by overdahl | Oct 21, 2015 | Music in Paris in the 1920s (2015)
My current research revolves around the Société Musicale Indépendante (SMI), a progressive musical organization founded chiefly by Maurice Ravel in opposition to Vincent d’Indy’s reactionary leadership of the Société Nationale de Musique (SN). My most immediate...
by lamotte | Oct 20, 2015 | Music in Paris in the 1920s (2015)
Researching for the person-paper was a fairly standard research procedure. I wrote about Coco Chanel, and one of my main motivators for choosing her was name recognition. I knew there would be lots of sources and information on her. What I found was less than I was...
by surom | Oct 15, 2015 | Music in Paris in the 1920s (2015)
Racism is a kind of hatred that manifests itself in obvious and violent ways, and also in ways which are subtle and difficult to combat. The negrophilia of Parisians in the 1920s is one of the less obvious, but still pernicious occurrences of racism. But the question...
by hahnl | Oct 15, 2015 | Music in Paris in the 1920s (2015)
Upon reading Levinson’s critique and learning about “La Revue Negre” coming onto the scene in 1920’s Paris, I have decided that it is difficult to claim that Parisians had much of a sense of respect for African American cultures. Levinson calls black art “savage” and...
by henry | Oct 15, 2015 | Music in Paris in the 1920s (2015)
The Parisian infatuation with the pulsing rhythms and gyrating movements of “Negro” dancing in the 1920s was an indication not of deep love and appreciation for the people of the “other” culture, but rather an overindulged fetish of the wild...
by schenk | Oct 15, 2015 | Music in Paris in the 1920s (2015)
“These blacks, who are grotesque caricatures, have rhythm not only in their legs, but in their skin, which shudders from their heels to the roots of their hair. They sing with a very sure sense of harmony, making us think that they remember their native...
