Reminiscences of Herbert Hilliard Marks : oral history, 1957.

Biographical Note

Music publisher.

Scope and Contents

The Edward B. Marks Music Corporation, 1894-1957: "Glow-Worm," "A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight," "Malagueña," "Tara ra boom de ay," "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers"; changes in song styles and music business practices; American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers/ Broadcast Music, Inc. dispute; recollections of Theodore Metz and Lorenz Hart.

Subjects

• American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
• Broadcast Music, Inc.
• Franklin, Joan, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Franklin, Robert, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Interviews.
• Marks, Herbert Hilliard, 1913-1963.
• Oral histories.
• Popular music--Writing and publishing.
• Publishers and publishing--Interviews.

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