[Dixielandjazz] Dance band rules during the 3rd Reich

[billsharp]

>> Hello Musician Friends-Peoples:
>>  
>>    Can this thing be true?   I checked its authenticity on Snopes, and
>> found nothing.   I can only hope that this is not a hoax (or perhaps
>> we should all hope that it was.)       
>>  
>>  Heck, there’s something here for every one of us to object to.
>>  
>>  HOW DARE THEY?  Now they have really torn it. They are permanently on
>> my lifetime Poo Poo Roster!   
>>  I thank God that we have survived this insanity! 
>>  
>>  
>>
>>                                                 Note: Supposedly this
>> is no joke. Translated into English from the original document.
>>
>> *Nazi Germany's Dance Band Rules and Regulations During The 3rd Reich*
>>                                            (Courtesy Malcolm Rockwell
>> via the 78-L Lesser)
>>
>>
>
> - Ignored:
>>
>>  1.         In the repertoire of light orchestras and dance bands,
>> pieces in fox-trot rhythm (so-called swing) are not to exceed 20%;
>>
>>
>>
>>  2.         In the repertoire of this so-called jazz type, preference
>> is to be given to compositions in a major key and to lyrics expressing
>>
>>  joy in life /('Kraft durch Freude'), rather than Jewishly gloomy
>> lyrics;
>>
>>  
>>
>>
>>  3          As to the tempo, too, preference is to be given to brisk
>> compositions as opposed to slow ones /(so-called blues);/ however, the
>> pace
>>
>>  must not exceed a certain degree of allegro commensurate with the
>> Aryan sense for discipline and moderation. On no account will
>>
>> Negroid excesses in tempo (so-called hot jazz) be permitted, or in
>> solo performances (so-called breaks);
>>
>>
>>
>>  4.         So-called jazz compositions may contain at the most 10%
>> syncopation; the remainder must form a natural legato movement devoid
>> of
>>
>> hysterical rhythmic references characteristic of the music of the
>> barbarian races and conducive to dark instincts alien to the German
>> people
>>
>> (so-called 'riffs');
>>
>>
>>
>>  5.         Strictly forbidden is the use of instruments alien to the
>> German spirit /(e.g. so-called cowbells, flex-a-tone, brushes, etc.)
>> as well as all mutes which
>>
>>  turn the noble sound of brass-wind instruments into a
>> Jewish-Freemasonic yell (so-called wa-wa, in hat, etc.);
>>
>>
>>
>>  6.         Prohibited are so-called drum breaks longer than half a
>> bar in four quarter beat /(except in stylized military marches);
>>
>>
>>
>>  7.         The double bass must be played solely with the bow in
>> so-called jazz compositions; plucking of strings is prohibited, since
>> it is damaging to the
>>
>>  instrument and detrimental to Aryan musicality. If a so-called
>> pizzicato effect is absolutely desirable for the character of the
>> composition, let strict
>>
>> care be taken lest the string is allowed to patter on the sordine,
>> which is henceforth forbidden;
>>
>>  
>>
>>
>>  8.         Provocative rising to one's feet during solo performance
>> is forbidden;
>>
>>
>>
>>  9.         Musicians are likewise forbidden to make vocal
>> improvisations (so-called scat);
>>
>>
>>
>>  10.       All light orchestras and dance bands are advised to
>> restrict the use of saxophones of all keys and to substitute for them
>> violin-celli, violas,
>>
>> or possibly a suitable folk instrument.
>>
>>
>>
>>  *Signed,
>>
>>  Baldur von Blodheim
>>
>>  Reichsmusicfuhrer und Oberscharfuhrer SS*
>>  
>>  
>>  
>>  
>> Bill sharp
>     Two of my favorite email tags:
>     1) My memory's not as sharp as it used to be.  Also, my memory's 
> not as
>     sharp as it used to be.
>
>     2) My memory's not as sharp as it used to be.  Also, my memory's 
> not as
>     sharp as it used to be.
>
> - Done.
