Tin Pan Alley in Gaslight
Author: Maxwell F. Marcuse
Publisher: American Life Foundation
Published: 1959
Total Pages: 482
ISBN-13:
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'Twas Only an Irishman's Dream
Author: W. H. A. Williams
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9780252065514
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe image of the Irish in the United States changed drastically over time, from that of hard-drinking, rioting Paddies to genial, patriotic working-class citizens. In 'Twas Only an Irishman's Dream, William H. A. Williams traces the change in this image through more than 700 pieces of sheet music--popular songs from the stage and for the parlor--to show how Americans' opinions of Ireland and the Irish went practically from one extreme to the other. Because sheet music was a commercial item it had to be acceptable to the broadest possible song-buying public. "Negotiations" about their image involved Irish songwriters, performers, and pressured groups, on the one hand, and non-Irish writers, publishers, and audiences on the other. Williams ties the contents of song lyrics to the history of the Irish diaspora, suggesting how ethnic stereotypes are created and how they evolve within commercial popular culture.
Singing Cowboys and Musical Mountaineers
Author: Bill C. Malone
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 2003-08-01
Total Pages: 170
ISBN-13: 0820325511
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this slim, lively book our foremost historian of country music recalls the lost worlds of pioneering fiddlers and pickers, balladeers and yodelers. As he looks at "hillbilly" music's pre-commercial era and its early popular growth through radio and recordings, Bill C. Malone shows us that it was a product not only of the British Isles but of diverse African, German, Spanish, French, and Mexican influences.
How the West Was Sung
Author: Kathryn Kalinak
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2007-09-17
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 0520252349
DOWNLOAD EBOOKKalinak offers an accessible and comprehensive analysis of John Ford's use of music in his iconic westerns. Encompassing a variety of critical approaches and incorporating original archival research, this book explores Ford's predilection for American folk song, hymnody and period music.
The Music of Black Americans
Author: Eileen Southern
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 710
ISBN-13: 9780393038439
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBeginning with the arrival of the first Africans in the English colonies, Eileen Southern weaves a fascinating narrative of intense musical activity. As singers, players, and composers, black American musicians are fully chronicled in this landmark book. Now in the third edition, the author has brought the entire text up to date and has added a wealth of new material covering the latest developments in gospel, blues, jazz, classical, crossover, Broadway, and rap as they relate to African American music.
Encyclopedia of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
Author: John D. Buenker
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2021-04-14
Total Pages: 1412
ISBN-13: 1317471687
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSpanning the era from the end of Reconstruction (1877) to 1920, the entries of this reference were chosen with attention to the people, events, inventions, political developments, organizations, and other forces that led to significant changes in the U.S. in that era. Seventeen initial stand-alone essays describe as many themes.
Swing Along
Author: Marva Carter
Publisher: OUP USA
Published: 2008-09-04
Total Pages: 203
ISBN-13: 0195108914
DOWNLOAD EBOOKComposer, conductor and violinist Will Marion Cook was a key figure in the development of American music from the 1890s to the 1920s. In this biography, Marva Griffin Carter writes about Cook's music, career and personality, drawing on both his unfinished autobiography and his wife Abbie's memoir.
Lillian Russell
Author: Armond Fields
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2008-08-27
Total Pages: 247
ISBN-13: 0786438681
DOWNLOAD EBOOKColorful and boisterous first nights were the rule in New York theaters of the 1880s. Everyone, it seemed, attended, from the rich and powerful to young people who scraped together just enough to buy a ticket. And no star was more popular than Lillian Russell. At a time when serious plays dominated the stages, Lillian Russell was one of the first to popularize musical theater. With her beauty, voice, and grace, she was the symbol of the new American woman. She used those attributes to attain power, social status and wealth, and then to become one of the earliest champions of women's equality. Her life and career are covered here in detail, with particular emphasis on the way she influenced theater history and popular culture.
Tin Pan Alley
Author: Keith Hayward
Publisher: Soundcheck Books
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 117
ISBN-13: 0957144202
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis unique book tells the story of two stars. One is Sir Elton John and his career up to the breakthrough gigs at the LA Troubadour in 1970. The other is Tin Pan Alley itself.
Long Steel Rail
Author: Norm Cohen
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 774
ISBN-13: 9780252068812
DOWNLOAD EBOOKImpeccable scholarship and lavish illustration mark this landmark study of American railroad folksong. Norm Cohen provides a sweeping discussion of the human aspects of railroad history, railroad folklore, and the evolution of the American folksong. The heart of the book is a detailed analysis of eighty-five songs, from "John Henry" and "The Wabash Cannonball" to "Hell-Bound Train" and "Casey Jones," with their music, sources, history, and variations, and discographies. A substantial new introduction updates this edition.
