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	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 (1659 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.
		There was something of a revival of the fortunes of ragtime music when Marvin Hamlisch used Joplin's music extensively in the soundtrack to the movie The Sting, including the main theme The Entertainer and Solace.
	www.mfiles.co.uk /other-ragtime.htm (755 words)

	Ragtime (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Ragtime songs, many of which were not particularly ragged, and ragtime or syncopated waltzes, in 3/4 meter, were also popular in ragtime's golden age.
		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.
		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 (935 words)

	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's roots are in minstrel-show plantation songs, cakewalks, banjo playing, and fl folk music; it also drew on, and recast in fresh ways, the chromatic harmonies of 19th century European 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 (2250 words)

	Ragtime Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The sheet music illustrates a broad spectra of music genres, from the ragtime of Scott Joplin to the dixieland of W. Handy to the smooth ballads of Irving Berlin to the stirring patriotic anthems of John Phillips Sousa and George M. Cohan to the early roots of big band sounds.
		The music also reflects the fabric of a society struggling to come to terms with an increasingly multi-cultural heritage, its role as an emerging world power, and its vulnerability to erratic economic and political forces.
		The music is, in fact, a snapshot of a dynamic generation.
	library.msstate.edu /ragtime (383 words)

	Arts: Music: Genres: Jazz: Ragtime - Cyclopedia.ws
		A style of music popular in the American South during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century incorporating an elaborately syncopated melody accompanied by a steady bass rhythm.
		A dance form, ragtime is played in 4/4 or 2/4 time and includes a “walking” legato bass line emphasizing even beats (2 and 4), staccato chords played on odd beats (1 and 3) and a synchopated melody.
		Ragtime is primarily a musical form written for solo piano.
	cyclopedia.ws /home.aspx/Arts/Music/Genres/Jazz/Ragtime (206 words)

	History of Ragtime Music in Nashville Tennessee
		As ragtime music was being developed by composer Scott Joplin in the St. Louis area, Charles Hunter, (1876-1906) a Columbia, Tennessee native and graduate of the Tennessee School for the Blind was composing major folk rags in Nashville.
		“Ragtime” is defined as a rhythm characterized by a strong syncopation in the melody with a regularly accented accompaniment.
		Ragtime originally was played “as written” and has now become the basis for traditional jazz with improvisation, leaving the original melody and then returning.
	stargoldmusic.com /history.htm (377 words)

	Edward A. Berlin's Website of Ragtime and Scholarship - SCOTT JOPLIN: Brief Biographical Sketch
		How extraordinary that music of such outgoing spirit, exuberance, and gaiety, music that demands response from the feet while it moves the heart, music that draws smiles from all within hearing, should be composed by a man often described as withdrawn, sad, and perhaps depressed.
		This ballet was just the first indication of Joplin's efforts to bring ragtime, commonly regarded at the time as a music of low artistic value, to the level of classical music.
		A systematic and analytic survey of ragtime music, of society's responses and reactions to the music, and of the literature about ragtime.
	www.edwardaberlin.com /work4.htm (2702 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.
		Because music publishing was in its infancy at the time, many rags were issued by printing firms in small towns and cities throughout the nation--often in lots as small as fifty to one hundred copies.
		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 Composers of St. Louis
		Ragtime originated with Black American musicians and is considered to be an early form of Jazz.
		Encyclopedia Americana describes Ragtime as a music generally played on the piano with "highly rhythmic with a steady beat..." with "synopated melodies, played by the right hand...that contrast with the steady strong-and-weak alternations...
		Joplin, the son of a slave, was born Nov. 24, 1868 in Texarkana, Texas.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/mo/county/stlouis/ragtime.htm (610 words)

	Ragtime \| Stride \| Swing \| Novelty
		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)

	The Ragtime Story
		The King of Ragtime experienced many of the elements whose confluence developed into those Euphonic Sounds which were the musical delight of America and even Europe at the turn of the century.
		This view of the birth of ragtime suggests that white men were at the forefront of sculpting the art form and that the best ragtime was committed to the printed page.
		If publication represents the birth of ragtime, then there had been a long gestation including many late night sessions when pianists and bands would rag behind closed doors--in private homes or in bars after closing--where the most elaborate and boisterous music was often reserved for the artists' personal enjoyment.
	www.wnur.org /jazz/styles/ragtime/ragtime-story.html (784 words)

