Black Bottom Stomp tells the compelling stories of the lives and times of nine seminal figures in American music history, including Scott Joplin, Louis Armstrong, and Jelly Roll Morton.
Black Bottom Stomp tells the compelling stories of the lives and times of nine seminal figures in American music history, including Scott J...
This title 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 single resource: song title, composer, lyricist, publisher, date of copyright and genre. The annotations include, where possible, a discussion of the history of the song, how it was written, who popularized it, notable recordings with their original issue numbers and cover...
This title is an annotated index to over 2,000 of the most popular, best-remembered, historically important and otherwise influential and interesting ...
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 first resource tool to identify its major publishers, composers, lyricists, singers, dances and bands. Entries are arranged alphabetically and include names, birth and death dates, brief biographies and bibliographical listings. This should be a useful...
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 profess...
Based on new research, original interviews, and decades of archival work, "Spreadin' Rhythm Around" tells the story of the African-American songwriters who introduced new rhythms and subject matter into American popular song.
Based on new research, original interviews, and decades of archival work, "Spreadin' Rhythm Around" tells the story of the African-American songwriter...
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 complete listing of all known published ragtime compositions, even those self-published and known only in single copies; and a complete discography from the cylinder era to today. It also represents the culmination of a lifetimea (TM)s research for...
Ragtime: An Encyclopedia, Discography, and Sheetography is the definitive reference work for this important popular form of music that flourished f...
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 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 first resource tool to identify its major publishers, composers, lyricists, singers, dances, and bands. Entries are arranged alphabetically and include names, birth & death dates, brief biographies, and bibliographical listings. This will be an...
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 ...
