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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherArcadia Publishing
ISBN-100738544507
ISBN-139780738544502
eBay Product ID (ePID)51699850
Product Key Features
Book TitleManhattan's Musical Heritage
Number of Pages128 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicUnited States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Subjects & Themes / Regional (See Also Travel / Pictorials), Entertainment & Performing Arts
Publication Year2006
IllustratorYes
GenrePhotography, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorTara Preston
Book SeriesPostcard History Ser.
FormatPerfect
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight10.5 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2005-934212
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal781.6409747/1
SynopsisManhattan is an important site in the evolution of all the major innovations in American music, ranging from vaudeville and big bands to folk music, modern jazz, and rock and roll. Manhattan’s Musical Heritage, a fascinating postcard history, takes readers on a journey back in time and place to the scenes of seminal musical events and performances. Individual musical greats from Al Jolson to John Lennon are featured, as this book details the locations forever associated with their lives and careers. Armchair travelers and those who enjoy walks in the streets of Manhattan will find this volume useful in discovering the amazing musical history of this special place., Manhattan is an important site in the evolution of all the major innovations in American music, ranging from vaudeville and big bands to folk music, modern jazz, and rock and roll. Manhattan's Musical Heritage, a fascinating postcard history, takes readers on a journey back in time and place to the scenes of seminal musical events and performances. Individual musical greats from Al Jolson to John Lennon are featured, as this book details the locations forever associated with their lives and careers. Armchair travelers and those who enjoy walks in the streets of Manhattan will find this volume useful in discovering the amazing musical history of this special place.