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Many ragtime pianist, beginning around the 1920s, went on to perform stride and boogie-woogie and other lists of artists might be more identified with either. Shapiro's two lists above, exclude those who are known more as (i) non-piano ragtime composers (ii) ragtime revivalist (iii) stride pianists, and (iv) boogie-woogie pianists.
Musicians who are notable for their playing of ragtime music include (in alphabetical order): This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
As a composer, Joplin refined ragtime, developing it from the dance music played by pianists in brothels in cities like St. Louis. [5] This new art form, the classic rag , combined Afro-American folk music's syncopation and nineteenth-century European romanticism , with its harmonic schemes and its march-like tempos, in particular the works of ...
While the word ragtime was first known to be used in 1896, the term probably originates in the dance events hosted by plantation slaves known as “rags”. [4] The first recorded use of the term ragtime was by vaudeville musician Ben Harney who in 1896 used it to describe the piano music he played (which he had extracted from banjo and fiddle players).
Pages in category "Ragtime pianists" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
James Price Johnson (February 1, 1894 – November 17, 1955) was an American pianist and composer. A pioneer of stride piano, he was one of the most important pianists in the early era of recording, and like Jelly Roll Morton, one of the key figures in the evolution of ragtime into what was eventually called jazz. [1]
Felix Arndt (1889–1918),"Desecration Rag" (1914), "Nola" (1916), [1] "Operatic Nightmare" (1916); May Aufderheide (1888–1972), "Dusty Rag" (1908) [2]; Roy Bargy ...
James Hubert "Eubie" Blake (February 7, 1887 – February 12, 1983) was an American pianist and composer of ragtime, jazz, and popular music. In 1921, he and his long-time collaborator Noble Sissle wrote Shuffle Along, one of the first Broadway musicals written and directed by African Americans. [1]