Tin Pan Alley
An Encyclopedia of the Golden Age of American Song
By David A. Jasen
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- ISBN: 978-0-415-93877-8
- Binding: Hardback
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 25th June 2003
- Pages: 384
About the Book
For nearly a century, New York's famous "Tin Pan Alley" was the center of popular music publishing in this country. It was where songwriting became a profession, and songs were made-to-order for the biggest stars. Selling popular music to a mass audience from coast-to-coast involved the greatest entertainment media of the day, from minstrelsy to Broadway, to vaudeville, dance palaces, radio, and motion pictures. Successful songwriting became an art, with a host of men and women becoming famous by writing famous songs.
