Language: ENG. Seller Inventory # 9781560249931
Synopsis: Encounter the trailblazers whose recordings expanded the boundaries of technology and brought “popular” music into America's living rooms!
Popular American Recording Pioneers: 1895--1925 (winner of the 2001 Association for Recorded Sound Collections Award of Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research) covers the lives and careers of over one hundred musical artists who were especially important to the recording industry in its early years. Here are the men and women who brought into American homes the hits of the day--Tin Pan Alley numbers, Broadway show tunes, ragtime, parlor ballads, early jazz, and dance music of all kinds.
Popular American Recording Pioneers: 1895--1925 compiles rare information that was scattered in hundreds of record catalogs, hobbyist magazines, newspaper clippings, phonograph trade journals, and other sources. Look no further! This volume is the ultimate resource on the subject!
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About the Author: Hoffmann is a Professor in the Department of Library Science at Sam Houston State University.
Title: Popular American Recording Pioneers, 1895-...
Publisher: Taylor & Francis 2000-04-27, New York |London
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: hardback
Condition: New