For nearly a century, New York's famous "Tin Pan Alley" was the center of popular music publishing in this country.
For nearly a century, New York's famous Tin Pan Alley was the center of popular music publishing in this country. It was where songwriting became a profession, and songs were...
Sadly, George died during the preparation of this book but his legacy lives on in his son Andy. I was simply thrilled to meet Cyril Gee who ... I was visiting Tin Pan Alley to see Jack Heath, professional manager at Campbell Connelly.
This book, first published in 1982, explores how the change occurred, the ways in which songwriters organised themselves to get greater control over their products, the social circumstances that influenced their choice of subject-matter, ...
United States Popular Music Collection, 1900-1920; 1920-1940; 19411945. INTERVIEWS Margarethe R. Bartholomew, Natchitoches, La., 20 April 1994. Billy Harrington, Natchitoches, La., 30 May 1994. MUSIC LYRICS Adair, Tom, and Dick Hull.
Ed. John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. Vol. 18. New York: Oxford UP, 1999. 682–83. Bordman, Gerald. American Musical Theatre: A Chronicle. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford UP, 1992. Cox, Karen L. Dreaming of Dixie: How the South Was Created in ...
Notes Spencer Williams 1. 2. 3. Jasen and Jones, Spreadin' Rhythm Around, 169. Jasen and Jones, Spreadin' Rhythm Around, 170. Jasen and Jones, Spreadin' Rhythm Around, 170. George M. Cohan Goes to War 1. Philip Furia and Michael Lasser, ...
Harold D. Tallant shows how this view bespoke a real ambivalence about the desirability of continuing slavery in Kentucky and permitted an active abolitionist movement in the state to exist alongside contented slaveholders.
What happened, and why? In The B Side, acclaimed cultural historian Ben Yagoda answers those questions in a fascinating piece of detective work.
Drawing on previously untapped archival sources and on scores of interviews - the voices include Randy Newman, Jimmy Webb, Linda Ronstadt, and Herb Alpert - the book illuminates broad musical trends through a series of intertwined stories.