MUAR 392 Chapter : Reading Notes.docx
12 Sep 2013
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Chapter 1 irving berlin in tin pan alley. Most 19th cen, popular song publishing was built around sheet music trade for home performers. Organizers such as vaudeville and theatrical producers had their offices in nyc, which was already the center of music publishing business. West 28th street, manhattan west 42nd-56th streets these areas had publisher shops known as tin pan alley stand for the kind of songs created there. Both vaudeville circuit/broadway show relied on tin pan alley songwriters for music. 1890s popular music scene was victorian-style ballads and waltz songs composed by eu. Americans such as charles k. harris, paul dresser, harry von tilzer. Before this decade was over, new style created by african american musicians called ragtime. Both types of song persisted through years 1900-20 classically trained broadway composer jerome kern brought a cosmopolitan harmonic and melodic richness to.
