USA HISTORY

THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929

1920S AMERICAN CULTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following was largely responsible for the birth of the modern music industry in America?
A
Tin Pan Alley
B
Harlem Renaissance
C
Beat Generation
D
Rock and Roll
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Tin Pan Alley American Popular Music Project commemorates and invigorates a living legacy: the birthplace of American Popular Music and the modern music industry on West 28th Street in New York City.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tin Pan Alley Was Where The Publishing Industry In The US Was Born. Tin Pan Alley* is the name given to the collection of New York City music publishers and songwriters who dominated the popular music of the United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century.

Detailed explanation-3: -Tin Pan Alley was a nickname given to West Twenty-eighth Street between Broadway and Sixth Avenue in Manhattan, where many of the fledgling popular music publishers had offices. In time, it became the generic term for all publishers of popular American sheet music, regardless of their geographic location.

Detailed explanation-4: -Tin Pan Alley, genre of American popular music that arose in the late 19th century from the American song-publishing industry centred in New York City.

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