Elwood
547 posts
Mar 12, 2012
2:09 PM
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From here:
"Famed Czech radical Josef Skvorecky recently died at 87 in his adopted land of Canada. In the Atlantic, JJ Gould remembers Skvorecky through his memoirs, including a detailed list of the rules for jazz performers during the Nazi occupation. The Reich's Gauleiter for the Nazi Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia issued a 10-point regulation that Gould calls "the single most remarkable example of 20th-century totalitarian invective against jazz.""
"1 Pieces in foxtrot rhythm (so-called swing) are not to exceed 20% of the repertoires of light orchestras and dance bands;
2 in this so-called jazz type repertoire, preference is to be given to compositions in a major key and to lyrics expressing joy in life rather than Jewishly gloomy lyrics;
3 As to tempo, preference is also to be given to brisk compositions over slow ones so-called blues); however, the pace must not exceed a certain degree of allegro, commensurate with the Aryan sense of discipline and moderation. On no account will Negroid excesses in tempo (so-called hot jazz) or in solo performances (so-called breaks) be tolerated;
4 so-called jazz compositions may contain at most 10% syncopation; the remainder must consist of a natural legato movement devoid of the hysterical rhythmic reverses characteristic of the barbarian races and conductive to dark instincts alien to the German people (so-called riffs);
5 strictly prohibited is the use of instruments alien to the German spirit (so-called cowbells, flexatone, brushes, etc.) as well as all mutes which turn the noble sound of wind and brass instruments into a Jewish-Freemasonic yowl (so-called wa-wa, hat, etc.);
6 also 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;
8 plucking of the 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, strict care must be taken lest the string be allowed to patter on the sordine, which is henceforth 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 the violin-cello, the viola or possibly a suitable folk instrument."
Crisis.
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Libertad
47 posts
Mar 12, 2012
2:25 PM
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its awful isn't it except the rules about drummers
'6 also prohibited are so-called drum breaks longer than half a bar in four-quarter beat (except in stylized military marches);'
lol
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FMWoodeye
258 posts
Mar 12, 2012
2:26 PM
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I guess it's a good thing they lost.
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BronzeWailer
427 posts
Mar 12, 2012
2:42 PM
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Great post Elwood! We could perhaps use this as a kind of reverse how-to guide. Just break all the rules and you are doing the right thing...?!
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didjcripey
209 posts
Mar 12, 2012
3:20 PM
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good thing we won the war
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Lucky Lester
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lumpy wafflesquirt
542 posts
Mar 12, 2012
3:55 PM
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@didjcripey
who are 'we'?
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"Come on Brackett let's get changed"
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lor
97 posts
Mar 13, 2012
4:16 PM
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AKA Jake
This Nazi sh!t's the same kind of autocrapic [sp] slit we see on the rise throughout corporate Amerika and their lackeys in government.
Read it and it is really hard to believe it rose to power, great power to the detriment of the entire world and millions of innocent Jews.
Lesson here - if you let them get away with it in the beginning, they will escalate to whatever extreme they can imagine - such minds have no principles nor morals.
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MrVerylongusername
2278 posts
Mar 13, 2012
4:30 PM
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Yeah those miserable Jews and their gloomy lyrics - I mean really, what did they have to complain about in 1930s Germany?
Good job noone tries to define what is and isn't blues.
"Always look on the bright side of life... dada, dada, da da da da dada"
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