Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-09-29 | Page 5 | Evolution of American Music Traced with Ironical Insight

Evolution of Am American rican Music Traced With Ironical Insight Sigmund Dwells D Facetious Facetiously y UP Upon Effect of Time Upon Nations Nation's Music By Dy HELEN ORR ORB I Under tho the facetious title fl They Still SUII Sing SInS of or Love Loye munh has hns written a very Int in interesting In- In t and valuable dissertation on American n music True much of ot tho the material In tho timo treatise Is presented In lit a light and humorous vein but vein but then who could bo be se serious serious se- se rious when speaking of ot American music to the time author the only original that hit hag been prodUced produced pro pro- dued in th the thip land o of ot the tree free etc has been what whal Is known a. a is H Ja jazz z razz z ho defines as tho 1110 distortion of or tl the c 01 or conventional In music music- Th Tho word won Itself he ho claims ns was formerly jass Jas short t for tal J ack Jasa ack the metathesis of ot Jackass Jack ass unS's of or love lovo alwa always been popular he lie points out In colonial days das the verses were penned cd In 15 stiff tift artificial lal language It wasn't considered good form to bo be too tip specific about feminine anatomical charms charm HO so the tho colonial writer sons l was was sau forc forced ct to lo H seek k refuge In elaborately dab dab- drawn comparisons with the birds bees becs flowers and cven even the fish Later It became the thc stylo of or love lo songs to be melancholy mel It If love wouldn't react to her hel lovers lover's suit for for tile tho purposes of iong it was was was' usually arranged t for 1 her to sicken and die dlo b before fore love could claim chain its 1111 own And thu the I lover was Wl given sInn u a most t wonderful opportunity to to tho mocking mockingbird mockingbird bird weep under a n. weeping willow tree C part by the riverside bo boh h haunted b by the thc dead ones one's bright ht smile HOllie keep thi till this Individual In sad L' L remembrance or whatever shuck his fancy fanc in tho way of ot matching syllables This strain however could not last By the middle of ot the time nIneteenth nineteenth nine nIne- century it was wn discovered ered that ladles ladies were really human be be- be Ing ings Lov Lo rH rn became bolder not ot only In teaT real life lite but In song onS' onS Some of or them even cven dared to hint of or kiss kisses s In their thel songs From Ironi this time time- on on on the time cycle c developed normally Into tho the present day Jazz All AU types blies of or songs In his hi work ork subjects subjects sub Hub scrutiny scrutiny- to tile the closest of or ti-avel ti songs topical songs coon songs name l' songs b shop barber balladry primitive music mu folk sic and even tho time And when I lien n you today to IWanna I J I IWanna Wanna Bo Bc Loved Lo ll By You Youre tho time Cream In My Coffee or 01 Dont Don't Bo Like That you realize tt that nt we ve weare are not suffering l as aH yet from any highly rarefied cultural at- at phere he writes lr The Tho book for tor the convenience of the reading public has been divided Into three sections Tho first Ig is and devoted to both entertainment nt Information tho tilo tHo second to to en entertainment enter entertainment er- er alone the tho third to a serious sc- sc rious discussion of ot present day mUsic mu sic It U has hab thus Ullis bc been m successfully ac accommodated to each ench and every Much hll has been said recently about Ji a a term which hn has has' been boen used promis promiscuously In o to every abnormality abnormality ab ab- ab- ab normality of this age ast rather flippant attitude on the subject in I this book will be found a a sound lound analysis of or the whole subject t written I II a n. manner manner which th tho layman will 1 not nol only understand under under- stand but but tho enjoy CHar CHar- CHari Horace Hor Fior- i ace LIv Ne New Y Y York rk 1023 I