Gelder, Dr. Rosanna Van
Description
A sensible and informative guide to collectible sheet music, this CD-ROM contains an exportable database of over 10,000 titles of American sheet music
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, published up to 1925. The database is indexed by Title, Composers, Performers, Publishers and Date. An entertaining, easy to read history of the publishing houses that evolved into "Tin Pan Alley", the heart of American popular music constitutes a second section. This history also deals with the importance of Black American composers and performers whose works inspired and dominated the field of Ragtime: Scott Joplin, Lamb, Hunter... The music hall performers who composed much of their own songs are also present, Sophie Tucker, even Enrico Caruso. The phenomenon of collectibles, with guidelines on categories, is analyzed in-depth. All this with continuous sounds giving life to the sheet music covers themselves. Over 500 covers in color and more than a hundred songs performed in the style of the period: "Smiles", "Over There" "Let Me Call You Sweetheart"... this CD-ROM is exceptional indeed.
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