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Encores! is a Tony-honored concert series dedicated to reviving American musicals, usually with their original orchestrations. [1] Presented by New York City Center since 1994, Encores! has revived shows by Irving Berlin, Rodgers & Hart, George and Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, Leonard Bernstein, and Stephen Sondheim, among many others.
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 .
Many western-themed songs were being released by New York ragtime composers at the time, but Prairie would become a part of the era's folk music catalogue, eventually being recorded by numerous country and folk acts including Aaron Campbell's Mountaineers, Tex Owens, and Patsy Montana.
The song was recorded widely for both the phonograph and player piano, [2] and was the third ragtime composition to sell over one million copies of sheet music. [3] Early recordings were typically by bands; the first recording was performed by the American Symphony Orchestra for an Edison cylinder release.
In 1911, Roberts composed "The Junk Man Rag", but since he could not yet notate music, he elicited ragtime pianist Artie Matthews's help to create publishable sheet music. [6] In 1913, "The Junk Man Rag," a one-step, with lyrics Chris Smith and Ferd Mierisch, for Turkey Trot Opera written by Will Marion Cook . [ 15 ] "
Pastime Rag, No.1 (1913) Artie Matthews (November 15, 1888 – October 25, 1958) was an American songwriter, pianist, and ragtime composer.. Artie Matthews was born in Braidwood, Illinois; his family moved to Springfield, Illinois in his youth.
On July 15, 2009, their first single, "NYC/Akuma na Koi", "NYC" being the theme song for the FIVB World Grand Prix 2009, was released. During the announcement for forming the NYC Boys, it was said that the group would be a temporary one, only active for the time of the volleyball tournament which was from July 31 to August 23, but even after ...
Ernest Hogan. Ernest Hogan (born Ernest Reuben Crowdus; 1865 – May 20, 1909 [1]) was the first Black American entertainer to produce and star in a Broadway show, The Oyster Man in 1907, (shows at the African Grove Theatre preceded it by generations) and helped to popularize the musical genre of ragtime.