• Oh, Listen to the Band - songs inspired by brass bands

    Author(s):
    Gavin Holman (see profile)
    Date:
    2019
    Group(s):
    American Musicological Society
    Subject(s):
    Music, History
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    brass bands, sheet music, tin pan alley, Music history
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/sjv1-tm22
    Abstract:
    As brass bands gained in popularity, composers and arrangers naturally produced pieces to supply the ensembles with the music for their craft. It was not long before some of those pieces became arranged for solo or piano performance, sometimes with words attached. These first appeared in the 1870s through to the early 1900s. A little later, songs were composed which featured bands, extolling the musicians' abilities, the “sweetness” of the music, and other aspects of bands and their relation to the singer. These were particularly prevalent in the USA, mainly being produced by the talented songwriters of Tin Pan Alley in New York.
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    3 years ago
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