For nearly a century, New York's famous 'Tin Pan Alley' was the centre of popular music publishing in the US. It was where song writing became a profession and where songs were made-to-order for the biggest stars. Covering the full history of Tin Pan Alley, from its humble beginnings in the 1860s to its demise following World War II, this is the ...
For all fans of the incomparable and outrageously funny portrayer of English upper-class life, here is a necessary addition to the Wodehouse shelf. Taken mostly from old newspapers and magazines, these previously uncollected articles and short stories were written early in Wodehouse's literary career. Included are the only mystery story Wodehouse ...
"Spreadin' Rhythm Around: Black Popular Songwriters, 1880-1930" is a classic work on a little-studied subject in American music history: the contribution of African-American songwriters to the world of popular song. Hailed by "Publishers Weekly" as "thoroughly researched and entertainingly written," this work documents the careers of songwriters ...
Providing biographical sketches of some of the earliest masters of ragtime and early jazz, Jasen and Jones create a history of these highly influential forms. Includes photographs, newspaper clippings, and sheet music.
For more than a century, readers around the world would have been delighted by the novels, short stories, plays, lyrics and essays of Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, best known as the creator of the dimwitter English gentleman Bertie Wooster and his indispensable valet, Jeeves. The definitive authorised biography of one of the greatest literary ...
The definitive history of ragtime music and its composers by the two top experts in the field, profiling 48 major composers and 800 rags. Over 100 photographs. Index.
Ballads, show tunes, and other works written by black songwriters from 1895 to 1921: "Some of These Days," "A Good Man Is Hard to Find," "The Harbor of Lost Dreams," and other classics.
A Century of American Popular Music is an annotated index to over 2,000 of the most popular, best-remembered, historically important and otherwise influential and interesting popular music songs, from the landmark publication of Scott Joplin's 'Maple Leaf Rag' to the latest rap hit. It provides a mass of often hard-to-come-by information in a ...
Thirty-eight songs: the title piece, "St. Louis Blues, The Hesitating Blues, Down Home Blues, I'm Crazy Bout Your Lovin', Jelly Roll Blues, Railroad Blues, " and many more. Includes original covers.
"Ragtime: An Encyclopedia, Discography, and Sheetography" is the definitive reference work for this important popular form of music that flourished from the 1890s through the 1920s, and was one of the key predecessors of jazz. It collects for the first time entries on all the important composers and performers, and descriptions of their works; a ...
1999 marks one hundred years since Scott Joplin published the Maple Leaf Rag with a small Missouri publishing company in 1899. Within a few years, it was the biggest-selling sheet music of its days -- eventually selling over one million copies and launching the ragtime era throughout America. The authors trace the ragtime craze as it spread -- ...
Original sheet music and covers for 40 beloved favorites, including "After You've Gone," "How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm," "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows," "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby," and other Golden Oldies.
31 vintage song hits from the World War I era, reprinted from original editions, complete with all lyrics, full piano arrangements and reproductions of the original covers. Introduction to the period and brief biographies of the songwriters
Black Bottom Stomp tells the compelling stories of the lives of nine seminal figures in American music history, including Scott Joplin, Louis Armstrong, and Jelly Roll Morton. It also tells how ragtime and popular dance music fed into and changed the development of early jazz. Drawing on original archival research, the authors give an entirely ...
It is 100 years since Scott Joplin published the Maple Leaf Rag with a small Missouri publishing company in 1899. Within a few years, it was the biggest-selling sheet music of its day -- eventually selling over one million copies and launching the ragtime era throughout America. Trace the Ragtime craze as it spread -- first in St. Louis, then ...
Treasury of synocopated old-timers: "Angel Food," "Pork and Beans," "Rooster Rag," "Minstrel Man," "Torpedo Rag," plus 37 others. Reprinted from rare music sheets, complete with original covers.
Treasury of syncopated dance pieces including Eubie Blake's "The Chevy Chase" and "Fizz Water"; Kerry Mills's "At a Geogia Campmeeting," many more. Reproduced from rare sheet music, including original covers.
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