There seems to be an ever increasing interest in both phonographs and recordings of popular music ,from the 1880s to the early 1920s among younger collectors,if the Facebook groups I belong to are any indication.Both YouTube,and our friend Michael Cumella,have done wonders in spreading the gospel of acoustic era records and phonographs.Copycat DJ services,like Amelia Foxtrot Railey,of Austin,Texas are springing up all over the country.I think it's only a matter of time before this music and these recordings is taken more seriously by scholars. Roger > Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 12:45:54 -0600> From: [log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Sources with data on records published> To: [log in to unmask]> > On 6/28/2014 7:06 AM, Jaemin Lee wrote:> > f I may, I would like to ask one more related question. Among the> > periods of roughly 1890-1945, what types of genres were recorded? I> > understand that discerning music genres is often tricky question, but> > would it be sufficiently inclusive if I count classical, Souther> > hillbilly, Jazz, blues and gospel, and other popular musics like hot> > dance?> >> > Please let me know if you can come up with other genre.> > Well, there was mainstream dance band music, which was described as > "sweet" rather than "hot" -- those were distinctly different genres, > though there were always overlaps. . There were "light classics", a > category that encompasses many sub-genres. Think "Die Lorelei" for a > good example. There were marches -- very popular in the > acoustical-recording era. There was comedy -- think "Cohen at the > Telephone". There were multitudes of "ethnic" recordings, particularly > after the supply of records from Europe was cut off due to World War I: > Irish, Jewish, Polish, Lithuanian, German, Cajun, and many more > nationalities. There were religious recordings. There were mainstream > popular vocals, some of which were derived from minstrel styles and > Victorian parlor songs. In the 1930s and 1940s, there was the > development of big-band swing, western swing, jump blues. I could go on > and on -- this is just a list off the top of my head.> > The genres you named (hillbilly, blues, gospel, etc.) get most of the > attention from scholars and discographers, partly because they're > ancestors of today's music styles. But there's plenty more out there.> > You might want to read Allan Sutton's books, "A Phonograph in Every > Home", "Recording the Twenties" and "Recording the Thirties". They're a > good introduction to some (but not all) of the genres recorded in the > early days of records.> > Peace,> Paul