0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history

Buy Now

Tin Pan Opera - Operatic Novelty Songs in the Ragtime Era (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,247
Discovery Miles 12 470
Tin Pan Opera - Operatic Novelty Songs in the Ragtime Era (Hardcover): Larry Hamberlin

Tin Pan Opera - Operatic Novelty Songs in the Ragtime Era (Hardcover)

Larry Hamberlin

 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R1,247 Discovery Miles 12 470 | Repayment Terms: R117 pm x 12*

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days

Though the distance between opera and popular music seems immense today, a century ago opera was an integral part of American popular music culture, and familiarity with opera was still a part of American "cultural literacy." During the Ragtime era, hundreds of humorous Tin Pan Alley songs centered on operatic subjects-either directly quoting operas or alluding to operatic characters and vocal stars of the time. These songs brilliantly captured the moment when popular music in America transitioned away from its European operatic heritage, and when the distinction between low- and high-brow "popular" musical forms was free to develop, with all its attendant cultural snobbery and rebellion.
Author Larry Hamberlin guides us through this large but oft-forgotten repertoire of operatic novelties, and brings to life the rich humor and keen social criticism of the era. In the early twentieth-century, when new social forces were undermining the view that our European heritage was intrinsically superior to our native vernacular culture, opera-that great inheritance from our European forebearers-functioned in popular discourse as a signifier for elite culture. Tin Pan Opera shows that these operatic novelty songs availed this connection to a humorous and critical end. Combining traditional, European operatic melodies with the new and American rhythmic verve of ragtime, these songs painted vivid images of immigrant Americans, liberated women, and upwardly striving African Americans, striking emblems of the profound transformations that shook the United States at the beginning of the American century.

General

Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United States
Release date: February 2011
First published: 2011
Authors: Larry Hamberlin (Assistant Professor of Music)
Dimensions: 242 x 162 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-533892-8
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > Opera
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > General
Promotions
LSN: 0-19-533892-8
Barcode: 9780195338928

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

Stellenbosch: Murder Town - Two Decades…
Julian Jansen Paperback R360 R321 Discovery Miles 3 210
Safari Nation - A Social History Of The…
Jacob Dlamini Paperback R330 R305 Discovery Miles 3 050
A History Of South Africa - From The…
Fransjohan Pretorius Paperback R435 Discovery Miles 4 350
Our Long Walk To Economic Freedom…
Johan Fourie Paperback R365 R326 Discovery Miles 3 260
Fighting For The Dream
R.W. Johnson Paperback  (3)
R314 Discovery Miles 3 140
Moord Op Stellenbosch - Twee Dekades Se…
Julian Jansen Paperback R360 R321 Discovery Miles 3 210
A Love Letter To The Many - Arguments…
Vishwas Satgar Paperback R450 R415 Discovery Miles 4 150
The High Treason Club - The Boeremag On…
Karin Mitchell Paperback R340 R304 Discovery Miles 3 040
Beeld 50 - Om 'n Groot Storie Hard Te…
Erika de Beer Paperback R395 R353 Discovery Miles 3 530
Bones And Bodies - How South African…
Alan G. Morris Paperback R395 R365 Discovery Miles 3 650
Searching For Churches - Five Wild Years…
Alvin Witten Paperback R347 Discovery Miles 3 470
Impossible Return - Cape Town's Forced…
Siona O' Connell Paperback R355 R317 Discovery Miles 3 170

See more

Partners