Tin Pan Alley

Japanese: Tin Pan Alley(英語表記)TinPanAlley
Tin Pan Alley

...While Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue was clearly a product of this, the black opera Porgy and Bess can be seen as the result of field work conducted during an extended stay in the Charleston, South Carolina area, observing black music and life.
[Popular Music and Jazz]
The influence of jazz on the American music scene collectively known as Tin Pan Alley is immeasurable. In the mid-1940s, rhythm and blues emerged from Harlem, and instead of the sad songs of the past, it became a new form of popular music for black people, singing rhythmic, cynical songs about the present.

From Popular Music

...The act of getting a popular entertainer to sing the song for promotion and paying them for it is called "payola." The American music publishing industry, which established its commercial base in the 1880s and 1890s using this method, is called "Tin Pan Alley." Mainstream music is the music produced by Tin Pan Alley, and the production and sales system they established was later adopted by the record industry. Meanwhile, after the emancipation of slaves in 1863, blacks in the southern United States became more active in music, and blues, ragtime, jazz, and other genres were created one after another toward the end of the 19th century. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Tin Pan Alley" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ガーシュウィンの《ラプソディ・イン・ブルー》がその所産であることは明らかだが,黒人オペラ《ポーギーとベス》は,サウス・カロライナ州チャールストン付近に長期滞在して,黒人の音楽と生活を観察したフィールド・ワークの成果といえる。
[ポピュラー音楽とジャズ]
 ジャズが,ティン・パン・アリーTin Pan Alleyと総称されるアメリカの歌謡界に及ぼした影響は,はかり知れぬものがある。また1940年代中ごろ,ハーレムから現れたリズム・アンド・ブルースは,かつての悲しい歌ではなく,リズムをきかせ,冷笑的に現代を歌って新しい黒人の大衆音楽となった。…

【ポピュラー音楽】より

…プロモーションのためその曲を人気芸人に歌ってもらい,それに対して謝礼を支払うのを〈ペイオーラpayola〉と呼ぶ。こうした手口によって1880~90年代に商業活動の基盤を確立したアメリカの楽譜出版業界を〈ティン・パン・アリーTin Pan Alley〉と称するが,メーンストリーム音楽はすなわちティン・パン・アリーによって生産される音楽であり,彼らの確立した生産・販売システムは,その後レコード業界にも踏襲されてゆく。 一方,1863年の奴隷解放後,アメリカ南部では黒人たちの音楽活動が活発となり,ブルース,ラグタイム,ジャズなどが,19世紀の終りころ相次いで生み出された。…

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