Tin Pan Opera
Subtitle: operatic novelty songs in the ragtime era
By: Larry Hamberlin
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780195338928
Subjects: Opera; Popular music; Opera in popular music; History and criticism
Description: Author Larry Hamberlin guides us through the large but oft-forgotten repertoire of operatic novelties, and brings to life the rich humour and keen social criticism of the ragtime era.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-321).
Table of contents: title: Caruso and his cousins. The operatic Italian American ; Mister Pagliatch and Miss Tetrazin'; title: Salome and her sisters. Scheming young ladies ; Visions of Salome ; Poor little Butterfly; title: Ephraham and his equals. National identity in "That opera rag" ; Opera, ragtime, and the musical color line.