MUSIC 2II3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Making Money, American Civil War, Blues
20 Sep 2016
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Music 2ii3 lecture 2 history of popular music. Success of after the ball gives birth to tin pan alley. What was important about after the ball was the date: nothing special about the song, could"ve been something else. Core of music industry for the next 50 years, centre of music industry until wwii. Both a musical style and a place, and way of structuring an industry. No tpa incorporated, building, it was more of a big idea. Geographic centre was new york city (manhattan) Becomes the centre of professional music making. During 20s and 30s, 21 000 publishers, 36 000 composers. Tons of apartments with musicians, publishers and all sorts of people trying their luck in. Tpa: few will see success but lots will try. Style: lyrics: early in tpa was based on idea of sheet music, intended for people to perform, basic rhyme scheme, syllabic, idealized romance beginning and ending.
