Panorama of American popular music : the story of our national ballads and folk songs, the songs of Tin Pan Alley, Broadway and Hollywood, New Orleans jazz, swing, and symphonic jazz / by David Ewen
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TextPublisher: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, Inc., c1957Copyright date: ©1957Description: x, 365 p. ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeOther title: Story of our national ballads and folk songs | Songs of Tin Pan Alley, Broadway and Hollywood, New Orleans jazz, swing, and symphonic jazzSubject(s): Popular music -- United States -- History and criticism | Jazz -- History and criticism | Swing (Music) -- History and criticism | Big band music -- History and criticismGenre/Form: Jazz.Additional physical formats: Online version:: Panorama of American popular music.DDC classification: 784 Summary: A comprehensive and objective examination of American popular music
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Table of Contents
My Country 'Tis of Thee: our national ballads and patriotic songs
The people sing: our folk music
Gonna sing all over God's heaven: the songs of the Negro
Mr. Tambo and Mr. Bones: the minstrel show and its songs
From extravaganza to vaudeville
Union Square: where the popular song becomes big business
From operetta to musical comedy
Ragtime, blues, jazz
Tin Pan Alley: yesterday and today
Jazz becomes a sophisticated lady
The heyday of the musical comedy
The revue becomes sophisticated
Hollywood
From musical comedy to musical play
Includes bibliographical references and index
A comprehensive and objective examination of American popular music
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