Dardanella

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Dardanella is a popular early 20th-century jazz and dance band standard, best known through Ben Selvin’s hugely successful recording.

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instanceOf dance band standard
song
composer Felix Bernard NERFINISHED
Johnny S. Black NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
decade 1910s
firstPublisher Fred Fisher Music Co. NERFINISHED
genre dance band music
jazz
hasCommercialSuccess best‑selling record of its time for Ben Selvin
hasCulturalRole early jazz standard in American popular music
hasHistoricalSignificance one of the earliest widely popular jazz‑influenced dance tunes
hasInstrumentation dance band / orchestra arrangements
hasMelodicStyle lyrical melody suitable for dancing
hasMusicalForm foxtrot
hasNotableEraOfPopularity post–World War I years
hasNotableSuccess Ben Selvin recording was a major hit
hasRhythmicStyle syncopated dance rhythm
hasTitleCharacterString Dardanella NERFINISHED
hasUsage social dancing
vaudeville and popular entertainment programs
influenced later jazz and dance band arrangements
isAssociatedWith Ben Selvin’s orchestra NERFINISHED
Victor Records catalog of the 1910s
isFrequentlyIncludedIn historical jazz band repertoires
vintage dance band recordings
isPartOf American popular song tradition
isRecordedIn acoustic recording era
isReferencedIn histories of early jazz and dance bands
isStandardIn dance band repertoire
early jazz repertoire
language English
lyricist Fred Fisher NERFINISHED
notableRecordingArtist Ben Selvin and His Orchestra NERFINISHED
notableRecordingBy Ben Selvin NERFINISHED
originalMedium sheet music
period early 20th century
publicationDate 1919
recordLabel Victor Talking Machine Company NERFINISHED
releaseType 78 rpm single
tempo medium tempo

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Ben Selvin notableWork Dardanella