Rags and Ragtime

Rags and Ragtime

Author: David A. Jasen

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2013-02-13

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 0486144577

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Definitive history traces the genre's growth and diversification from its 19th-century origins through its heyday and modern revival. Discusses 48 major composers and 800 rags. More than 100 photos.


Ragtime

Ragtime

Author: E.L. Doctorow

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2010-11-17

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 0307762947

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Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time Published in 1975, Ragtime changed our very concept of what a novel could be. An extraordinary tapestry, Ragtime captures the spirit of America in the era between the turn of the century and the First World War. The story opens in 1906 in New Rochelle, New York, at the home of an affluent American family. One lazy Sunday afternoon, the famous escape artist Harry Houdini swerves his car into a telephone pole outside their house. And almost magically, the line between fantasy and historical fact, between real and imaginary characters, disappears. Henry Ford, Emma Goldman, J. P. Morgan, Evelyn Nesbit, Sigmund Freud, and Emiliano Zapata slip in and out of the tale, crossing paths with Doctorow's imagined family and other fictional characters, including an immigrant peddler and a ragtime musician from Harlem whose insistence on a point of justice drives him to revolutionary violence.


FunTime Piano Popular - Level 3A-3B

FunTime Piano Popular - Level 3A-3B

Author: Nancy Faber

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 2003-01-01

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 1616779470

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(Faber Piano Adventures ). 12 songs carefully graded for students to enjoy, including: Colors of the Wind * Eleanor Rigby * La Bamba * The Lion Sleeps Tonight * Pachelbel Canon * Star Wars * and more.


Ragtime Classics

Ragtime Classics

Author: Scott Joplin

Publisher: Edward B. Marks Music Company

Published: 1984-03

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780793550562

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(Woodwind Solo). Contents: The Entertainer * Scott Joplin's New Rag * The Easy Winners * Pleasant Moments * The Cascades.


King of Ragtime

King of Ragtime

Author: Stephen Costanza

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2021-09-14

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 1534410376

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A stunning, rhythmic picture book biography of African American composer Scott Joplin, whose ragtime music paved the way for jazz. There was something special about Scott Joplin… This quiet kid could make a piano laugh out loud. Scott, the son of a man who had been enslaved, became a king—the King of Ragtime. This celebration of Scott Joplin, whose ragtime compositions paved the way for jazz, will captivate audiences and put a beat in their step, and the kaleidoscope-like illustrations will draw young readers in again and again.


A First Book of Ragtime

A First Book of Ragtime

Author: David Dutkanicz

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-10-16

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 0486171671

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These rollicking, easy-to-play ragtime favorites include "Maple Leaf Rag," "The Entertainer," "Tiger Rag," and other melodies by such favorites as Scott Joplin, James Scott, Joseph Lamb, and Eubie Blake. All songs available as downloadable MP3s.


This Is Ragtime

This Is Ragtime

Author: Terry Waldo

Publisher: Da Capo Press

Published: 1991-03-21

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 9780306804397

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In This Is Ragtime , Terry Waldo, musician and scholar, explores ragtime in detail, offering music lovers and social historians a unique view of the music from its inception through its colorful evolution. Waldo tells the story of Scott Joplin and his frustrating attempts to elevate his music to the status of the classics, from his first rags to the tragedy surrounding his operatic masterpiece Treemonisha. Waldo also depicts the exciting and often bawdy settings of the music: the earthly minstrel shows, the whorehouses, the cold and commercial publishers of Tin Pin Alley, the traditional jazz emporiums of Dixieland, and finally the prestigious concert halls of the world. Amplifying Waldo's accounts of how and why ragtime continues to fascinate the music world are pithy interviews with most of its enduring personalities: Eubie Blake, Max Morath, Turk Murphy, Lu Watters, Joe "Fingers" Carr, Johnny Maddox, Gunther Schuller, William Bolcom, and Joshua Rifkin. Illustrated with art work and artifacts, This Is Ragtime is an enduring classic for all ragtime and jazz enthusiasts.


The Big Book of Ragtime Piano

The Big Book of Ragtime Piano

Author: Hal Leonard Corp

Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation

Published: 2008-09

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781423442936

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(Piano Solo Songbook). A great collection of more than 60 classic ragtime solos, including: American Beauty Rag * Bethena * The Easy Winners * The Entertainer * Harlem Rag * Kitten on the Keys * Maple Leaf Rag * Something Doing * Tiger Rag * Twelth Street Rag * Wild Cherries Rag * and more.


King of Ragtime

King of Ragtime

Author: Edward A. Berlin

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 1996-01-11

Total Pages: 349

ISBN-13: 0195356462

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In 1974, the academy award-winning film The Sting brought back the music of Scott Joplin, a black ragtime composer who died in 1917. Led by The Entertainer, one of the most popular pieces of the mid-1970s, a revival of his music resulted in events unprecedented in American musical history. Never before had any composer's music been so acclaimed by both the popular and classical music worlds. While reaching a "Top Ten" position in the pop charts, Joplin's music was also being performed in classical recitals and setting new heights for sales of classical records. His opera Treemonisha was performed both in opera houses and on Broadway. Destined to be the definitive work on the man and his music, King of Ragtime is written by Edward A. Berlin. A renowned authority on Joplin and the author of the acclaimed and widely cited Ragtime: A Musical and Cultural History, Berlin redefines the Scott Joplin biography. Using the tools of a trained musicologist, he has uncovered a vast amount of new information about Joplin. His biography truly documents the story of the composer, replacing the myths and unsupported anecdotes of previous histories. He shows how Joplin's opera Treemonisha was a tribute to the woman he loved, a woman other biographers never even mentioned. Berlin also reveals that Joplin was an associate of Irving Berlin, and that he accused Berlin of stealing his music to compose Alexander's Ragtime Band in 1911. Berlin paints a vivid picture of the ragtime years, placing Scott Joplin's story in its historical context. The composer emerges as a representative of the first post-Civil War generation of African Americans, of the men and women who found in the world of entertainment a way out of poverty and lowly social status. King of Ragtime recreates the excitement of these pioneers, who dreamed of greatness as they sought to expand the limits society placed upon their race.


Ragtime

Ragtime

Author: Edward Berlin

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2016-06-28

Total Pages: 341

ISBN-13: 1504030648

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Ragtime, the jaunty, toe-tapping music that captivated American society from the 1890s through World War I, forms the roots of America’s popular musical expression. But the understanding of ragtime and its era has been clouded by a history of murky impressions, half-truths, and inventive fictions. Ragtime: A Musical and Cultural History cuts through the murkiness. A methodical survey of thousands of rags along with an examination of then-contemporary opinions in magazines and newspapers demonstrate how the music evolved, and how America responded to it.