Songs by one dead U. S. composer, one dead U. S. hero and one live U. S. socialite were performed last week over National Broadcasting Co. chains. They were notable because: C, "This Rose Reminds Me," by Stephen Collins Foster ("My Old Kentucky Home"), had long been lost. Composer Foster (1826-64) wrote it for Thomas U. Rice, pioneer U. S. minstrel, famed for his "Jim Crow" act. Minstrel Rice died before the song could be used. Lately "This Rose Reminds Me" was rediscovered by Dean J. Rice of Salt Lake City, grandson...
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