David A. Jasen

A biography of the beloved English humorist is accompanied by numerous photographs from his life.

A Portrait of a Master

P. G. Wodehouse

First Published in 2002. A Century of American Popular Music is an annotated index to over 2,000 of the most popular, best remembered, historically important and otherwise influential and interesting popular music, from the landmark publication of Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag to the latest rap hit. It provides information all in one place that is available no where else: song title, composer, lyricist, publisher, date of copyright and genre. The annotations include, where possible, a discussion of the history of the song, how it was written, who popularized it, notable recordings with their original issue numbers, as well as covers and other versions that helped keep the song in public attention. Also included are indices by composer, publisher and year of publication.

A Century of American Popular Music

Original sheet music and covers for 40 beloved favorites, including After You've Gone, How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm, I'm Always Chasing Rainbows, Rock-a-Bye Your Baby, and 36 other Golden Oldies. For sing-alongs, family get-togethers, parties, and other events.

And Other Favorite Song Hits, 1918-1919

"A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody"

Fifty vintage popular songs including "Some of These Days," "Oh, You Beautiful Doll," many more. Reprinted from original editions. Introduction.

"Alexander's Ragtime Band" and Other Favorite Song Hits, 1901-1911

Trebor Jay Tichenor

Definitive history traces the genre's growth and diversification from its 19th-century origins through its heyday and modern revival. Discusses 48 major composers and 800 rags. More than 100 photos.

A Musical History

Rags and Ragtime

Gene Jones

Black Bottom Stomp tells the compelling stories of the lives and times of nine seminal figures in American music history, including Scott Joplin, Louis Armstrong, and Jelly Roll Morton.

Eight Masters of Ragtime and Early Jazz

Black Bottom Stomp

Pramod K. Nayar

Guide To The often complex area of postcolonial theory and literature from its historical origins to contemporary critical thinking and issues.

Postcolonialism: A Guide for the Perplexed

Ragtime: An Encyclopedia, Discography, and Sheetography is the definitive reference for this important popular form of music, which flourished from the 1890s through the 1920s. Divided into three sections, and written by the leading authority on ragtime music, Ragtime is the most well-researched and complete reference for anyone interested in the history of ragtime and jazz. The Encyclopedia contains entries on great composers, with detailed biographies and a list of their compositions, and entries on famous rags, including information on performers, publishers, and publication dates. The Discography lists all known recordings, as 78s, 45s, LPs, and EPs, by title, with composer, performer, and record company information. The Sheetography is a complete list of published rags. Ragtime is illustrated throughout, with over 100 images of composers, record labels, sheet music, and ads.

An Encyclopedia, Discography, and Sheetography

Ragtime

For nearly a century, New York's famous "Tin Pan Alley" was the center of popular music publishing in this country. It was where songwriting became a profession, and songs were made-to-order for the biggest stars. Selling popular music to a mass audience from coast-to-coast involved the greatest entertainment media of the day, from minstrelsy to Broadway, to vaudeville, dance palaces, radio, and motion pictures. Successful songwriting became an art, with a host of men and women becoming famous by writing famous songs.

An Encyclopedia of the Golden Age of American Song

Tin Pan Alley

Thirty-eight songs and instrumental pieces from the era that witnessed the birth of the blues include the title piece, St. Louis Blues, The Hesitating Blues, Down Home Blues, I'm Crazy Bout Your Lovin', Jelly Roll Blues, Railroad Blues, and many more. Reproduced directly from rare sheet music — includes original covers. Introduction.

And Other Classic Blues : 38 Works, 1901-1921

Beale Street

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Splendid collection contains first eight stories featuring Bertie Wooster, the deliciously dim aristocrat and Jeeves, his brainy, imperturbable manservant. Also, the complete Reggie Pepper (Bertie's prototype) series.

15 Early Stories

Enter Jeeves

Gordon Gene Jones

This text tells the stories of the lives of eight figures in American music history, including Scott Joplin, Louis Armstrong, and Jelly Roll Morton. It also tells how ragtime and popular dance music fed into and changed the development of early jazz.

31 vintage song hits from the World War I era, reprinted from original editions, complete with all lyrics, full piano arrangements and reproductions of the original covers. Introduction to the period and brief biographies of the songwriters

For Me and My Gal and Other Favorite Song Hits, 1915-1917

"A work for all time . . . (with) a tremendous amount of historical information which has never been published. . . . It will be the standard text and reference work in the ragtime field." — Rag Times. This well-known, highly praised book is the definitive history of ragtime music and its composers. Both authors are widely celebrated composers, performers, collectors, historians, and critics of ragtime music. With great enthusiasm and expertise, they trace the growth and diversification of ragtime from its earliest beginnings in the late nineteenth century through its heyday in the Folk, Classic, Popular, Novelty, and Stride Ragtime periods to its current revival. Forty-eight major composers are discussed, including Scott Joplin, Zez Confrey, Jelly Roll Morton, Fats Waller, and many other greats. In addition, 800 important rags are profiled, most of them bearing the carefree titles that were part of the tradition, titles like "Canned Corn Rag," "Bantam Step," "Too Much Raspberry," "Ragging the Scale," and "Red Onion Rag." Each profile includes date of publication, original publisher, a discography, and a commentary of the unique character and appeal of each rag. Over 100 photographs, many of them rare, illuminate this lively chronicle, along with reproductions of original sheet music and many other items of interest from the authors' personal archives. "Jasen and Tichenor have no peers in ragtime knowledge. . . .They are the two unchallengeable authorities in the field of ragtime history, personalities, and musical forms." — The Classic Rag. "A combination encyclopedia/biography/history/analysis and review, it teems with what would appear to be everything the ragtime buff or casual inquirer needs or wants to know about the music that won't stand still." — The Christian Science Monitor. "Rags and Ragtime tells it all. There's a lot here I didn't know in pictures, music, and words." — Eubie Blake.

Stephen Calt

Richard Nevins

Presents brief biographies of musical innovators in blues, jazz, and country music along with original illustrations by R. Crumb.

David A. Jasen

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