Word: alleyman
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Personally Kern is the antithesis of the layman's notion of a prosperous Tin Pan Alleyman. There is nothing dapper or brisk about him. He has frizzy grey hair, a beaklike nose down which his spectacles are always sliding. He hates fripperies. He never has been known to wear a new hat. He buys them from his friends when they are through with them. A clean piece of manuscript paper strikes terror to his heart. He writes his tunes on old scores or he may scuff on a piece of paper until it looks properly seasoned. He is quiet...
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