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Word: jonesian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1960
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Percussive Vaudeville (Harry Breuer and Orchestra; Audio Fidelity). A sentimental treatment of Gay Nineties songs is mixed with Spike Jonesian horn and whistle exclamations. The "separation of sound" here is greater than that between the far ends of a vaudeville pit. and the effect, while startling, ultimately cancels out the melody...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Sound in the Round | 9/19/1960 | See Source »

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