Tin Pan Alley: An Encyclopedia of the Golden Age of American Song
- ISBN-10
- 1135949018
- ISBN-13
- 9781135949013
- Series
- Tin Pan Alley
- Category
- Music
- Pages
- 384
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-06-01
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Author
- David A. Jasen
Description
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 made-to-order for the biggest stars. Selling popular music to a mass audience from coast-to-coast involved the greatest entertainment media of the day, from minstrelsy to Broadway, to vaudeville, dance palaces, radio, and motion pictures. Successful songwriting became an art, with a host of men and women becoming famous by writing famous songs.
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