American Standards
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American Standards is an alternative name for the Great American Songbook, the canon of influential early 20th-century American popular songs and jazz standards.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural concept
ⓘ
musical repertoire ⓘ song canon ⓘ |
| alternateName | Great American Songbook NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| genre |
jazz
ⓘ
popular music ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Broadway show tunes
ⓘ
Hollywood film songs ⓘ Tin Pan Alley songs NERFINISHED ⓘ jazz standards ⓘ |
| influenced |
easy listening music
ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ vocal jazz repertoire ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
American musical theatre
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Tin Pan Alley tradition ⓘ early jazz ⓘ |
| notableComposer |
Cole Porter
NERFINISHED
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Duke Ellington NERFINISHED ⓘ Fats Waller NERFINISHED ⓘ George Gershwin NERFINISHED ⓘ Harold Arlen NERFINISHED ⓘ Hoagy Carmichael NERFINISHED ⓘ Ira Gershwin NERFINISHED ⓘ Irving Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerome Kern NERFINISHED ⓘ Johnny Mercer NERFINISHED ⓘ Lorenz Hart NERFINISHED ⓘ Oscar Hammerstein II NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Rodgers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSong |
All the Things You Are
NERFINISHED
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Embraceable You NERFINISHED ⓘ I Got Rhythm NERFINISHED ⓘ My Funny Valentine NERFINISHED ⓘ Night and Day NERFINISHED ⓘ Over the Rainbow NERFINISHED ⓘ Someone to Watch Over Me NERFINISHED ⓘ Stardust NERFINISHED ⓘ Summertime NERFINISHED ⓘ The Way You Look Tonight NERFINISHED ⓘ They Can’t Take That Away from Me NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| typicalPeriod |
1920s
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1930s ⓘ 1940s ⓘ early 20th century ⓘ |
| usedBy |
big bands
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cabaret singers ⓘ jazz musicians ⓘ traditional pop vocalists ⓘ |
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