Inventing entertainment : the player piano and the origins of an American musical industry / Brian Dolan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dolan, Brian, 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Player piano--United States--History.

Player piano.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Brian Dolan's social and cultural history of the music business in relation to the history of the player piano is a critical chapter in the story of contemporary life. The player piano made the American music industry-and American music itself-modern. For years, Tin Pan Alley composers and performers labored over scores for quick ditties destined for the vaudeville circuit or librettos destined for the Broadway stage. But the introduction of the player piano in the early 1900's transformed Tin Pan Alley's guild of composers, performers, and theater owners into a music industry.

Contents:

Soundscape and memory

Missionaries and museums

Chronic mechanitis

Every collector's dream

A musical Morse code

A search for identity

Possession

Expression

A race for the rolls

Music for the masses?

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-196) and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

1-282-49651-4

9786612496516

0-7425-6461-4

OCLC:

429529328