Friday, April 27, 2018

Stephen Foster's statue removed amid criticism

 

A 118-year-old statue of the "Oh! Susanna" songwriter was removed from a Pittsburgh park Thursday after criticism that the work is demeaning because it includes a slave sitting at his feet, plucking a banjo.

In October, the Pittsburgh Art Commission voted to take the Stephen Foster sculpture out of Schenley Plaza and find it a new home. For now, it will remain in a storage lot, out of the public view.

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6 comments:

  1. John Robert Mallernee, KB3KWS, in Vernal, UtahApril 27, 2018 at 12:34 PM

    Here is the URL for my homemade amateur video recording of ME (!) performing the Stephen Foster classic, "OLD FOLKS AT HOME":

    https://youtu.be/K_pFn20Hl5I

    This was the song I performed, a capello, the very first time I ever sang in public, when I was in the Third Grade at Spring Lake School in Spring Lake, North Carolina.
    _____________________________________

    "OLD FOLKS AT HOME"

    Stephen Collins Foster
    (1826 - 1864)

    VERSE # 01:
    Way down upon
    The Swanee River,
    Far, far away;
    There's where my heart
    Is turning ever.
    There's where the
    Old folks stay.
    All up and down
    The whole Creation,
    Sadly, I roam,
    Still longing for
    The old plantation,
    And for the
    Old folks at home.

    CHORUS:
    All the World
    Am sad and dreary
    Everywhere I roam.
    Oh, Darkies,
    How my heart
    Grows weary
    Far from the
    Old folks at home!

    VERSE # 02:
    All 'round the little farm,
    I wandered
    When I was young.
    Then, many happy days,
    I squandered.
    Many's the song,
    I sung.
    When I was playing
    With my brother,
    Happy was I.
    Oh, take me to
    My kind old mother!
    There, let me
    Live and die.

    VERSE # 03:
    One little hut
    Among the bushes,
    One that I love,
    Still, sadly to my
    Memory rushes,
    No matter where
    I rove.
    When will I see
    The bees a humming
    All 'round the comb?
    When will I hear
    The banjo strumming
    Down in my
    Good old home?

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  2. indyjonesouthereApril 27, 2018 at 5:18 PM

    Stephen Foster was a cornerstone of American music in school. Just remember that this is an "arts" council that determined it was not P.C. and arts councils are notorious Marxist organizations. They demand public funds for Marxist art and have no problems with the piss Christ or dung Madonna.

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    1. Brock TownsendApril 27, 2018 at 5:46 PM

      They demand public funds for Marxist art and have no problems with the piss Christ or dung Madonna.

      Pathetic.

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    2. AnonymousApril 28, 2018 at 12:33 AM

      My favorite Stephen Foster song....

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jil_XT-NA4

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    3. Brock TownsendApril 28, 2018 at 12:48 PM

      Thanks. https://freenorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2018/04/hard-times-come-again-no-more.html

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