摘要：In Tin Pan Opera author Larry Hamberlin explores the influence of opera on American popular musical culture in the early twentieth century and its importance in American culture at the time. The author discusses the power dynamic present between America and Europe, and how the use of opera in American popular culture portrays this dynamic. Through evidence found in popular song, Hamberlin tracks the changing position of opera in American society, consequently also tracking the changing cultural and social dynamics of a nation.
