Life in the 1920s » Music http://1920-30.com/blog Tue, 10 Apr 2012 04:49:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Jazz – A Scourge, 1921 http://1920-30.com/blog/jazz-a-scourge-1921/ http://1920-30.com/blog/jazz-a-scourge-1921/#comments Sun, 13 Aug 2006 23:59:47 +0000 admin http://1920-30.com/blog/?p=27

Unspeakable Jazz Must Go! It is worse than Saloon and Scarlet Vice, Testify Professional Dance Experts – Only a Few Cities are Curbing Evil. EXPERTS tell in this article the nation-wide aspects of our jazz scourge. They say legal prohibition of all dancing may come.   A reform movement has been started by cities and volunteer groups. A com... continued here

]]> http://1920-30.com/blog/jazz-a-scourge-1921/feed/ 0 American Premiere of Ravel’s Bolero in 1929 http://1920-30.com/blog/american-premiere-of-ravels-bolero-in-1929/ http://1920-30.com/blog/american-premiere-of-ravels-bolero-in-1929/#comments Fri, 11 Aug 2006 05:02:35 +0000 admin http://1920-30.com/blog/?p=25 HISSES HAVE FOLLOWED THE RENDITION of much modern music, but joy would have warmed the heart of the Frenchman, Ravel, to hear the shouts and plaudits following Toscanini’s conducting of his “Bolero.” The composition is a year old, and was presented, two weeks ago, for the first time in New York. Carnegie Hall rocked; and music cri... continued here

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