In the 1920s and 30s, jazz was taking off in the United States and much of Europe, including Germany. Classical composers even began to meld jazz styles into their music. (SOUNDBITE OF WOLFGANG ...

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The mischievous glint of Weimar cabaret culture will meet the glamour of Hollywood’s Golden Age, as Max Raabe appears with his Palast Orchester at McCarter Theatre on Wednesday. The program will ...

From the time he was 11, Max Raabe was hooked. The haunting and whimsical songs of 1920s and '30s Berlin kept him mesmerized via shellac records and movies, including American films translated into ...

With his hair slicked back, tuxedo neatly fitted and a wry smile on his face, Max Raabe is the face of a musical time warp. Accompanied by his Palast Orchester, Raabe travels the world singing German ...

Singer Max Raabe stands erect before the microphone, garbed in a tuxedo and tails with his blonde hair slicked back, and croons songs that were the rage of Berlin during the 1920s and ’30s, the time ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jane Levere is a New York-based freelance writer covering the arts. The music of decadent but elegant Weimar Germany and of the ...