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black jazz band fiddler from the 1927 German opera ''[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonny_spielt_auf Jonny spielt Aug]''.
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African-American jazz band fiddler from the 1927 German opera ''[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonny_spielt_auf Jonny spielt Aug]'' by Ernst Krenek. This titillating slice of modernity was held up by the Nazis as a prime example of "degenerate art."
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Jonny is a vulgar anti-hero who steals a violin from [[Daniello]], and makes unwanted sexual advances on opera singer [[Anita]]. Its a sort of metaphoric conflict between European classical music and modern American Jazz.
  
 
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African-American jazz band fiddler from the 1927 German opera Jonny spielt Aug by Ernst Krenek. This titillating slice of modernity was held up by the Nazis as a prime example of "degenerate art."

Jonny is a vulgar anti-hero who steals a violin from Daniello, and makes unwanted sexual advances on opera singer Anita. Its a sort of metaphoric conflict between European classical music and modern American Jazz.

See also