	Songs Ragtime Music CDs
		Music teachers vehemently opposed this monopolistic association, as they had been the main furnishers of sheet music and music books for their students.
		But American music publishing really came of age on June 11, 1895 when the new Music Publishers Association of the United States came into being with seventeen members, the Witmarks were among the ten Charter members who had never been members of the Board of Music Trade.
		The contribution of Ragtime to Tin Pan Alley was fundamental to the success of the young publishing houses, even though it was one of the older houses, S. Brainard's Sons, that printed the first true ragtime instrumental piece, "The Mississippi Rag", written by a Chicago white bandleader, William H. Krell.
	www.proculture.com /ragtime2.htm (1975 words)

	Amazon.com: Ragtime - The Musical (1998 Original Broadway Cast): Music: Stephen Flaherty,Lynn Ahrens,Audra ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The epic sweep of Ragtime is captured in its opening prologue, a nine-minute kaleidoscope of fictional characters mingling with historical figures from the early 20th century as originally captured in E.L. Doctorow's sprawling novel.
		When "Ragtime" first was released with the Toronto in-progress work, I dutifully purchased it, kinda listened to a bit of it, and then put it on the shelf.
		While Ragtime is a beautiful sprawling epic on stage and on cd, The Lion King is a Stunning event both visually, emotionally and musically.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000064XS?v=glance (1463 words)

	Essentials of Music - Composers
		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.
		Joplin was the son of a former slave, and grew up in a musical family.
	www.essentialsofmusic.com /composer/joplin.html (662 words)

	Ragtime Music Sellers on West Coast Ragtime Society Site
		Music books and CD's by David A. Jasen, internationally acclaimed ragtime pianist, composer and record producer, and others are available on this web site.
		Bohém Ragtime Jazzband The Bohém Ragtime Jazzband is from Hungary and was founded in 1985.
		In addition, the early days of American Novelty Music are presented with piano solos by Zez Confrey, including the smashing "Coaxing the Piano" and the everlasting "Kitten on the Keys".
	www.westcoastragtime.com /vendor_links.htm (1602 words)

	John Roache's Ragtime MIDI Library
		This is the first NEW music of Robin Frost to be published in TEN years.
		I have had so many requests for ragtime music recommendations that, in association with Amazon.com, I have opened a RAGTIME STORE here in the lobby of the Library.
		The music and information on this website are intended only for the enjoyment of those who care to listen to it.
	www.johnroachemusic.com (1058 words)

	Ragtime, ragtime software, ragtime soundtrack (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Ragtime originated with Black American musicians and is considered to be an...
		The Bohemia Ragtime Society was founded on December 6, 1990, the 103rd anniversary of the birth of classic ragtime composer Joseph F. Lamb (1887-1960),...
		Joplin was the decisive ragtime composer, the one whose musical imagination gave ragtime its finest expression.
	www.kinddrums.com /ragtime.html (991 words)

	Ragtime Music Genre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It is our contribution to the ragtime community that has given, and continues to give, each of the contributors so much enjoyment.
		Photocopying made the formal printing of sheet music less important as scores could be copied in small numbers and sold or passed around.
		Now with a scanner OMR can read the sheet music and produce a quite good quality MIDI (not with the nuances of a performer though) and we might expect to see hundreds of new MIDIs of old titles, adding to the aural library for posterity.
	users.chariot.net.au /~mathewm (938 words)

	mfiles - other music styles, ragtime and church music, music for christmas, weddings and funerals
		Whichever way you look at it, the creation and processing of music by electronic methods is a huge industry which grew from small seeds sown more than 100 years ago.
		Our sheet music is arranged for a variety of instruments including violin, viola, cello, double bass, oboe, flute, piccolo, recorder, bassoon, clarinet, cor anglais, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, french horn, bass tuba, guitar and tuned percussion.
		People build careers in music, popular songs sell in their millions, concerts are attended by thousands, music is played at all sorts of ceremonies, there are radio stations dedicated to playing music, television uses music during soaps, quiz shows and adverts, and films use music to heighten dramas.
	www.mfiles.co.uk /other-styles.htm (1127 words)

