History of the Devil in American Music- Ella Plummer

I found it very interesting that jazz in the 1920's in the United States was labeled as demonic. Jazz was played in various places including, "sporting houses", and this terrified parents. They were worried the music itself was influencing their children to dance inappropriately. The Pope Pius X in 1903 banned saxophones, as he thought of them as a "scandalous" instrument. Jazz was banned for a while during the 1920's in public dance halls as well. I found this very interesting, as Jazz is now played in elevators, hotel lobbies, and restaurants, and is considered family friendly and generally, non-controversial in today's world. Tritones, a musical interval that goes across three entire tones, was and is commonly used in Jazz and metal music and was referred to as the “The Devil’s Interval". There are also rumors that blues and pop musicians transformed into successful musicians by selling their soul to the devil. There was no proof of this interaction. These rumors were all spread by word of mouth, which shows how fears in society can be made entirely by society. Perhaps, many instances of Satan are used to explain the unexplainable evil that exists in the world.