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Analysis Of Does Jazz Put The Sin In Syncopation

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The article, ‘Does Jazz Put the Sin in Syncopation,’ was originally an article written by Anne Faulkner in 1921. Faulkner claims that jazz is linked to ‘un-corseted bodies and sloppy workmen.’ Jazz music doesn’t have the structure of classical music and as a result society has lost its structure. While the excerpt doesn’t support Faulkner’s views, it does acknowledge that one of the article’s messages is an important one-- music challenges social values. There were mass political and social shifts in the roaring twenties. Jazz music certainly had an influence over some of these social changes, however it’s easy to argue that some social and political changes had an influence over jazz, such as prohibition. In general, music evolves as a result
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