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	Ragtime Piano, Musical Origins
		Ragtime is a musical form or style that is defined as a syncopated melody (usually in 2/4 time) over a regular, march tempo bass line.
		Ragtime is most commonly thought of as exclusively a piano form that reached its greatest popularity between 1897 and World War I. However, at the time, the ragtime label was also attached to other instrumental music, songs and dance music.
		Ragtime songs had their origins in coon songs and as they gradually lost their racial character, any song of a strong rhythmic style began to be referred to as a ragtime song.
	parlorsongs.com /insearch/ragtime/ragtime.asp (2251 words)

	Ragtime - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ragtime originated in African American musical communities, in the late 19th century, and descended from the jigs and marches played by all-fl bands common in all Northern cities with fl populations (van der Merwe 1989, p.63).
		Ragtime was one of the main influences on the early development of jazz (along with the blues).
		Jazz largely surpassed ragtime in mainstream popularity in the early 1920s, although ragtime compositions continue to be written up to the present, and periodic revivals of popular interest in ragtime occurred in the 1950s and the 1970s.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ragtime (1946 words)

	RAGTIME : MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In retrospect ragtime is regarded as solo piano music, but that was only its most highly developed (and most enduring) manifestation; ragtime songs, music for small combos and brass bands, and ragtime waltzes were important, as was banjo music: ragtime may have begun with attempts to imitate the banjo on the keyboard.
		The term ragtime like the words jazz and rock in later years was applied to music that was merely rhythmic; Irving Berlin was the most famous composer of 'ragtime', but 'Alexander's Ragtime Band' (1911) is probably not ragtime at all.
		Ragtime's heyday was 1910--20 in a watered-down, ricky- tick style; coin-operated player pianos in public places were probably adjusted to play the piano rolls quickly in order to make money faster, and Joplin found it necessary to print on his music that 'Ragtime should never be played fast'.
	www.musicweb-international.com /encyclopaedia/r/R8.HTM (471 words)

	Ragtime (musical) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ragtime is a Broadway musical with book by Terrence McNally, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and music by Stephen Flaherty.
		Ragtime received mixed reviews; some considered the show to be one of the greatest American musicals ever written while others felt the dazzling production (with an $11 million budget, including fireworks and a working Model T) overshadowed problems in the script.
		Nonetheless, it led the Tony Award with 12 Tony Awards nominations in 1998, and was considered the front runner for the coveted Tony Award for Best Musical, however, was upset by Disney's The Lion King.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ragtime_(musical) (274 words)

	Ragtime
		"Ragtime's" depth of character and willingness to tackle the tough issues of racism and prejudice add to the strength of its talented cast and it's powerfully emotional score.
		Based on the classic novel by E.L. Doctorow, "Ragtime" is an epic musical in which the characters must confront racism, prejudice and the quickly changing tide of American society during the turn of the century.
		"Ragtime" contrasts the wealth of a new industrial class, headed by J.P. Morgan and Henry Ford, with the poverty of Ellis Island immigrants and Harlem's struggle for equality in an ever increasingly bigoted society.
	www.usc.edu /dept/DT/V131/N08/06-rag.08d.html (950 words)

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		The Ragtime era was a fast paced transformation where the pioneers of the American Dream tapped into successes of the self-made man and the music of Scott Joplin woke the nation.
		E.L. Doctorow's novel Ragtime embraces the "New America" -- one that was filled with immigrants and those seeking to obtain the promised fortune in the land of dreams.
		Ragtime is a novel combining real historical figures with a fictitious New York family to bring out America's melting pot of individual diversity.
	newmedia.cgu.edu /bower/ragtime (313 words)

