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Amsterdam | 14/05/2009 - 21/06/2009 Laugh…and Forget!

Exhibition presenting the most prominent among the many Dutch Jewish performing artists, along with a selection from the enormous library of sheet music belonging to Jaap van Velzen and the Jewish Historical Museum. On show is sheet music from 1890 to 1960 that with its beautiful illustrations and decorations present a colourful picture of social trends, artistic styles, fashions, and the vibrant night life of the period. Designers and artists created covers that were impossible to ignore, and a signed portrait or photo of an artist never failed to boost sales. Dutch performers, many of whom were Jewish, made eager use of sheet music to reach a broad public. In those days, printed sheet music was a simpler and more effective way of marketing songs and performances than other methods such as gramophone records. A large number of Jewish performers – of cabaret, revues, jazz, and light music – introduced new styles or even whole new genres of entertainment!
from abroad. Many of them had a strong influence on later artists such as Wim Sonneveld and Toon Hermans, and thus on the postwar history of Dutch cabaret.
Category: Exhibitions
Start:14/05/2009
End: 21/06/2009
Location: Amsterdam, Joods Historisch Museum
Phone:31-20-5310310
Website:http://www.jhm.nl
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