Eric Blom Quote

Blues. An American dance stemming from the Foxtrot, the speed of which it reduced and into which it brought a deliberately contrived dismal atmosphere. When Blues are sung their words seem to aim at attaining to the utmost depths of gloom and inanity.

Article, Blues, p. 60 - Everyman's Dictionary of Music (London: J. M Dent & Sons; 3rd ed. 1958)