... market influenced ragtime. Beginning about 1900, these composers and musicians supplied the numerous New York music-publishing firms with ragtime music. Their "tinny- sound gave rise to the name "Tin Pan Alley,"" which the world of New York-based ragtime musicians was called. The perfection of the Pianola also enabled the piano to be played mechanically, so players did not have ... in 1917, and electrified New York's popular music world. One can, however, detect ragtime in the playing of practically every jazz pianist mentioned; instrumental jazz was a step nearer to Tin Pan Alley, with...

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... . And the orchestra swirls with musical currents that burst into triumph. All hope has been dashed. We've come again to another dead end. There follows a long, slow film like pan of the exhaust and terrain the movement has covered so far. The music suggests quiet remembrance sung for those who are gone. Following the expectations of a traditional symphony, we might ... ...

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