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Ragtime, also spelled rag-time or rag time, is a musical style that had its peak from the 1890s to 1910s. Its cardinal trait is its syncopated or "ragged" rhythm. Ragtime was popularized during the early 20th century by composers such as Scott Joplin, James Scott and Joseph Lamb.
Jun 5, 2024 · Ragtime, propulsively syncopated musical style, one forerunner of jazz and the predominant style of American popular music from about 1899 to 1917. Ragtime evolved in the playing of honky-tonk pianists in the last decades of the 19th century. Its best-known composer was Scott Joplin.
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Ragtime is a musical with music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and a book by Terrence McNally. It is based on the 1975 novel of the same name by E.L. Doctorow .
Sep 22, 2014 · Find out what made Ragtime a truly unique American art form, and how it came to influence Jazz. ...more. The pianist and scholar Terry Waldo takes you through the history and styles of Ragtime...
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- Syncopation -- The "Misplaced" Beat. Ragtime was both exciting and threatening to America's youth and staid polite society, respectively. The excitement came from syncopation--the displacing of the beat from its regular and assumed course of meter.
- Banjo and Fiddle. It is not easy to tell when and where this lively, rhythmically propulsive music began, but it is possible to point to some very specific roots and to see it bear fruit.
- The Heart of Ragtime. Missouri, located in the center of America, was the heartland of ragtime. As noted by popular music historians David Jasen and Gene Jones, "There were more rags--and more good rags--from Missouri than anywhere else."
- The Sound of Ragtime. By the early 1890s Americans had become infatuated with the multi-strained "March and two-step," which was basically the same as a march.
Jul 8, 2021 · Ragtime music, a precursor to jazz, is a jaunty, syncopated form of American popular music that thrived in the late 19th century and early 20th century.
Sep 22, 2017 · Scott Joplin - Ragtime (Full Album) [00:00] The Entertainer [03:47] Maple Leaf Rag [06:37] Elite Syncopations [09:33] The Ragtime Dance [12:20] The Easy Winners [15:07] Weeping Willow [18:22]...
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