[Dixielandjazz] The Nazi Rules for Dance Orchestras

[david richoux]

Steve,

This has popped up on DJML several times in the past (in various
forms.) There is no firm evidence that it is true (and Nazi rules have
been researched for decades.) While there were certainly restrictions
on popular music (and other arts) imposed by the Nazi government,
these exact rules are only based on the recollections of one person.

Snopes has not made a proclamation on this, but there has been some
discussion: http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=49218

This article has some interesting related info:
http://www.return2style.de/swingaring/amijazz3.htm

Dave Richoux

On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 9:36 AM, Stephen G Barbone
<barbonestreet at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Joseph Skvorecky was a writer, as well as a Czech dissident peer of Vaclav
> Havel when that country was ruled by Russia after WW 2. In a novella, "The
> Bass Saxophone, he describes the Nazi rules for dance bands as posted in
> Czechoslovakia after the German occupation during that war. We've seen
> variations of these rules before, however the below may be the most
> accurate. (From The Atlantic entertainment archive)
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
> www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
>
> Skvorecky ever relayed was here in the intro to The Bass Saxophone, where he