My melancholy baby : the first ballads of the great American songbook, 1902-1913 / Michael G. Garber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garber, Michael G., author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central.

Series:

American made music series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular music--United States--1901-1910--History and criticism.

Popular music.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 342 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2021.

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2021]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

A note to the reader

Preface

The world of the Great American songbook

"Bill Bailey, won't you please come home?"

"I'm sorry I made you cry" and "Jazz handling" : The strange history of the American Waltz, part one

"Kiss me again" and the wisdom of Witmark : The strange history of the American waltz, part two

"I wonder who's kissing her now" and work-for-hire : The strange history of the American waltz, part three

"Let me call you sweetheart" and competition-as-muse : The strange history of the American waltz, part four

"Some of these days"

"The sweetheart of Sigma Chi" and the power of a subculture : The strange history of the American waltz, part five

"My melancholy baby"

"When I lost you" and the muse of friendship : The strange history of the American waltz, part six

"You made me love you"

Conclusion : Authors and torch songs

Appendix. A summary of the development of the personal, intimate, and internal.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-324) and indexes.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781496834324

1496834321

Publisher Number:

99988833841

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.