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Ragtime, also spelled rag-time or rag time, [2] is a musical style that had its peak from the 1890s to 1910s. [1] Its cardinal trait is its syncopated or "ragged" rhythm. [1] Ragtime was popularized during the early 20th century by composers such as Scott Joplin, James Scott and Joseph Lamb.
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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Tony Award for Best Original Score. 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 .
Dec 25, 1981 · Ragtime: Directed by Milos Forman. With James Cagney, Brad Dourif, Moses Gunn, Elizabeth McGovern. A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.
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“Ragtime” describes songs and social dances (such as the cakewalk) that presented stereotypical representations of African Americans in the late 1890s and early 1900s, as well as the syncopated style of instrumental music. The term later became associated with a rhythmic way of playing any written score or pre-existing melodies.
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Jul 8, 2021 · Last updated: Jul 8, 2021 • 2 min read. 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.
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