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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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dance band standard
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| composer |
Felix Bernard
NERFINISHED
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Johnny S. Black NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.