A retired music professor from Central Florida Community College in Ocala, Florida, Don Tyler has written over two dozen choral compositions and arrangements. In addition, he has authored several books about music. He lives in Ocoee, Florida.

Covers stage music of the WWI era, including music hall (British), vaudeville, revues, operettas, and musicals

Alphabetical List of Songs
Chronological List of Songs

1: Introduction
Setting the Scene
Overview of the Sheet Music and Record Business
Determining the Most Popular Songs
Basic Construction of a Popular Song

2: Music's Contribution to the War Effort
Introduction
Male Bonding by Singing during the War
The Christmas Truce of 1914
Britain's Contribution
America's Contribution
France's Contribution
Other Contributions

3: Popular Hits of the War Years
Love Songs
Songs about Places
Songs about Hawaii
Songs about the South
City Songs
Nostalgia Songs
Irving Berlin Songs
Songs about Home and Family
Mother Songs
Songs about the Irish
Dance Songs
>Automobile Songs
Novelty Songs
Songs about Common Expressions
Early Country Influence
Songs That Don't Fit Another Category

4: Stage Music during the War Years
The British Music Hall
1916 London Revue
Vaudeville
Revues
Irving Berlin Revues
Ziegfeld's Follies and Other Productions
The Passing Show Series
Hippodrome Extravaganza
Operettas
Victor Herbert Operettas
Rudolf Friml's Firefly
German Operetta Hit Song
Sigmund Romberg's First Hit Song
Musicals
The Princess Theatre Shows
Al Jolson's Shows
Other Well-Known Songs from Musicals of the Era
Cole Porter's Flop
Irving Berlin's Wartime Production

5: Blues and Rags during World War I
Blues
Titular Blues
Rags
Introduction
Classic Rags
Titular Rags

6: Jazz during World War I7: Classical Music during World War I
What Is Classical Music?
Classical Music's Longevity
Scott Joplin's Treemonisha
Charles Ives
How Did WWI Affect Composers?
Impressionism's Influence on Ragtime and Jazz and Vice Versa
Other Well-Known Composers of the War Years
Violin Prodigy
Semi-classical Songs That Were Popular

Appendix A: Most Successful Composers and Lyricists of the WWI Era
Appendix B: Top Recording Artists of the WWI Era
Notes
Suggested Readings and Films
Selected Bibliography
Index