Stephen Collins Foster known as the "father of American music", was the greatest songwriter in the United States of the 19th century. He developed his talent for music early and while still young began to compose in the style of minstrel music. He was 18 when his first song was published, "Open Thy Lattice Love" (1844), set to a poem by George P. Morris; however, its title page erroneously credited the composer as "L. C. Foster". Foster worked very hard at writing, sometimes taking several months to craft and polish the words, melody, and accompaniment of a song before sending it off to a publisher. He served as both composer and lyricist to his songs, which numbered over two hundred.
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