| "Open Thy Lattice Love" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| Written | February 1, 1844 |
| Genre | Vocal quartet |
| Songwriter(s) | Stephen Foster |
Open Thy Lattice Love was a song composed by Stephen Foster on February 1, 1844, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Susan E. Robinson was the last remaining member of the quartet that performed the song and the person who the song was written for. She died at age 85 on December 31, 1916.[1] Other sources give a different date of publication.[2] The song is mentioned in Chapter IX of MacKinlay Kantor's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "Andersonville" (1955).
- ^ Barcousky, Len (14 February 2016). "Eyewitness 1916: Living link to Foster passes on". Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ "Stephen C. Foster". 1897 The Musical Visitor, a Magazine of Musical Literature and Music (1883-1897), 08, 223. Accessed May 21, 2016. Access provided by the University of Pittsburgh