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Nominated for 13 Tony Awards® including “Best Musical,” and winning for “Best Original Score” and “Best Book of a Musical,” Ragtime is a powerful portrait of life during the turn-of-the-century, exploring America’s timeless contradictions of freedom and prejudice, wealth and poverty, hope and despair. Synopsis: The lives of three ...
Sep 15, 2011 · "Ragtime The Musical" takes its name from the era it is set in... the turn of the 20th century. Interviews and musical selections feature Director Rod A. Lan...
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Ragtime was one of the most popular forms of music in the United States between 1897 and 1917. Rooted in African American folk dance traditions, it evolved in the decades after emancipation, incorporating both African and European musical elements. The genre eventually took a variety of forms, including vocal and instrumental music, intended ...
Ragtime. 214 W. 43rd St., New York, NY. Based on the novel by E.L. Doctorow, this timeless musical masterpiece celebrates the soaring sounds and hopeful spirit of America at the dawn of the last ...
What is Ragtime? - Classical Music
Dec 9, 2016 · Ragtime music (“ragged”, or syncopated), originated in the southern USA at the end of the 19 th Century (late 1800s). It enjoyed about 25 years of popularity, until the jazz genre took over around 1920. Today we’re going to talk about what ragtime music is, its origins and precursors, and the main composers of ragtime music – with a few ...
Jun 16, 2023 · 1. Scott Joplin. Famous African-American composer Scott Joplin had one of the shortest careers in ragtime history, yet he is affectionately known by many as the King of Ragtime. He was born in 1868 in Texas. His family members worked as railway workers for a living and as musicians as a hobby.
