tin pan alley









tin pan alley


noun

  1. the district of a city, especially New York City, where most of the popular music is published.
  2. the composers or publishers of popular music as a group.

noun

  1. a district in a city concerned with the production of popular music, originally a small district in New York
  2. derogatory the strictly commercial side of show business and pop music

n.“hit song writing business,” 1908, from tin pan, slang for “a decrepit piano” (1882). The original one was 28th Street in New York City, home to many music publishing houses. A reference to the popular music industry in the United States; the term is not used as much today as it was a generation or two ago.

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