	Ragtime
		Ragtime rang out from pianos in homes, clubs, theaters, dance halls, and saloons across the country, and many of the best-selling rolls for player-piano were ragtime.
		But ragtime continued to be performed and recorded, and it clearly had a major influence on early jazz greats such as "Jelly Roll" Morton, and on early jazz styles such as Dixieland and "Harlem Stride" jazz piano.
		Ragtime continues to be popular with both musicians and audiences and has at last gained widespread respect and recognition as an art that produced works of true genius.
	cnx.org /content/m10878/latest (921 words)

	mfiles - other music genres: Ragtime and Cakewalk music and composers
		Ragtime sprung up as a music form towards the end of the 19th century, and this was one of a number of forms which had their roots in this time period.
		Ragtime was an influence on songwriters of the day, who wrote songs called rags although they were only loosely based on the conventions of genuine ragtime.
		Ragtime was less popular by the 1920s by which time Jazz was making an impression, which unlike ragtime had an emphasis on improvisation.
	www.mfiles.co.uk /other-ragtime.htm (755 words)

	Ragtime (From 1895-1905: The Ragtime Era Begins) \| The Chronicle of Jazz \| Abbeville Press
		A typical ragtime texture consists of regular "oom-pah" patterns set up by the pianist’s left hand (sometimes termed "boom-chick" after the alternating bass-drum and cymbal strokes in march rhythm), over which the right hand plays a highly syncopated melodic line.
		The harmony of ragtime may seem tame when compared with classical music of the same era, but the importation of blue notes from the blues (•; p.
		Ragtime disappeared in the early 1920s when it was rapidly supplanted in popularity by New Orleans jazz, but it enjoyed revivals in the 1940s (• p.
	www.abbeville.com /jazz/020.asp (336 words)

	John Roache's Ragtime MIDI Library - WHAT IS RAGTIME, NOVELTY & STRIDE? - Multimedia Presentation
		Ragtime was originally created by itinerant professional performers in the saloons and brothels of the post civil-war years.
		Ragtime evolved as a style through the years as piano players began to compete with each other to see who could play these exuberant songs in the most RAGGED or syncopated manner.
		During this period Ragtime reached what is known as its classic form under the leadership of the composer known today as the King Of Ragtime Writers, Scott Joplin.
	www.johnroachemusic.com /ragtime.html (1358 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Ragtime: The Musical - Original Broadway Cast at Epinions.com
		Ragtime, a musical written based on the novel by E.L. Doctorow, opened at the Merriam Theater on February 1st.
		Ragtime explodes with energy as the musical score, written by Stephen Flaherty, takes on ethnic tones and scatters them among traditional American verse.
		The journey to see Ragtime, now playing through February 12th, is well worth the trip because it is the story of America and the story of a nation where crushed hopes can still be renewed and broken dreams replanted.
	www.epinions.com /musc-review-138E-46F683A-389C980D-prod2 (710 words)

	Ragtime, a CurtainUp review
		To set things in motion one of the members of the three key Ragtime families, The Little Boy (Alex Strange) rushes on stage as the giant stereoopticon suspended from the stage ceiling is raised.
		The boy picks up a life-sized version of the disappearing prop and it is through its lens that we are introduced to his family and their neighbors clad in starched white linen and living in the upper-middle class WASP splendor of New Rochelle, in 1902.
		He and Sarah are the links that sets in motion the larger story of the human connection as exemplified by the joining of his son's fate with the nameless New Rochelle family and the immigrant pushcart artist Tateh and his daughter.
	www.curtainup.com /ragtime.html (1753 words)

	Essentials of Music - Composers
		All publications masquerading under the name of ragtime are not the genuine article...
		That real ragtime of the higher class is rather difficult to play is a painful truth which most pianists have discovered.
		These were to aid them, he stated, "in giving the 'Joplin Rags' that weird and intoxicating effect intended by the composer." Joplin fought throughout his lifetime to convince the musical world that the ragtime music he wrote was on a level with the great classical works of the European tradition.
	www.essentialsofmusic.com /composer/joplin.html (662 words)

