My father is a social activist who likes music and plays the violin in his spare time. He was the ninth of ten siblings in the family, and was affectionately called "Little Stephen." Because his family is not rich, he almost dropped out of school since he was a child, but he likes reading and music.
When he was 6 years old, he put a feather in his hat, played drums, whistled "Yingzhiguang" (ie, "Friendship Lasts forever"), imitating the marching band players on the road.
When he was 7 years old, his mother took him to a musical instrument store. He picked up a silver flute and played the "Song of Colombia" for a while, and it was so good that it surprised everyone present. He had never studied music with anyone, except that he had sung or recited many poems. I don't know where he borrowed a music book and read it every day.
At the age of 14, he was admitted to middle school. He also wrote a waltz for four flutes, which everyone played together. When he was a teenager, he and his brother formed a music club called "Square Table Warriors", and when he was 18 years old, he wrote his first song "Love That Opens the Window".
In 1851, he lived a happy and happy life. At that time, he wrote the famous "Hometown Relatives" (or "Swanee River") and "Banjo Sounds". The wanderer's favorite song. In 1852, he went to New Orleans in the south for his honeymoon. In 1853, he moved to New York, where there are many booksellers. He wrote the famous "My Hometown of Kentucky" in that year. In 1854, he wrote the touching song "Jenny the Blonde" , moved back to Pittsburgh in 1855 due to the death of his parents. 1851-1854 was a prolific period for his songwriting. From 1855 to 1860, due to the successive deaths of his parents and friends, his writing fell into a low ebb and his life became difficult. During this period, in order to pay off his debts, he sold a song for $150.