Tin Pan Alley
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Book Overview
In Tin Pan Alley we see the beginnings of the pop world as we now know it: commercial, constantly capturing, exploiting or even occasionally creating a public mood. The Alleymen were workers as much as artists. 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, the new forms, such as the integrated musical, developed for maximum appeal, the vast publicity structure built to market the merchandise, and, of course, the many stars who came to fame by taking a walk down the Alley.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0710009046
ISBN13:9780710009043
Release Date:January 1982
Publisher:Routledge & Kegan Paul Books
Length:154 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Grade Range:Kindergarten to Grade 6
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Good introduction to largely-forgotten era of American music
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
At 154 pages, including index, this introduction to the genesis of the popular music industry in the United States is a very user-friendly guide to an era of American music history that has been largely forgotten, and yet the events of that period continue to shape all aspects -- from legal, to technological, to economic -- of the current pop-music megabusiness. The reader will learn about the origin of the phrase "Tin Pan Alley" (a very noisy street in New York), how early pop songs were written and marketed, the influence of vaudeville, the phonograph, the advent of Ragtime and Jazz, etc. This book is truly a gem, a wonderful record of the treasures in America's cultural attic. END
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