[Dixielandjazz] Beethoven vs. 1920's Jazz.

[David Richoux]

The timing of that original article makes me think of the attitude of  
the nazi party towards jazz and swing music. i wonder if Hitler read   
HL Mencken?

I found this article from The Nation by Brian Morton on the nazi vs.  
jazz subject: http://tinyurl.com/msngv   ( a password request will  
show, just click cancel. )
it is too long to post here.

Dave Richoux
On Mar 17, 2006, at 5:00 PM, Steve barbone wrote:

> Here's H.L. Mencken in 1925 implying that those who like jazz are  
> inferior
> beings. And opining why Beethoven will survive and by inference  
> that Jazz
> will not. (because jazz is too popular among the masses)
>
> Written in June 1925, Baltimore Sun Newspaper, it is from one of his
> articles on the famed Scopes Trial.
>
> HL Mencken was perhaps the most provocative writer and journalist  
> of his day
> in the United States.
>
> How times do change . . . or not.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve
>
> Homo Neanderthalensis — HL Mencken (Excerpted)
>
> The inferior man’s reasons for hating knowledge are not hard to  
> discern. He
> hates it because it is complex — because it puts an unbearable  
> burden upon
> his meager capacity for taking in ideas. Thus his search is always for
> shortcuts.  .  . (snipped, no musical content to) . . .
>