| 单词 | tin pan alley |
| 释义 | > as lemmasTin Pan Alley Tin Pan Alley n. colloquial (originally U.S.) the world of the composers and publishers of popular music; also applied loosely to a district where song publishing houses abound, spec. (formerly) in New York in 28th Street and in London around Denmark Street (see Denmark n.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > composing music > [noun] > popular composing or publishing Tin Pan Alley1908 1908 Hampton's Broadway Mag. Oct. 456/2 Oh it's a world in itself, is Tin Pan Alley. It has its laughter and its tears. 1909 Busy Man's Mag. Jan. 48/1 Down Twenty-eighth Street, which is known as ‘Tin Pan Alley’, a dozen music publishing houses grind out new song ‘hits’ daily. 1926 P. Whiteman & M. M. McBride Jazz viii. 161 Like everybody else, I think of the Alley as a street. As a matter of fact, Tin Pan Alley exists now only as a tradition. 1934 S. R. Nelson All about Jazz i. 29 Much knowledge of human nature is to be found in Tin Pan Alley and its English equivalent, Denmark Street, Charing Cross Road. 1944 S. Bellow Dangling Man 132 I guess she sees herself in Tin-Pan Alley, her face streaked with tears. 1950 R. P. Blesh & H. Janis They all played Ragtime (1958) xi. 220 While Tin Pan Alley was squeezing ragtime dry, a few people made a lot of money and a great number of people made a little. 1979 ‘P. O'Connor’ Into Strong City i. xvii. 61 I found Seven Dials... Then Denmark Street. O this is Tin Pan Alley it belongs in the pages of the Melody Maker. < as lemmas |
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