Tin Pan Alley A Chronicle of the American Popular Music Racket

Tin Pan Alley: A Chronicle of the American Popular Music Racket is a book written by Isaac Goldberg that provides a comprehensive history of the music industry in America during the early 20th century. The book explores the origins of Tin Pan Alley, a district in New York City that became the center of the music publishing industry in the late 1800s. Goldberg delves into the lives of the songwriters, publishers, and performers who made up the Tin Pan Alley scene, and how they created and marketed the popular songs of the day. He also examines the cultural and social significance of the music, and how it reflected the changing times in America.The book covers a wide range of topics, including the impact of technology on the music industry, the rise of radio and phonograph recordings, the influence of vaudeville and Broadway on popular music, and the role of African American musicians in shaping the sound of American popular music.Throughout the book, Goldberg uses a lively and engaging writing style to bring the characters and events of Tin Pan Alley to life. He also includes a wealth of primary sources, such as song lyrics and sheet music, to illustrate the evolution of American popular music during this period.Overall, Tin Pan Alley: A Chronicle of the American Popular Music Racket is a fascinating and informative read for anyone interested in the history of American music and culture.1930. A graduate of Harvard, Goldberg has been a magazine and newspaper editor and a lecturer on music and belles-lettres. He is addicted to radio, talkies, musical comedies, puns, toys of every description and head-splitting volumes of esthetics. He was rocked to sleep with the melodies of Gilbert and Sullivan and is generally accepted as the outstanding Savoyard authority. Here he applies his expertise to giving the reader a history of the origin and business of Tin Pan Alley.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.