	Perfessor Bill Edwards - Ragtime and Old-Time Piano Music Folios
		American Ragtime Company, Grass Valley, CA Even though a few of the rags have been published elsewhere since this volume was first released, it still has a number pieces you won't find anywhere else that are worth the money and the effort.
		One of the most durable ragtime composers and artists of the 1970s to present, this book is worth having for the Ghost Rags and Seabiscuits alone.
		The Ragtime Webring-Dedicated to Scott Joplin and the music of the Ragtime Era, this ring is an invaluable resource for jazz music lovers, musicians and historians.
	www.perfessorbill.com /sources3.shtml (2789 words)

	Sources and Links for Ragtime and Old-Time Piano Music
		Ragtime enthusiast Irwin Schwartz presents nicely crafted MIDI files in a number of genres along with information on the pieces.
		Members of this ring are selected for their dedication to the preservation of Scott Joplin's music and ragtime in general.
		Musical Box Society International is a haven for those interested in all manners of mechanical music, of which music boxes are among the earliest forms.
	www.perfessorbill.com /links.shtml (3511 words)

	Ragtime Unsigned Music, Artists & Bands - UK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This is the premier site to hear the UK's best unsigned music - a playlist of round-the-clock streaming of tracks from exceptional artists and bands - updated weekly with great tunes and great bands.
		If you would like to submit your music for possible inclusion on the unsigned playlist, go to information for artists
		Live events around the country by the artists and bands that appear on Ragtime.
	www.ragtime.com /music/index.php (137 words)

	Ragtime
		Dedicated to Scott Joplin and the music of the Ragtime Era, this ring is an invaluable resource for jazz lovers, musicians and historians.
		Dedicated to Scott Joplin and the music of the Ragtime Era, this ring is an invaluable resource for jazz music lovers, musicians and historians.
		Ragtime pieces composed by Scott Joplin and performed by pianist Sue Keller.
	j.webring.com /hub?ring=scottjoplin (911 words)

	Show Information: Ragtime: Music Theatre International - MTI - Musical Theatre Broadway Shows Available for Licensing
		This epic new musical by the award-winning composer/lyricist team Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens (Lucky Stiff, My Favorite Year, Once On This Island, Seussical) paints a nostalgic and powerful portrait of life in turn of the century America.
		Based on E.L. Doctorow’s distinguished novel, Ragtime intertwines three distinct stories that poignantly illustrate history’s timeless contradictions of wealth and poverty, freedom and prejudice, hope and despair, and love and hate.
		It draws upon traditional Jewish folk sounds to color the haunting music and yearning lyrics of the immigrants, Vaudeville’s outrageous style to capture the spectacle of Evelyn Nesbit, and Joplin and Jazz to invoke the enlivened spirit of Harlem.
	www.mtishows.com /show_home.asp?id=000228 (333 words)

	West Coast Ragtime Society
		Coast Ragtime Society is a non-profit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization established for the preservation and promotion of Ragtime and vintage American music.
		There's lots and lots of great music from the finest musicians and groups available spread over three days in convenient multiple venues, including dancing, at a very reasonable price.
		The Society was founded by ragtime enthusiasts in Fresno, California in the 1980s.
	www.westcoastragtime.com (721 words)

	CD Baby: JAZZ: Ragtime - music you will love. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		From Django-esque gypsy jazz progressions to ragtime with a modern twist; a rootsy, satisfying mix of classically-fueled arpeggios and lush chords.
		This is the lush and colorful side of American Classical music with all its songfulness and rhythmic inventiveness, played by an artist wh
		Ragtime, Stride, Novelty, and Early Jazz piano performed by 13 y/o Adam Swanson.
	www.cdbaby.com /style/223 (445 words)

	Ragtime, ragtime broadway musical, history of ragtime music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		History of ragtime music Ragtime song Ragtime broadway musical Guitar ragtime tab Ragtime piano music Ragtime quilt pattern Joplin ragtime scott Your daddys son ragtime Ragtime musician Movie ragtime
		Ragtime, a CurtainUp reviewtheater, theatre, Ragtime, musical, Terrence McNally, Stephen Flaherty, ELDoctorow,Frank Galati,Brian Stokes Mitchell, Peter Friedman, Marin Mazzie,...
		Ragtime MIDI files of piano pieces by Scott Joplin, James Scott, Joseph Lamb, Jelly-Roll Morton, Eubie Blake, and others.
	www.musicwindows.com /ragtime.html (360 words)

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