Klarinet Archive - Posting 000050.txt from 2009/06

From: "Marcia Bundi" <msbundi357@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Bolcon "Suite" question
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:05:42 -0400

From Wickipedia:

"Apache is a highly dramatic dance associated in popular culture with
Parisian street culture in the beginning of the 20th century. The name of
the dance (pronounced ah-PAHSH, not uh-PATCH-ee, like the English
pronunciation of the Native American tribe) is taken from a Parisian street
gang (see Apache (gang)), which in turn was named for the American Indian
tribe due to the perceived savagery of the hoodlums. The term came to be
used more generally to refer to certain vicious elements of the Paris
underworld at the beginning of the 20th century.

The dance is very brutal to the woman, and sometimes said to reenact a
"discussion" between pimp and prostitute. It includes mock slaps and
punches, the man picking up and throwing the woman to the ground, or lifting
and carrying her while she struggles or feigns unconsciousness. In some
examples, the woman may fight back."

Marcia in MT

----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Jacobowitz" <fbjacobo@-----.net>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 8:35 PM
Subject: [kl] Bolcon "Suite" question

> I'm working up Bill Bolcom's adorable, charming, "Little Suite of 4
> Dances". However, the second movement has me a little puzzled. Can
> anyone tell me what its title, "Apache-Jungle" refers to? Was there
> once a dance called the Apache, or some such? Thanks in advance.
>
> Fred Jacobowitz
>
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