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Welcome To The Parlor Songs Association Website
Now in our thirteenth year, over 4 Million Visitors, 1,300 songs and over 130 articles published to date!
  • NEW CD Release. For the first time, we have released a CD with vocal tracks as well as the piano music. This exciting new release, The Lost Verses, features performances by Rich Beil and new piano arrangements in the "old style." Check it out on our shopping page . This release is the first in a series of CDs by Rich. Soon we will be releasing a pair of CDs of early works by the great Irving Berlin. Those who buy The Lost Verses now will receive a discount on purchases of the Berlin issues so go get it now!
  • Educators & Students: Want to use our materials in your courses? See our liberal policy for academic use of our site's materials.
  • Composer Biographies Page We've consolidated all of our "mini" biographies and placed them on one page. If you are looking for basic information on the composers of Tin Pan Alley, this one page lists details on over 260 composers, lyricists and others associated with American popular music from the past. You can see the new composers page here. We'll update the page regularly as we add biographies.
  • FREE! Ragtime Sheet Music Screen saver. A Ragtime sheet music cover screen saver, no cost, no ads, no nags, just some great covers and music to thank you for being a loyal ParlorSongs fan. Get the details and download information here.

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