A dreamer and an eccentric, working together, turned the American music industry on its ear. They issued a revolutionary recorded anthology. In the first half of the twentieth century, so-called Tin Pan Alley composers, who mostly lived in New York, produced the bulk of America’s popular music. Their sophisticated, urban …Read the Rest
Duke Ellington was hardly a composer at all in the traditional sense. For centuries, both “classical” and “popular” composers had …Read the Rest
Historically the one-man band has been a form of low entertainment with one person playing multiple instruments at once. It …Read the Rest
I had never heard of Theodore von La Hache until recently, but he is a fascinating figure in American musical …Read the Rest
Ever wonder why, in this popular carol, there are half a dozen or so verses about holly, but the ivy …Read the Rest
Seventy years ago this month, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, drawing the United States into the Second World War. The war …Read the Rest
It seems safe to say that no one knows the origin of “Angels We Have Heard on High.” It originated …Read the Rest
Now that we have finished observing Thanksgiving, it’s the right time to start thinking forward to Christmas. I have some …Read the Rest
I started this blog more than two years ago. Since then, I have learned a lot about blogging and what …Read the Rest
The tuba is the youngest regular member of the orchestra. Quite a bit of orchestral music is older, and it …Read the Rest
Until very recently, music was a man’s career. Women could be singers, but rarely anything more. Francesca Caccini became well …Read the Rest
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