Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A district associated with musicians, composers, and publishers of popular music.
- noun The publishers and composers of popular music considered as a group.
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- proper noun The
songwriting andpublishing industry . - proper noun District in
New York City centered on 28th Street during the period roughly from 1885 to the 1920's where thousands ofpopular songs were commercially written.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a city district (originally in New York) where composers and publishers of popular music do business
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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A recent column about tin and the comic-strip character Tintin prompted William Vance to recall the phrase Tin Pan Alley, in print by 1908.
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A century ago, the windows of music companies broadcast a cacophony of competing piano sounds that earned the area the nickname Tin Pan Alley, to describe what one journalist said sounded like pounding on tin pans.
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The windows of various music companies released a cacophony of competing piano sounds that earned this part of West 28th Street the nickname Tin Pan Alley, to describe what one journalist said sounded like pounding on tin pans.
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A century ago, the windows of music companies broadcast a cacophony of competing piano sounds that earned the area the nickname Tin Pan Alley, to describe what one journalist said sounded like pounding on tin pans.
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The windows of various music companies released a cacophony of competing piano sounds that earned this part of West 28th Street the nickname Tin Pan Alley, to describe what one journalist said sounded like pounding on tin pans.
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A century ago, the windows of music companies broadcast a cacophony of competing piano sounds that earned the area the nickname Tin Pan Alley, to describe what one journalist said sounded like pounding on tin pans.
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WALKING off the Charing Cross Road on a Thursday evening, I wander down Denmark Street, once known as Tin Pan Alley, and the home of British songwriting publishing for over 50 years.
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WALKING off the Charing Cross Road on a Thursday evening, I wander down Denmark Street, once known as Tin Pan Alley, and the home of British songwriting publishing for over 50 years.
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WALKING off the Charing Cross Road on a Thursday evening, I wander down Denmark Street, once known as Tin Pan Alley, and the home of British songwriting publishing for over 50 years.
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Much of his early work was done in a series of buildings in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood known as Tin Pan Alley, which have now been put up for sale.
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