How did jazz influence mainstream music in Europe in the 20s and 30s? Refer in detail to specific pieces of music by at least 2 composers.

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How did jazz influence mainstream music in Europe in the 20s and 30s? Refer in detail to specific pieces of music by at least 2 composers.

Jazz first emerged in New Orleans, America in the early 1900s as a style called 'Dixieland', commonly played by 5 piece ensembles. By the 1920s the popularity of jazz was beginning to grow rapidly, and the centre of the jazz scene moved to Chicago, and the size of ensembles began to grow to 7 members and more. The music had become so established by this point that it began spreading to other parts of the world, including Europe, where it had a significant influence on much mainstream music. Jazz earned the respect of renowned European composers, such as Maurice Ravel, Darius Milhaud and Igor Stravinsky, who began incorporating jazz elements into their orchestral concert works. Paris was one of the most responsive European cities to jazz, and rapidly developed its own scene, possibly because of the link between its cabaret culture with jazz night life as it developed in America in the 1910s and 20s.

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