[78-L] Nazi rules for jazz performers

[david.diehl at hensteeth.com]

Something similar was printed in "Jazz Cavalcade: The Inside Story of Jazz" Dave Dexter, Jr. Criterion Music Corp. 1946, also with no direct attribution.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Benno H?upl [mailto:goldenbough at arcor.de]
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2012 02:20 PM
To: 78-l at 78online.com
Subject: Re: [78-L] Nazi rules for jazz performers

.I tend to classify this particular "10 point regulation" as an urban myth. Simply because nobody has even found an original (!) enameled metal sign saying "Swing tanzen verboten!" - or a contemporary photo on which you could see such a sign. Yes, it's easy to make up such a thing. We all know such jokes about musicians, blues (you can't play the Blues if your name is Kevin) and the like. I would like to see a copy of this regulation. What annoys me in all this that such phony nazi jokes distract from the factual horror caused by the nazi regime - both inside and outside of Germany. It is much more likely that the quoted restrictions (or similar ones) were valid for broadcasting services. I have seen, myself, lists of classified and restricted musical renditions at AFN Berlin (American Forces Network) when I was working there. On many government radio stations worldwide there are similar restrictions applied today. In some countries this is even regulated by law, e.g. in many Arabic countries. More precisely, a certain percentage of music broadcast must be in the national language. I know for sure that there is a minimum percentage of national music to be played on Austrian and Swiss radio stations. Benno _______________________________________________78-L mailing list78-L at klickitat.78online.comhttp://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l