Module 3 Flashcards
Two Primary Contributions of Tin Pan Alley
- Standardization of song form
2. The development of various promotional methods
Key Roles in Tin Pan Alley
Composers, music publishers, song pluggers, and performers.
Tin Pan Alley
A street in New York where many composers, publicists, songwriters, and musicians worked during the period of 1880 to 1953. The term also refers to the catchy, memorable songs created during this time period by these publishers
A Bird in a Gilded Cage
Song by Harry Von Tilzer, the Daddy of Popular Music.
Will Rossiter
Composer and music promoter who created song plugging.
Song Plugging
A type of music promotion from Tin Pan Alley. They would sing songs in public and try and sell the sheet music. They would also try and bribe musicians to adopt their songs.
Little Lost Child
Song by Joseph Stern and Edward Marks.
Della Fox
Made the ballad “Little Lost Child” very famous.
Irving Berlin
One of the prolific and celebrated Tin Pan Alley composers. Song plugger for Harry Von Tilzer.
Verse-Song Chorus Form
A key feature of Tin Pan Alley. The verse would tell the story, and the chorus would reiterate the message of the song.
Charles K. Harris
Composer of “After the ball”.
Dance Music in 19th Century
Largely influenced by European upper class.
Gilmore Band
One of the most famous early Brass bands. Patrick Gilmore was the leader.
Herbert L. Clarke
A Canadian violinist, cornestist, and bandmaster who inaccurately predicted the demise of the trumpet.
Calixa Lavilee
Composer of O Canada!
Cornet
Instrument used by Herbert L. Clarke that sort of died.
John Philip Sousa
Composer of some of the most well-known marches of the 20th century.
Graphophone
Invented by Edison in the late 19th century, it would be the first invention that recorded sound and replayed it.
Emile Berliner
Invented the gramophone, a flat disc alternative to Edison’s cylinder, which soon became obsolete.
Enrico Caruso
An Italian opera star and one of the first singers to get famous off of recording technology.
