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My melancholgy baby : the first ballads of the Great American Songbook, 1902-1913 /

A thorough exploration of early pop ballads in the American Songbook and how they still resonate.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Garber, Michael G. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jasckson : University Press of Mississippi, [2021]
Series:American made music series.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A note to the reader
  • Preface
  • The world of the Great American songbook
  • Bill Bailey, won't you please come home?
  • I'm sorry I made you cry and Jazz handling : The strange history of the American Waltz, part one
  • Kiss me again and the wisdom of Witmark : The strange history of the American waltz, part two
  • I wonder who's kissing her now and work-for-hire : The strange history of the American waltz, part three
  • Let me call you sweetheart and competition-as-muse : The strange history of the American waltz, part four
  • Some of these days
  • The sweetheart of Sigma Chi and the power of a subculture : The strange history of the American waltz, part five
  • My melancholy baby
  • When I lost you and the muse of friendship : The strange history of the American waltz, part six
  • You made me love you
  • Conclusion : Authors and torch songs
  • Appendix. A summary of the development of the personal, intimate, and internal.