| American Popular Music and Its Business: The First Four Hundred Yearsvolume II: From 1790 to 1909 Contributor(s): Sanjek, Russell (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195043103 ISBN-13: 9780195043105 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $267.30 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 1988 Annotation: Volume two concentrates exclusively on music activity in the United States in the nineteenth century. Among the topics discussed are how changing technology affected the printing of music, the development of sheet music publishing, the growth of the American musical theater, popular religious music, black music (including spirituals and ragtime), music during the Civil War, and finally "music in the era of monopoly," including such subjects as copyright, changing technology and distribution, invention of the phonograph, copyright revision, and the establishment of Tin Pan Alley. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Business Aspects |
| Dewey: 780.420 |
| LCCN: 87018605 |
| Lexile Measure: 1480 |
| Series: American Popular Music & Its Business |
| Physical Information: 1.49" H x 6.36" W x 9.37" (2.13 lbs) 494 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Volume two concentrates exclusively on music activity in the United States in the nineteenth century. Among the topics discussed are how changing technology affected the printing of music, the development of sheet music publishing, the growth of the American musical theater, popular religious music, black music (including spirituals and ragtime), music during the Civil War, and finally music in the era of monopoly, including such subjects as copyright, changing technology and distribution, invention of the phonograph, copyright revision, and the establishment of Tin Pan Alley. |