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American Popular Music

American Popular Music . Part 3 - Tin Pan Alley. Tin Pan Alley. Began to appear in the popular music industry. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tinpanalley.jpg. Tin Pan Alley. Located on 28th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues. Thrived from 1880 to 1930s?.

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American Popular Music

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  1. American Popular Music Part 3 - Tin Pan Alley

  2. Tin Pan Alley Began to appear in the popular music industry http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tinpanalley.jpg

  3. Tin Pan Alley • Located on 28th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues. • Thrived from 1880 to 1930s? http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tin_Pan_Alley_plaque_crop.jpg

  4. Tin Pan Alley Coined by song writer and journalist Monroe Rosenfeld. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Whar_de_watermelon_grow.jpg

  5. Tin Pan Alley The location for songwriters to bring their finished work to be published. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander's_Ragtime_Band

  6. Tin Pan Alley Synonymous with aggressive sales techniques.

  7. Had a huge success with “President Cleveland’s Wedding March”(Bair, 2001). Publishers M. Witmark & Sons

  8. Publishers Established a formula: Current event+tune+plugging = Popular Hit

  9. Driven by the urge to lift themselves up from their humble ghetto surroundings (Anderson, 2004). Alleymen Mostly immigrants from Middle and Eastern Europe.

  10. Alleymen Denied a professional career Therefore went into show business

  11. The Mighty Five • Irving Berlin • Jerome Kern • George Gershwin • Richard Rogers • Cole Porter

  12. Irving Berlin Born Israel Isidore Baline near Mogilev, Russian-Empire. Dropped out of grade school to work as street entertainer. http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Berlin

  13. Irving Berlin Especially gifted at writing parodies. By 22, he had songs in four Broadway musicals http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Irving_Berlin_-_Ragtime.JPG

  14. Jerome Kern Born to a middle class Jewish family Father - Businessman Mother - Gifted pianist http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Why_(Jerome_Kern)_cover.jpg

  15. Jerome Kern Studied music in Germany Masterpiece is Show Boat

  16. George Gershwin Brother Ira Gershwin Teamed together as Ira the lyricist and George the musician http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Gershwin-signed.jpg

  17. George Gershwin Dropped out of high school to work as pianist Famous for “Rhapsody in Blue” and “Porgy and Bess”

  18. Richard Rodgers Came from upperclass family. Teamed up with Lorenz Hart http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Rodgers

  19. Richard Rogers Hart’s death Teamed up with Oscar Hammerstein http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hammerstein.jpg

  20. Cole Porter Born into a wealthy family Individual songs http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cole_Porter_1934.jpg

  21. Cole Porter “I get a Kick out of You” Satirical Writer

  22. Song Pluggers “Plugging” Peddling tunes

  23. Song Pluggers Bribed performers Chorus slips Hay Wagons Paid bandleaders and singers

  24. Quiz

  25. Resources Anderson, S.V. (2004). Pop music-USA. Cincinnati, OH: Clifton Hills Press. Bair, B., & Wertheim, A.F. (Eds.). (2001). The papers of Will Rogers. Claremore, OK: University of Oklahoma Press.

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