Yesterdays : popular song in America / Charles Hamm.
| Author/creator | Hamm, Charles |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | New York : W.W. Norton & Company, ©1979. |
| Description | xxii, 533 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | "Listen, listen to the voice of love" or, British concert and stage music in early America -- "The wounded Hussar" or, The first songs written in America -- "Erin, the tear and the smile in thine eyes" or, Thomas Moore's Irish melodies in America -- "Hear me, Norma" or, Bel canto comes to America: Italian opera as popular song -- "The minstrel's return'd from the war" or, The first American songwriters -- "Jim Crow" or, The music of the early American minstrel show -- "If I were a voice" or, The Hutchinson family and popular song as political and social protest -- "Come back to Erin" or, More gems from the British isles -- "When the swallows homeward fly" or, German song in nineteenth-century America -- "Old folks at home" or, The songs of Stephen Foster -- "All quiet along the Potomac" or, Songs of the Civil War -- "The old home ain't what it used to be" or, American song in the postwar years -- "After the ball" or, The birth of Tin Pan Alley -- "It's only a paper moon" or, The golden years of Tin Pan Alley -- "Rock around the clock" or, The rise of rock 'n' roll -- "Sympathy for the devil" or, The age of rock -- Epilogue: the seventies and beyond -- Appendix 1. The most popular songs in America printed before 1800 ; Appendix 2. The most popular songs in America, 1801-1825 ; Appendix 3. Stephen Foster's list of royalties received for various of his songs, to 1857 ; Appendix 4. The top-selling foreign songs in America in 1870 ; Appendix 5. Top forty: the most often recorded songs in America, 1900-1950 ; Appendix 6. Variety magazine's golden 100 Tin Pan Alley songs, 1918-1935 ; Appendix 7. The top songs on "Your hit parade," 1935-1958. |
| Abstract | The author contends that America has a continuous and coherent musical history spanning two hundred years and he covers that history from the eighteenth century through the present decade. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliography (pages 495-503) and index. |
| LCCN | 79012953 |
| ISBN | 0393012573 : |
| ISBN | 9780393012576 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML3477.H35 Y4 1979 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |