RTA 905 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Al Jolson, Triumph Tr8, Gene Austin
17 May 2016
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**try not to email her if it can wait until office hours or the next class, don"t email her. Essay and ethnographies go to a concert and then 2 other genres. One will be the basis for your essay. Ethnomusicology music in and as culture. Ethnography a snapshot of music in its socio-cultural, political and aesthetic context. Why is it significant, why does it appeal to a particular audience, etc. In your ethnographies specify which style you choose to use** 1880s scattered music publishing industry clusters around 28th street nyc near broadway"s theatre district. Focuses on popular music, rather than all genres. Small rooms filled with pianos used by composers and song pluggers to produce and promote particular tunes = tin pan alleys (tpa) Song pluggers paid to sing and play songs on piano repeatedly to familiarize potential buyers and stars with new tunes: form of advertising. By 1915 half a million dollars were paid to song pluggers per year.
