📝 “What’s a beguine?”: A beguine is a slow, swaying dance with Caribbean roots that Porter folded into Broadway with “Begin the Beguine,” which premiered in Jubilee on October 12, 1935. Anniversary months feel like the perfect time to hear that nostalgic pulse again. The rhythm is gentle, the phrasing long, the mood hypnotic, perfect for a lyric that unfolds like a memory. Once you hear that pulse, you can spot Porteresque “beguine” cues in later arrangements and in film. Here is Artie Shaw in
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🎉 Today in 1935, 'Jubilee' opened on Broadway with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and a book by Moss Hart. The show paired royal comedy with a score that traveled far beyond its original production. From “Begin the Beguine” to “Just One of Those Things,” the songs went beyond the theater to the world! 🎵 You can hear Porter’s gift for elegant melody and conversational rhyme... the combination that made bandleaders, jazz singers, and film studios fall in love with these tunes for decades. ❤️ Si
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