Tin Pan Alley era

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The Tin Pan Alley era was a period in early 20th-century American music history characterized by the dominance of professional songwriters and publishers producing popular songs for Broadway, vaudeville, and mass-market sheet music.

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instanceOf cultural movement ⓘ
historical era ⓘ
period in music history ⓘ
causeOf professionalization of American songwriting ⓘ
standardization of popular song structure ⓘ
characteristic centralized music publishing industry ⓘ
collaboration between lyricists and composers ⓘ
commercially oriented songwriting ⓘ
dominance of professional songwriters ⓘ
emphasis on catchy melodies ⓘ
mass-market sheet music production ⓘ
song plugging practices ⓘ
standardized song forms ⓘ
use of comic and novelty songs ⓘ
use of sentimental lyrics ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
endTime 1930s ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
field music publishing ⓘ
popular music ⓘ
songwriting ⓘ
followedBy Big Band era ⓘ
era of radio-based popular music ⓘ
hasPart Broadway show tunes ⓘ
novelty songs ⓘ
parlor songs ⓘ
vaudeville songs ⓘ
influenced American popular song tradition ⓘ
Broadway musical theater ⓘ
Great American Songbook ⓘ
Hollywood film music ⓘ
jazz standards repertoire ⓘ
influencedBy African American musical styles ⓘ
European popular song traditions ⓘ
minstrel show music ⓘ
ragtime ⓘ
vaudeville entertainment ⓘ
location Broadway theater district ⓘ
Manhattan ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
West 28th Street ⓘ
product popular songs ⓘ
sheet music ⓘ
song catalogs ⓘ
startTime 1890s ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
usedFor home music-making ⓘ
mass entertainment ⓘ
providing songs for Broadway ⓘ
providing songs for vaudeville ⓘ

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I Could Write a Book → era → Tin Pan Alley era ⓘ
Isn't It Romantic? → era → Tin Pan Alley era ⓘ
Thou Swell → hasMusicalStyle → Tin Pan Alley ⓘ
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My Heart Stood Still → hasEra → Tin Pan Alley ⓘ
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Nashville sound → stylisticOrigin → Tin Pan Alley pop ⓘ
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M. Witmark & Sons → basedInArea → Tin Pan Alley ⓘ
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Embraceable You → era → Tin Pan Alley ⓘ
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Great American Songbook → influencedBy → Tin Pan Alley ⓘ
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Night and Day → hasStyle → Tin Pan Alley ⓘ
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It's De-Lovely → hasStyle → Tin Pan Alley ⓘ
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But Not for Me → era → Tin Pan Alley ⓘ
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When You Wore a Tulip (And I Wore a Big Red Rose) → genre → Tin Pan Alley ⓘ
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When You Wore a Tulip (And I Wore a Big Red Rose) → tradition → Tin Pan Alley ⓘ
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Hoagy Carmichael → style → Tin Pan Alley ⓘ
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Milton Ager → genre → Tin Pan Alley ⓘ
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Melody in A Major → associatedWith → Tin Pan Alley era ⓘ
Buddy DeSylva → genre → Tin Pan Alley ⓘ
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Israel Beilin → genre → Tin Pan Alley ⓘ
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April Showers → era → Tin Pan Alley ⓘ
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Al Jolson → era → Tin Pan Alley era ⓘ
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Ray Henderson → fieldOfWork → Tin Pan Alley ⓘ
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Arthur Schwartz → movement → Tin Pan Alley ⓘ
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Nevertheless (I'm in Love with You) → hasEra → Tin Pan Alley era ⓘ
My Sunny Tennessee → culturalContext → Tin Pan Alley era ⓘ
If I Only Had the Nerve → hasMusicalStyle → Tin Pan Alley ⓘ
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Israel Baline → genre → Tin Pan Alley ⓘ
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Always (song) → belongsToTradition → Tin Pan Alley songwriting tradition ⓘ
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How Deep Is the Ocean? → hasMusicalEra → Tin Pan Alley era ⓘ
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Brill Building pop → stylisticOrigin → Tin Pan Alley ⓘ
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Joe Young → genre → Tin Pan Alley ⓘ
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Joe Young → movement → Tin Pan Alley ⓘ
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Al Dubin → movement → Tin Pan Alley ⓘ
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Vincent Youmans → movement → Tin Pan Alley ⓘ
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Jack Keller → influencedBy → Tin Pan Alley tradition ⓘ
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