| Tin Pan Alley is a term that is
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| | Street between Broadway and 5th Avenue,
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| synonymous with the American music
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| | and this is the area that became known as
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| publishing industry. But, is there
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| | Tin Pan Alley. How it became to be known
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| actually a Tin Pan Alley, how did it get
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| | by that moniker is subject to a degree of
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| its name and why has it become a byword
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| | urban legend, but the general consensus
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| for the music industry?
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| | is that it is down to a visiting
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| In the late nineteenth century, 25,000
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| | journalist by the name of Monroe
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| pianos were sold in the United States
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| | Rosenfeld. He described the area as being
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| each year and, with over half a million
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| | drowned in a cacophony of noise emanating
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| youngsters learning to play the
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| | from the many producers' offices,
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| instrument, there was a huge demand for
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| | sounding as though hundreds of people
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| sheet music. Indeed the clamour was so
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| | were bashing tin pans. He used it several
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| huge that publishers rushed to enter the
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| | times in his newspaper articles in the
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| lucrative market. Before long, 1885
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| | early twentieth century and the term
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| publishers were scattered throughout the
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| | stuck.
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| large cities of the continental USA, but
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| | One of the earliest Tin Pan Alley success
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| during the last 15 years of the century
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| | stories was the composition 'After the
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| they all began to graduate towards New
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| | Ball', written by Charles Harris, which
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| York as the city's prominence as the
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| | sold close to six millions copies of
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| center for the production of the musical
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| | sheet music. Other well-known Tin Pan
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| arts grew. It was here that publishers
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| | Alley compositions from the early 1900s
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| adopted new, aggressive business
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| | include 'Give My Regards to Broadway',
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| practices and marketing techniques to
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| | 'Shine on Harvey Moon' and 'Let Me Call
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| achieve phenomenal sales. The publishers
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| | you Sweetheart', to which most people can
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| tied talented and popular composers to
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| | hum the melodies and even recite the
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| exclusive contracts; they also conducted
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| | words!
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| market research seeking out which style
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| | If you wish to plan a visit to the
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| of music was currently the most popular.
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| | legendary Tin Pan Alley and want to stay
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| Then they would task their contract
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| | nearby, remember that hotels in Times
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| composers to produce works in that genre,
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| | Square are expensive, so make sure you
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| thus immediately tapping into the
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| | have sufficient funds to enjoy your break
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| lucrative market.
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| | and don't blow your entire budget on
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| By the turn of the century many notable
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| | accommodation.
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| publishers had their offices on 28th
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