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The Tin Pan Alley Song Encyclopedia
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Thomas S. Hischak
Book Code: GR1992
ISBN: 0-313-31992-8
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-31992-1
552 pages, photo
Greenwood Press
Publication: 9/30/2002
List Price: $91.95 (UK Sterling Price: £51.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • Starred Review. A delight to read, this will be an essential resource on popular songs written between the mid-19th century and the 1950s. For all libraries.
    —Library Journal     February 1, 2003
  • No other work provides this kind of detail on the songs themselves....Recommended. General and academic collections.
    —Choice     March 2003
  • The Tin Pan Alley Song Encyclopedia is a solid, comprehensive, 552-page reference work of more than 1,200 popular songs written from the mid-19th century through the 1950s....A core addition to any personal, public library, or academic American Music History reference collection.
    —Wisconsin Bookwatch     January 2003
Description: Many books have been written about Tin Pan Alley--the colloquial name assigned to popular music before the advent of rock 'n' roll--yet little is available about the individual songs defining this enormously significant style of American music. This encyclopedia of over 1,200 songs written from the middle of the 19th century through the 1950s provides information and commentary on the music embraced by the American public.

No other single volume contains as much information on the subject. Author Thomas Hischak provides an exhaustive yet highly readable guide to the songs, their periods, their styles, and their performers. His study explains in layman's language how this music survived over time, and how it came to play such an influential role in American popular culture. Ideal for researchers and browsers alike, this encyclopedia is a long overdue examination of an American musical institution. These songs were not written for stage or screen, but for saloons, singalongs, dance orchestras, sheet music, piano player rolls, recordings, nightclubs, concerts, and radio broadcasts. They colored the fabric of American popular culture for centuries, from early American folk songs to Civil War melodies, 19th-century sentimental ballads, minstrel songs, ragtime, and jazz.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Glossary
  • Songs
  • Alternate Song Titles
  • ASCAP's Hit Titles
  • NEC's Hit Parade
  • Tin Pan Alley Standards from Stage and Screen
  • Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 2002023250
LCC Class: ML102
Dewey Class: 782
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