Klarinet Archive - Posting 000052.txt from 2009/06

From: James Langdell <jameslangdell@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Bolcon "Suite" question
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:42:02 -0400

Musically, a common tune for this dance is a waltz by Offenbach. This
appears in some dance music collections under the title Apache Dance.
I forget which work by Offenbach was the original source for that
tune.

--James Langdell jameslangdell@-----.com

On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Marcia Bundi<msbundi357@-----.net> wrote:
> 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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>>
>> You don't get harmony when everybody sings the same note.
>> ~Doug Floyd
>
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