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The Gold in Your Piano Bench; Collectible Sheet Music--Tearjerkers, Black Songs, Rags, & Blues

Author(s): MarionShort

ISBN10: 0764301845

ISBN13: 9780764301841

Cover: Paperback

New Copy: Usually Ships in 5-7 Business Days

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Introduction

(3)

Chapter 1: The Gilded Age

(32)

1. Introduction

(6)

2. Early Tin Pan Alley

(7)

3. Tearjerkers

(11)

4. Marches

(6)

5. Sunday Supplements

(2)

Chapter 2: Black Songs

(56)

1. Introduction

(1)

2. Early Songs About Blacks

(3)

3. The Coon Song Era (1895-1909)

(11)

4. Composers of Coon Songs

(22)

5. Black Songs (1910-1919)

(6)

6. Black Songs, Post World War I

(13)

Chapter 3: Rag Me, Baby

(34)

1. Introduction

(1)

2. The Cakewalk

100

(5)

3. The Ragtime Era

105

(4)

4. Ragtime Greats

109

(5)

5. Other Important Ragtime Composers

114

(19)

Chapter 4: Singin' the Blues

133

(38)

1. Introduction

133

(2)

2. W. C. Handy

135

(3)

3. Structure of the Blues

138

(4)

4. Blues Personalities

142

(2)

5. The Heyday of the Blues

144

(27)

Bibliography

171

(1)

Song Index and Value Guide

172

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