[78-L] (no subject)

[David Lennick]

When dancing something other than the waltz began to take off, in the early 
1910s, along with that new fangled "ragtime" and the occasional tango, this was 
the new "popular" music. Vaudeville and music hall performers also began to 
sell well.

dl

Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr. wrote:
> Stephen Davies wrote:
>>         Writing in a philosophical mood, and knowing that there can be 
>> only speculation, without an absolute answer....  Recorded immortality 
>> hand in hand with mortality.
>>
>>         I was wondering about how TV kicked into high gear in the 1950's, 
>> and the late nights were filled with old movies, even some silents.... How 
>> the TV audience at some point in time (1958, 1959, 1960....?) would 
>> realize that many of these early actors were now dead.  Any ghoulish 
>> feeling might be mixed with an engrossing plotline and/or a blossoming 
>> sense of camp based on the style and foibles of previous generations.  (I 
>> don't think people were mislabelling it "Nostalgia" yet.)
>>
>>         So was there a similar watershed moment in the history of 78's, 
>> when people realized that the majority of recorded sound belonged to 
>> deceased personalities?  Or was the 78 rpm era based always on new songs, 
>> new styles without any retrospective similar to the TV programming and no 
>> sentimental prickings?
>>
>>         There seems to be a great sense of addressing posterity in the 
>> earliest Edison recordings.  At some point, recorded sound became so 
>> common that it was just a consumeable moment rather than a historic event. 
>>  When did discs regain the status of  being a legacy?  I presume the 
>> answer depends on what genre of recording is being considered:  classical, 
>> popular, spoken word...
>>   
> Interesting thought.
> I was just considering this myself in a way.
> When the acoustical era was in full swing, what were the "old standards"?
> What is lost to us and seems so corny-campy now!
> Steven Foster
> Old Vaudeville tunes
> Operettas and their stars long forgotten...
> 
> No Carmichael
> No Miller
> No Rogers
> No Kiss Me Kate
> 
> Is this music corny-campy to our kids? I suppose...
> 
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