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The American song book : the Tin Pan alley era / Philip Furia and Laurie Patterson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Furia, Philip, 1943- author.
- Patterson, Laurie, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Popular music--United States--History and criticism.
- Popular music.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (279 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.
- Summary:
- The American Song Book, Volume I: The Tin Pan Alley Era is the first of a planned five-volume series of books that will reprint the sheet-music (including covers) of songs by Irving Berlin, the Gershwins, and other great songwriters from what has been called "The Golden Age" of American popular music, along with historical essays, biographical sketches, and musical analyses and anecdotes.
- Contents:
- Cover; THE AMERICAN SONG BOOK: THE TIN PAN ALLEY ERA; Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction; Tin Pan Alley; Charles K. Harris; Ragtime; Bob Cole and J. Rosamond and James Weldon Johnson; George M. Cohan; Shelton Brooks; Irving Berlin; The Dance Craze; Ernie Burnett; Joseph McCarthy and James Monaco; W. C. Handy; Jerome Kern; ASCAP; Irving Berlin on Broadway; Spencer Williams; George M. Cohan Goes to War; The Princess Shows; P. G. Wodehouse; Henry Creamer and Turner Layton; Joseph McCarthy and Harry Carroll; Private Irving Berlin; The Ziegfeld Follies; George Gershwin
- Otto HarbachBuddy DeSylva; Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake; Irving Berlin and The Music Box Theater; Gus Kahn; Walter Donaldson; Fred Fisher; Ira Gershwin; Notes and References; Introduction; Tin Pan Alley; Charles K. Harris; Ragtime; Bob Cole and J. Rosamond and James Weldon Johnson; George M. Cohan; Shelton Brooks; Irving Berlin; The Dance Craze; Ernie Burnett; W. C. Handy; Jerome Kern; ASCAP; Irving Berlin on Broadway; Spencer Williams; George M. Cohan Goes to War; The Princess Shows; P. G. Wodehouse; Henry Creamer and Turner Layton; Joseph McCarthy and Harry Carroll; Private Irving Berlin
- The Ziegfeld FolliesGeorge Gershwin; Otto Harbach; Buddy DeSylva; Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake; Irving Berlin and the Music Box Theatre; Gus Kahn; Walter Donaldson; Ira Gershwin
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-049384-4
- 0-19-939189-0
- OCLC:
- 935259049
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