[Dixielandjazz] Darktown Strutter's Ball

[Robert S. Ringwald]

"puboic" you say?  Hmmm.  


 

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To: "Pam Munter" <pam at pammunter.com>
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Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 6:23 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Darktown Strutter's Ball


> Pam Munter wrote:
> 
>> Anybody out there know the origin of this tune?  When was it written 
>> and by whom?  What's the context?
>>
>> Our band will be playing it in a few weeks and I'd like to tell the 
>> audience something about this tune, racist though its lyrics may sound.
>>
>> Thanks very much.
>>
>> -Pam Munter
>>
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> It was among the earliest songs written by Irving Berlin, prior to WW I 
> and oe of his most often recorded titles over the years.
> It has long been in puboic domain, but it is a classc of the point where 
> ragtime. early jazz and Edwardian era music hall music merged.
> Don Ingle
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