Tin Pan Alley
English edit
Etymology edit
Purported to be a reference to the constant sound of pianos as songwriters worked out their tunes.
Proper noun edit
- The district in New York City centered on 28th Street from the late 19th to the early 20th century, wherein thousands of popular songs were commercially written.
- The songwriting and publishing industry which was built around the songs produced in Tin Pan Alley; the style of popular music produced by this industry.
See also edit
- Denmark Street
Tin Pan Alley on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References edit
- 2001. The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America. Garland Publishing. Ellen Koskoff (Ed.). Pg. 194.