Larry Hamberlin

Tin Pan Opera

Operatic Novelty Songs in the Ragtime Era

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Produktbeschreibung

Tin Pan Opera explores the oft-forgotten repertoire of operatic novelties - humorous popular songs from the ragtime era that quote opera or otherwise allude to operatic characters and vocal stars. Combining operatic melodies with the rhythmic verve of ragtime, the songs are filled with vivid images of immigrant Americans, liberated women, and upwardly striving African Americans - emblems of the profound transformations that shook the United States at the beginning of the American century. In colorful language, Tin Pan Opera brings to life the rich humor and keen social criticism of the ragtime era's operatic novelty songs.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780190632199
• ISBN-10: 0190632194
• Artikelnr.: 47865414

Autorenporträt

Larry Hamberlin is an Associate Professor of music at Middlebury College, Vermont, where he teaches courses in European and American popular and classical music.

Inhaltsangabe

Cover
Tin Pan Opera
Operatic Novelty Songs in the Ragtime Era
Larry Hamberlin
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1.: Caruso and His Cousins
2.: . The Operatic Italian American
3.: Mister Pagliatch and Miss Tetrazin'
Part 2. Salome and Her Sisters
4.: . Scheming Young Ladies
5.: Visions of Salome
6.: . Poor Little Butterfly
Part 3. Ephraham and His Equals
6.: National Identity in "That Opera Rag"
7.: Opera, Ragtime, and the Musical Color Line
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index