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Oh! Susanna
"Oh! Susanna" is a minstrel song by Stephen Foster (1826–1864), first published in 1848. It is among the most popular American songs ever written. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.
==Background==
In 1846, Stephen Foster moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, and became a bookkeeper with his brother's steamship company. While in Cincinnati, Foster wrote "Oh! Susanna", possibly for his men's social club.〔Richard Jackson. 1974. ''Stephen Foster song book: original sheet music of 40 songs''. Courier Dover Press. p. 177.〕 The song was first performed by a local quintet at a concert in Andrews' Eagle Ice Cream Saloon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on September 11, 1847. It was first published by W. C. Peters & Co. in Cincinnati in 1848.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Oh! Susanna )〕 Other minstrel troupes performed the work, and, as was common at the time, many registered the song for copyright under their own names. As a result, it was copyrighted and published at least 21 times from February 25, 1848, through February 14, 1851.〔 Foster earned just $100 ($ in 2012 dollars) for the song, but its popularity led the publishing firm Firth, Pond & Company to offer him a royalty rate of two cents per copy of sheet music sold,〔 convincing him to become America's first fully professional songwriter.
The name Susanna may refer to Foster's deceased sister Charlotte, whose middle name was Susannah.〔Michael Saffle. 2000. ''Perspectives on American music, 1900-1950'' Taylor & Francis. p. 382.〕 There are however others that dispute that.
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