>
>
> From: billsharp <sharp-b at clearwire.net>
> Date: 18,  January, 2010 4:33:28 PM PST
> To: dixielandjazz-request at ml.islandnet.com
> Subject: Fwd: Nazi Germany's Dance Band Rules of 1940
>
>
>> Subject: FW: Nazi Germany's Dance Band Rules of 1940
>>
>>
>> Hello Musician Friends-Peoples:
>>  
>>    Can this thing be true?   I checked its authenticity on Snopes, 
>> and found nothing.   I can only hope that this is not a hoax (or 
>> perhaps we should all hope that it was.)       
>>  
>>  Heck, there’s something here for every one of us to object to.
>>  
>>  HOW DARE THEY?  Now they have really torn it. They are permanently 
>> on my lifetime Poo Poo Roster!   
>>  I thank God that we have survived this insanity! 
>>  
>>  
>>
>>                                                 Note: Supposedly this 
>> is no joke. Translated into English from the original document.
>>
>> *Nazi Germany's Dance Band Rules and Regulations During The 3rd Reich*
>>                                            (Courtesy Malcolm Rockwell 
>> via the 78-L Lesser)
>>
>>
>>
>>  1.         In the repertoire of light orchestras and dance bands, 
>> pieces in fox-trot rhythm (so-called swing) are not to exceed 20%;
>>
>>
>>
>>  2.         In the repertoire of this so-called jazz type, preference 
>> is to be given to compositions in a major key and to lyrics 
>> expressing
>>
>>  joy in life /('Kraft durch Freude'), rather than Jewishly gloomy 
>> lyrics;
>>
>>  
>>
>>
>>  3          As to the tempo, too, preference is to be given to brisk 
>> compositions as opposed to slow ones /(so-called blues);/ however, 
>> the pace
>>
>>  must not exceed a certain degree of allegro commensurate with the 
>> Aryan sense for discipline and moderation. On no account will
>>
>> Negroid excesses in tempo (so-called hot jazz) be permitted, or in 
>> solo performances (so-called breaks);
>>
>>
>>
>>  4.         So-called jazz compositions may contain at the most 10% 
>> syncopation; the remainder must form a natural legato movement devoid 
>> of
>>
>> hysterical rhythmic references characteristic of the music of the 
>> barbarian races and conducive to dark instincts alien to the German 
>> people
>>
>> (so-called 'riffs');
>>
>>
>>
>>  5.         Strictly forbidden is the use of instruments alien to the 
>> German spirit /(e.g. so-called cowbells, flex-a-tone, brushes, etc.) 
>> as well as all mutes which
>>
>>  turn the noble sound of brass-wind instruments into a 
>> Jewish-Freemasonic yell (so-called wa-wa, in hat, etc.);
>>
>>
>>
>>  6.         Prohibited are so-called drum breaks longer than half a 
>> bar in four quarter beat /(except in stylized military marches);
>>
>>
>>
>>  7.         The double bass must be played solely with the bow in 
>> so-called jazz compositions; plucking of strings is prohibited, since 
>> it is damaging to the
>>
>>  instrument and detrimental to Aryan musicality. If a so-called 
>> pizzicato effect is absolutely desirable for the character of the 
>> composition, let strict
>>
>> care be taken lest the string is allowed to patter on the sordine, 
>> which is henceforth forbidden;
>>
>>  
>>
>>
>>  8.         Provocative rising to one's feet during solo performance 
>> is forbidden;
>>
>>
>>
>>  9.         Musicians are likewise forbidden to make vocal 
>> improvisations (so-called scat);
>>
>>
>>
>>  10.       All light orchestras and dance bands are advised to 
>> restrict the use of saxophones of all keys and to substitute for them 
>> violin-celli, violas,
>>
>> or possibly a suitable folk instrument.
>>
>>
>>
>>  *Signed,
>>
>>  Baldur von Blodheim
>>
>>  Reichsmusicfuhrer und Oberscharfuhrer SS*
>>  
>>  
>>  
>>  
>> Bill sharp
> Two of my favorite email tags:
> 1) My memory's not as sharp as it used to be.  Also, my memory's not 
> as sharp as it used to be.
>
> 2) My memory's not as sharp as it used to be.  Also, my memory's not 
> as sharp as it used to be.
>
>
>
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