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The facts of life in popular song / by Sigmund Spaeth.

Title
  1. The facts of life in popular song / by Sigmund Spaeth.
Published by
  1. New York, London : Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill Book Company, inc., 1934.
Author
  1. Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965

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Description
  1. 6 p., l., 3-148 p.; 24 cm.
Alternative title
  1. Popular song.
Subject
  1. Songs, English -- History and criticism
  2. Music -- United States -- History and criticism
  3. Popular music -- Writing and publishing
Genre/Form
  1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Contents
  1. The facts of life in popular song. -- The popular song goes literary. -- The song-writer's bright lexicon of rhyme. -- Self-pity and the torch-singers. -- Nostalgic tendencies in popular song. -- Whimsy, philosophy and the uplift. -- Home thoughts for Tinpan Alley. -- The ruling passion. -- The sillysyllabic school of song. -- Eclectics of melody. -- Song-writer's itch.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Note
  1. "First edition."