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
and Porter, major collaborators are included as well. Contemporary
songwriters, continuing with the style of the Golden Age include
Marvin Hamlisch, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Burt Bacharach, and Stevie
Wonder. A separate chapter concentrates on celebrities and women of
song.
A preface outlining a brief history of American song provides an
historical perspective in which to examine the Golden Age of music.
Organized alphabetically within chronological periods, this guide
to popular music will appeal to scholars and general enthusiasts
alike. More than eleven hundred composers and lyricists are
included along with the thousands of musical hits they have written
spanning from Tin Pan Alley, Broadway and Hollywood musicals, and
through the Big Band era.
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