Talking Machine West. A History And Catalogue Of Tin Pan Alley's Western Recordings, 1902-1918

AMUNDSON, MICHAEL A,

Publication: University of Oklahoma Press, 2017, Norman

First edition. 4to. Light gray cloth, titles stamped in silver gilt on the front cover and spine, gray front and rear endpapers, viii, 200 pp., acknowledgments, prelude, illustrated (mostly in color), double column, bibliography, index. The bibliography is especially informative to those interested to learn more about the subject. This book provides early cowboy, cowgirl, and Indian music recorded and sold for a mass audience. This is Volume 2 in the American Popular Music Series. A chronological catalogue of 54 western recordings provides the full lyrics and history of each song and reproduces in full color the cover art of extant sheet music. Each entry also describes the song's composer(s), lyricist(s), and sheet music illustrator and directs readers to online digitized recordings of each song. As new, unread copy in dust jacket.

Inventory Number: 42507