About Illustrated song
Illustrated song is a music genre. It is usually classed as a form of song.
From Wikipedia
An illustrated song is a type of performance art that combines either live or recorded music with projected images. It was a popular form of entertainment in the early 20th century in the United States. It is a predecessor of the music video.
Live performers were commonly a vocalist with a pianist accompanying. Music recordings were used by different venues: vaudeville houses hosting the live vocalist and accompanist; or nickelodeons. Nickelodeons were arcade style machines that worked by hand cranking a mechanical handle which turned an internal mechanism which played an audio recording, and had a visor-like viewing window, displaying accompany still images projected from glass slides, and also flip cards.
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What is Illustrated song?
Illustrated song is a music genre. It is usually classed as a form of song.