	Northern Virginia Ragtime Society
		But, Ragtime as we know it today, first blossomed in the late 1890s, the creation of itinerant pianists--most of whom were fl--and who lived and traveled throughout the Mississippi Valley.
		Simply stated, Ragtime is a type of music in which a syncopated melody line is played against a straight or routine accompaniment.
		In October 1980, The Northern Virginia Ragtime Society, which was then one of only two organizations in the United States dedicated to the promotion and preservation of classic ragtime and related music, requested Congressman Romano L. Mazzoli [D] of Louisville, KY to assist the effort to revive an interest in issuing the Joplin Stamp.
	www.nvrs.org /aboutragtime.htm (1305 words)

	Ragtime: The Music That Gave Birth To Jazz
		Ragtime was a relatively brief-lived musical form, its popularity lasting for about twenty years, but it was an essential link between earlier forms of “Negro music,”; European (classical”) music, and jazz.
		Ragtime began in an undocumented period prior to the 1890s when fl musicians began shaping and creating it in bars and on stages.
		Ragtime had evolved out of other earlier forms of fl music, including the Cakewalk (the best promenaders “took the cake” with their showy walks) and “’Coon songs,” which involved whoops and hollers.
	www.holeintheweb.com /drp/bhd/Ragtime.htm (895 words)

	Ragtime \| Stride \| Swing \| Novelty (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It forgoes the stereotypical ragtime left hand of bass-note/chord alternations in favor of a chromatic bass line in octaves, first ascending and then descending." Note also the use of folk material in the A and D strains in contraposition to the melodic B and C strains.
		This is a ragtime tribute to the school at which Paul teaches, and a successful experiment in "improvisational ragtime" of sorts.
		It's ragtime, yet it's not quite ragtime (to wit, unlike the overwhelming majority of rags, the whole piece is written in one key, uses tenths in the left hand and has arpeggiated bass lines).
	members.aol.com /midimusic/ragtime.html (2683 words)

	Amazon.com: Ragtime: Books: E. L. Doctorow (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Ragtime has a heavy emphasis on progressive ideologies, which serves as a catalyst for the evolution of the historical time period and the development of the characters.
		For example, Ragtime incorporates an emphasis on the changing role of women which is illustrated in change of the white middle-class wife throughout the novel.
		Ragtime breaks the barriers of race and ethnicities at the turn of the century and interlocks the character's struggles and accomplishments.
	www.amazon.com /Ragtime-E-L-Doctorow/dp/0452279070 (1919 words)

	A A World . Reference Room . Articles . Ragtime \| PBS
		Ragtime evolved in the playing of honky-tonk pianists along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers in the last decades of the 19th century.
		Ragtime found its characteristic expression in formally structured piano compositions.
		Joplin, who considered ragtime a permanent and serious branch of classical music, composed hundreds of short pieces, a set of études, and operas in the style.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/aaworld/reference/articles/ragtime.html (191 words)

	Colin D. MacDonald's Ragtime - March - Waltz Web Site Related Links
		Gary's Ragtime Midi Site Includes midi files and also special pages for Scott Joplin's opera Tremonisha Home Page and midi sequences and original advertising blurbs for the heart of the Stark classic ragtime catalog on the John Stark and Son Page.
		Ragtime Extravaganza This site is maintained by Martin Spitznagel and most of the midi files on this site are performed by him and his good friend Bill McNally.
		The Ragtime MIDI Libraries of John Roache This is the site of the late John Roache who was a pharmacist and musician in Torrance, CA.
	www.ragtimemusic.com /links.html (1320 words)

	Definitions of Style - Ragtime
		Pioneered by Scott Joplin (1868–1917) and his contemporaries, ragtime was established in popular culture in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, becoming wildly popular in the United States through distribution on piano rolls for playback on the player pianos that were then a fixture in many American parlors.
		Ragtime shares certain melodic, rhythmic, and thematic characteristics with early jazz, but its melodies and structures are far more syncopated and complex.
		The major ragtime composers challenged themselves, their fellow musicians, and their listeners, and they took their art very seriously.
	www.cbmr.org /styles/ragtime.htm (173 words)

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