Music of the Golden Age, 1900-1950 and Beyond: A Guide to Popular Composers and Lyricists

by Arthur L. Iger

The Golden Age of popular music began prior to World War I with composers and lyricists writing hit songs for Tin Pan Alley, for musical plays, for Vaudeville, and for radio. It blossomed from the 1920s through the early 1950s, defined by a mood and style filled with rhythm and romance and with memorable, melodic, literate music. Although this book focuses on hit songs by major song writers such as Berlin and Gershwin, Kern and Hammerstein, Rodgers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313306915
• ISBN13: 9780313306914
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.6"