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Classic rag

Classic rag (short for classical ragtime) is the style of ragtime composition pioneered by Scott Joplin and the Missouri school of ragtime composers. These compositions were first considered "classic" by Joplin's publisher, John Stark, as a way to distinguish them from what he considered the "common" rags of other publishers. Today, any composition…

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Anatomy of a rag strain

Walking bassJames ScottJoseph Lamb
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RagtimeScott JoplinJohn StarkSyncopatedMeter
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the marchinstance ofand often followed conventions of earlier musical forms0.80text
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