by pruim | Oct 23, 2015 | Music in Paris in the 1920s (2015)
Researching a topic that has been done and redone has advantages and disadvantages. The amount of scholarship on the Ballet Russes can be a bit overwhelming, but the availability of information is convenient. I’m going to focus on a positive part of my research....
by lemon | Oct 23, 2015 | Music in Paris in the 1920s (2015)
I almost feel like it’s a right of passage for the romantic at heart to see the 2001 film Moulin Rouge. My personal experience was sad to say the least. I started watching it, and about halfway through the movie, my mother came down and bluntly stated,...
by Stella Li | Oct 23, 2015 | Music in Paris in the 1920s (2015)
When we talking about nationalism and internationalism, we firstly think these two notions are somehow conflicting. Nationalism is almost always associated exclusiveness and rejection of otherness, while internationalism seemed to symbol a universal embracement of...
by Tim Apolloni | Oct 22, 2015 | Music in Paris in the 1920s (2015)
The question here is not whether people enjoyed “Negro” culture. The essence of this post is whether there was a genuine enjoyment or a condescending one. I’m going to argue that there was a condescending and racist overtone with the enjoyment...
by Tim Apolloni | Oct 21, 2015 | Music in Paris in the 1920s (2015)
My first reaction before doing preliminary research was “two topics this should be easy.” My current reaction is “there’s so little written about either of these that writing a paper entirely on them would be near impossible.” Yea....
by wayne | Oct 21, 2015 | Music in Paris in the 1920s (2015)
The Ballets Suédois was very popular in Paris when it existed from 1920 to 1925. It must have appealed to some concept of French-ness in music and art, though its ties are complicated, even contradictory to what I’ve learned so far. The French ideal in art is...
