The American Song Book
- ISBN-10
- 0199391874
- ISBN-13
- 9780199391875
- Category
- Music
- Pages
- 280
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Authors
- Philip Furia, Laurie Patterson
Description
The American Song Book, Volume I: The Tin Pan Alley Era is the first of a planned five-volume series of books that will reprint the sheet-music (including covers) of songs by Irving Berlin, the Gershwins, and other great songwriters from what has been called "The Golden Age" of American popular music, along with historical essays, biographical sketches, and musical analyses and anecdotes.
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- 2015-12-10
- 280 pages
- Paperback
- Oxford University Press
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