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Bookmark or Share- What is Ragtime Music: A Complete Overview - Our Music WorldRagtime is a unique and influential genre of music that originated in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It is known for its distinctive syncopated rhythm and its role in the development of jazz.
- Ragtime | Description, History, & Facts | BritannicaRagtime, 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.
- Ragtime (musical) - WikipediaRagtime 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.
- History of Ragtime — Timeline of African American Music“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.
- History of Ragtime | Articles and Essays | Ragtime | Digital ...Ragtime, a uniquely American, syncopated musical phenomenon, has been a strong presence in musical composition, entertainment, and scholarship for over a century. It emerged in its published form during the mid-1890s and quickly spread across the continent via published compositions. By the early 1900s ragtime flooded the music publishing industry.
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