Jeanie

Stephen Foster

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General Info

Year: 1854 /
Duration:
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print.

Instrumentation

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Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair, the tune for which this composition is based, was originally composed in 1854. From the beginning of their marriage, Stephen and Jane Foster had difficulties. This ballad is believed to be an attempt by Stephen to win his wife back after a temporary separation in 1853.

The song itself falls into a category of poetic ballads by Foster. Other sings in this category include Gentle Annie and Beautiful Dreamer.

- Program Note from Teach Music Through Performance

Media

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State Ratings

Arkansas: I
West Virginia: II

Performances

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Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Foster Songs Fantasy (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger)
Hard Times Come Again No More (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Syler) (1854/2020)

All Wind Works

Beautiful Dreamer
Fantastic Foster (arr. Harnsberger) (2010)
Foster Songs Fantasy (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Goto)
Gentle Annie (arr. Baller)
Hard Times Come Again No More (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Syler) (1854/2020)
Jeanie (1854)
Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair (arr. Harvey) (1854/1990)
My Old Kentucky Home
My Old Kentucky Home (arr. Cowherd) (1853/1984)
My Old Kentucky Home (arr. Pottag) (1853/1941)
Old Folks at Home
Slumber, My Darling (arr. Karrick) (1862/2004)
Slumber, My Darling (arr. Windham) (1862/2001)
Stephen Foster Revisited (arr. Holcombe) (1991)
Stephen Foster Songbook (arr. Bulla) (1999)
Swanee River
Tribute to Stephen Foster, A (arr. Nestico) (1968)
Variations on "My Old Kentucky Home" (arr. Ito) (1852/2010)
Way Down upon the Swanee Ribber (arr. Safranek) (1914)

Resources

Miles, Richard B. 2000. Teaching Music Through Performance in Band. Volume 3. Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 175-177.