A history of dance and jazz band performance in the Western Cape in the post-1945 era

Layne, Valmont

A history of dance and jazz band performance in the Western Cape in the post-1945 era

Master Thesis

1995

Publisher

University of Cape Town

Department

Department of Historical Studies

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Abstract

This thesis considers aspects of jazz and dance band performance in Cape Town between the 1930s and the 1960s, with special reference to the post-1945 period. It examines ways in which local dance and jazz musicians and audiences responded to political, social and cultural change in this period by considering key institutional constraints, the impact of broader political, social and cultural change, and local responses to this change. Primary data was collected from oral biographical material, archives, official printed sources, and newspaper reports.

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Bibliography: leaves 173-184.

Keywords

Economic History

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