I have a love/hate relationship with primary sources. On the one hand, I love getting a glimpse into the lives of the people I research and gaining a better understanding of what their perspectives were. On the other hand, I want to tear my hair out trying to find them. On the one hand, I […]
Author: Chris Martin
When Black music and dance traditions became popular in Paris in the 1920s, the ensuing negrophilia caused an artistic divide as prominent as the geographical divide created by the Seine. This division is comprised of two primary perspectives. Some agreed with Jean Cocteau, believing that jazz and the dance traditions that had come with it […]
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An End-of-Semester Reflection
When I signed up for this class, I was incredibly excited. Excited enough to break my “no more 8ams” rule that I had planned on enforcing after the fall semester. This subject ties so many of my interests together, while also filling a gap in my knowledge of 20th century French music. (I had researched […]
From the moment he landed in Paris, Georges Auric was a social butterfly, flitting around from group to group and making connections with exactly the right people. This was not the image I had in mind. I had this idea of Auric as the old moth stuck outside the window, watching all the butterflies dance […]