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THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
DECEMBER 3, 1921
SENTENCES JAZZ TO BED
Cincinnati Judge Says Tom-toms Must Go Bye-
bye Before Eleven o'Clock
CINCINNATI, O., November 28.—"Jazz music," the
rejuvenator that lightens the hearts of the old
and makes the young younger—"jazz"—which
has the power to make grandpa and grandma
trip the light fantastic, where formerly they
were content to sit by and watch grandson and
granddaughter dance—the very same "jazz"—
king of the red-blooded American youths, has
suffered deep humiliation at the hands of the
Common Pleas Court of Cincinnati recently,
in a ruling that jazz disturbs the sleep and
therefore in the future will be placed under
curfew law. Judge Stanley C. Roettinger sen-
tenced "jazz music" to bed at 10:30 o'clock each
night.
The decision was the result of the injunction
suit of Mrs. Henry Hellwitz to enjoin jazz
music at the Toadstool Inn, a high-class place
of amusement located in the exclusive residence
district of Cincinnati, known as Avondale.
Daniel W. Davies, with John E. Bruce, was
attorney for jazz, while lined up against it was
C. C. Benedict, attorney for Mrs. Hellwitz, who
had requested that it be stopped on the grounds
that it was a "bedlam of noise in the guise of
music."
Modeste Alloo, director of the Symphony Or-
chestra at the Zoo, who was called to testify
as a musical expert, defined jazz music as
primitive music, such as was provided by tom-
toms in the wilds of Africa, and such as was
played centuries ago. He said he believed people
would dance to "good music" to-day if it was
provided for them. "Personally, I believe jazz
music is very disagreeable," said Alloo, "but it
is all a matter of taste."
Mrs. Daisy Merchant, proprietor of the Toad-
stool Inn, declined to define jazz music. "It
u what people want and we are there to cater
to the public," she explained.
Albert Kahn testified he "preferred tomcats
to jazz." Kahn declared jazz music to be noise.
Miss Lillian G. Cuffe testified she believed
jazz music to be loud and harsh and, on cross-
examination, said she certainly objected to jazz
when it was served to her "seven nights a
week."
Therefore jazz music was sentenced to bed at
10:30 p. m. each night by the court.
"Italy"
"My Hawaiian Melody"
"Tosti's Good-ByejMelody"
"There Is Only One Pal,
After All"
"Main Street"
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"Sleepy Hollow"
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'It Must Be Some One Like You"
"Dreamy Hawaiian Eyes"
"Moonlight Land"
'You're to Blame"
"Sweet Hawaiian Moonlight"
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BORNEO MUS1C_BEATS JAZZ
CARRYING ON NATIONAL CAMPAIGN
Five-tone Melodies of Islanders Make Good
Dance Music, Says Returned Explorer—Fa-
mous Composers Used Same Method
Nat Goldstein Music Publishing Co. Featuring
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The Nat Goldstein Music. Publishing Co., of
If dance music, as played by the natives of San Francisco, Cal., is making a national cam-
Borneo, was introduced into this country jazz paign on several numbers in its catalog. Ford
would be quite forgotten and dancing would em- Rush, the professional manager of the company,
bark upon a new wave of popularity, according is now traveling East, making intensive sales
to Frederick Burlingham, a famous explorer, drives in the larger trade centers. His itinerary
who has recently returned to New York. Mr. calls for a visit to New York in the near future.
Burlingham has spent years in Borneo and is The songs being featured by the company are
thoroughly familiar with the island and its "That Haunting Waltz," "Whistle the Blues
people.
Away" and "At the Mummy's Ball."
"The musicians of Borneo play on gongs which
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are tuned to the Javanese scale of five tones,"
said Mr. Burlingham, in telling of Borneo's
music. "The rhythm is a peculiar one, so allur-
ing that you cannot keep your feet still, and a
weird delight is added by the muffled beat of the
tom-tom. There is no more fascinating music in
the world than that produced by the natives
of Borneo. It has Hawaiian melodies beaten right
off the map and would put jazz in the shade in
no time.
"The music of modern France, although few
people know it, was largely influenced by the
Javanese. .Debussy spent many hours at the
Javanese village at the Paris world's fair and
you can find traces of the influence of these visits
all through his most famous compositions.
"Our own MacDowell used the five-tone scale
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"The music of Borneo is even more delightful
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That's What God Made Mothers For (»ong)
Somebody Stole My Gal (song:)
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once introduced the dancing craze will be back
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