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Tin Pan Alley and early music publishing
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European Roots English – Pub songs – Parlor songs Henry Russell – English Parlor Songs – ABA form (simple, short and sweet)
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Stephen Foster 1826 -1864 Irish Lulabis “Camptown Races” Minstrel Shows/Theater
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New Traditions/Forging Ahead Vaudeville (from France) – variety show Operetta – Gilbert and Sullivan (English) 1880’s Tin Pan Alley (so many pianos it sounded liked tin cans) – NYC – Sheet music publication meca Radio and Phonograph 1914 – ASCAP, music licensing group
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1900’s Cabarets v. Vaudiville Ballroom dance Ragtime – African American Rhythms w. European forms – “Alexander’s Rag Time Band” (Irving Berlin)
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Irving Berlin and George M Cohan Cohan came first – Yankee Doodle Dandy – Military shows/music Irving Berlin – Musically illiterate – Alexander’s Rag Time Band – White Christmas (Bing Christmas) – Patriotic Songs (God Bless America) – No longer ABA – 32 bar form (AABA) – Puttin on the Ritz (Fred Astaire)
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George and Ira Gershwin NY Jews (brothers) “Fascinating Rhythm” Porgy and Bess Rhapsody in Blue
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