[Dixielandjazz] FW: The Nazi’s 10 Control-Freak Rules for Jazz Performers: A Strange List from World War II | Open Culture

[david richoux]

This so-called "historical edict" has been discussed extensively on DJML -
it has been proven to be a work of satirical fiction.

Snopes.com has not published a full report on the subject, but they do
discuss it here: http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=49218

Dave Richoux


On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 7:19 AM, Norman Vickers <nvickers1 at cox.net> wrote:

> To:  DJML and Musicians and Jazzfans list, Pensacola Mencken list
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> From: Norman Vickers
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> Pensacola jazzfan Mike Lynch has uncovered another essay.  See his comment
> and connect to the link.
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> Recall, too, that there was the famous essay in Etude Magazine ( classical
> music magazine which was almost required reading for music teachers) in the
> 1920s which deplored  ragtime and jazz.  This statement was also endorsed
> by the American Federation of Musicians.
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> And for the H. L.  Mencken fans, Mencken was  anti-jazz.  He, himself,
> played second piano in his Saturday Night Club group.  They had physicians
> from Johns Hopkins and music teachers from Peabody Conservatory as part of
> that group.  Playing first piano was America’s first professional medical
> illustrator, also from Johns Hopkins.
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> From: Mike Lynch [mailto:mikelynch1 at bellsouth.net]
> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 8:56 AM:;
> Subject: The Nazi’s 10 Control-Freak Rules for Jazz Performers: A Strange
> List from World War II | Open Culture
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> I’ve had this book for ages.  Now I’m motivated to finally read it.
>  (Someone should make a poster of the “Nazi Ten Commandments of Jazz”!)
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> http://www.openculture.com/2013/03/the_nazis_10_control-freak_rules_for_jazz_performers_.html
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