Tin Pan Alley: A Chronicle of the American Popular Music Racket

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• About the Author vi
• Introduction vii
• Table of Contents xiii
• List of Illustrations xv
• 1. ≪vamp Till Ready . . .≫ 1
• 2. Before the Flood 13
• 3. Pearls of Minstrelsy 31
• 4. Blackface into White 60
• 5. the Rise of Tin Pan Alley 84
• 6. the Rise of Tin Pan Alley: Ragtime 139
• 7. Sousa, De Koven, And--Principally --Victor Herbert 178
• 8. Ballyhoo 197
• 9. Transition 234
• 10. King Jazz 259
• 11. Bye, Bye, Theme Song 297

• Title Page iii
• About the Author vi
• Introduction vii
• Table of Contents xiii
• List of Illustrations xv
• 1. ≪vamp Till Ready . . .≫ 1
• 2. Before the Flood 13
• 3. Pearls of Minstrelsy 31
• 4. Blackface into White 60
• 5. the Rise of Tin Pan Alley 84
• 6. the Rise of Tin Pan Alley: Ragtime 139
• 7. Sousa, De Koven, And--Principally --Victor Herbert 178
• 8. Ballyhoo 197
• 9. Transition 234
• 10. King Jazz 259
• 11. Bye, Bye, Theme Song 297
• 12. Codetta 320
• Acknowledgments 326
• Index 329