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Ragtime

Ragtime, also spelled rag-time or rag time, is a musical style noted for its syncopated or "ragged" rhythm. It originated in African American communities in the late 19th century and was propelled to popularity in the 1890s to 1910s by composers such as James Scott, Joseph Lamb, and particularly Scott Joplin. Known as the "King of Ragtime", Joplin gained…

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Cultural origins
Early 1890s, Midwestern and Southern United States
Derivative forms
Stride · novelty piano · jazz · honky tonk · classic rag
Stylistic origins
Cakewalks · folk · minstrel show · marches · classical

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Influence on European composers

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related to Influence on European composers · 57
Ragtime → African American, American, American-inspired, Anglo-Saxon, Antonín Dvořák, Arthur Honegger, Blues, Claude Debussy, Concertino, Consider, Contamine, Creation, Darius Milhaud, Despite, During, Erik Satie, Europe, European, Even, Examples
related to Related forms and styles · 44
Ragtime → African American, African Americans, Alexander's Ragtime Band, Berlin, Cakewalk, Characteristic, Charleston, Classic, Coon, David Jasen, East-coast, Edward, EPM, Fats Waller, Folk, Fox-trots, Foxtrot, Gene Greene, Gradually, Harlem Stride Piano
related to Revivals · 35
Ragtime → Bowman's, Century, Donald Ashwander, Euday, First, Harriet Janis, He, In, It, John Arpin, Joplin, Joplin's, Lamb, Max Morath, Morath, Much, National Educational Television, New, Old, PBS
related to The heyday of ragtime · 34
Ragtime → American, American Ragtime Octette, ARO, Bands, British, Europe, Europe's, France, Handy, Hippodrome, Hitchy-Koo, Ian Whitcomb, Immensely, In, Irene Castle, James, Jelly Roll Morton, Lee, Lewis, London
related to Further reading · 33
Ragtime → Amiri, Baraka, Berlin, Blesh, California, California Press, Cultural History, De Stefano, Dintorni, Dover, Form, Gildo, ISBN, Janis, Jasen, Jazz, Louisiana, Louisiana State University Press, Meaning, Milan
related to Origins · 21
Ragtime → American, American Civil War, Ben Harney, Chicago World's Fair, Eubie Blake, European, Irish, Jessie Pickett, One, Others, Pickett, Scott Joplin, Scottish, Shep Edmonds, Terry Waldo, The, The Bull Dyke's Dream, The Dream, The Dream Rag, They
related to Musical form · 11
Ragtime → According, African, American, He, It, John Philip Sousa, King, Play, Scott Joplin, The, This
Stylistic origins · 6
Ragtime → blues, Cakewalks, classical, folk, marches, minstrel show
related to Historical context · 6
Ragtime → African, American, By, European, John Philip Sousa, North America
Derivative forms · 5
Ragtime → classic rag, honky tonk, jazz, novelty piano, Stride

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music piano rags early rag american jazz style joplin classical popular first also dance joplin's composers later new scott songs

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RagtimeCultural originsEarly 1890s, Midwestern and Southern United States1.00infobox
RagtimeDerivative formsStride1.00infobox
RagtimeDerivative formsnovelty piano1.00infobox
RagtimeDerivative formsjazz1.00infobox
RagtimeDerivative formshonky tonk1.00infobox
RagtimeDerivative formsclassic rag1.00infobox
RagtimeStylistic originsCakewalks1.00infobox
RagtimeStylistic originsfolk1.00infobox
RagtimeStylistic originsminstrel show1.00infobox
RagtimeStylistic originsmarches1.00infobox
RagtimeStylistic originsclassical1.00infobox
RagtimeStylistic originsblues1.00infobox
Ragtimeis amusic of Louis Moreau Gottschalk0.90text

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