Exhibition: Illustrating Tin Pan Alley: From Ragtime to Jazz... "a dazzling exhibition at the Society of Illustrators." - Mark Rifkin, This Week in New York

Saturday, October 12, 2024 @ 5:00pm
Society of Illustrators, New York

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July 19 through October 12, 2024

"Reddick has been an avid collector of sheet music art, focusing on songs composed and/or performed by Black and Jewish entertainers which now... has blossomed into a dazzling exhibition at the Society of Illustrators, “Illustrating Tin Pan Alley: From Ragtime to Jazz,” on view through October 12."   - Mark Rifkin, This Week in New York

• BUILDING BRIDGES: JOHN T. REDDICK AND THE BLACK HISTORY OF TIN PAN ALLEY | This Week in New York (twi-ny.com)

Tin Pan Alley was the cradle of the music industry in the United States. Here, American popular music as we have come to know it was first manufactured and promoted through sheet music and its compelling representative illustrations.

This exhibition of sheet music covers, and other illustrations, are drawn from the collection of Harlem historian John T. Reddick whose research has focused on that community’s Black and Jewish music culture between 1890-1930.  The illustrations on sheet music served as an important tool in marketing Tin Pan Alley songs and capturing their spirit in the minds of the public.  The sheet music helps tell the stories of the songwriters, music publishers and performers — many of whom were Eastern European Jewish immigrants and Black Americans — that formed the sound and industry of American Popular Music in the first half of the 20th Century.

• Opening Reception, Thursday, July 25, 5:00-9:00pm
• Tin Pan Alley Sketch Night Wednesday, August 28
• Lecture with curator John T. Reddick, Wednesday, September 11, 6:30-8:30pm
• “After You’ve Gone” (c. 1918) Closing Happy Hour, Thursday, September 19, 5-9pm

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Saturday, October 12, 2024 @ 5:00pm · tickets local_activity · add to calendar today 2024-10-12 17:00:00 2024-10-12 20:00:00 America/New_York Exhibition: Illustrating Tin Pan Alley: From Ragtime to Jazz... "a dazzling exhibition at the Society of Illustrators." - Mark Rifkin, This Week in New York https://harlemonestop.com/event/32775/exhibition-illustrating-tin-pan-alley-from-ragtime-to-jazz Society of Illustrators, 128 East 63rd Street, New York, NY, 10065
Members Free, others $10-$15