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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. ...
Ragtime music was developed long before it was printed as sheet music. [4] While its precise origins are unknown, scholars like Terry Waldo believe it to stem from music played by plantation slaves for dance events called “rags” (these were mentioned in newspaper articles as early as the 1820s). [4]
James Sylvester Scott (February 12, 1885 – August 30, 1938) was an American ragtime composer and pianist. He is regarded as one of the "Big Three" composers of classical ragtime along with Scott Joplin and Joseph Lamb. [2]
TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. (WSAV) – Duane Banks and Waffle Gates from the Savannah Stage Company stopped by to talk News 3 about their upcoming musical, “Ragtime” playing at the Tybee Post Theater ...
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The first recording was by blues and ragtime musicians the Blue Boys in 1928, played on mandolin and guitar. [ 1 ] As one of the classics of ragtime , it returned to international prominence as part of the ragtime revival in the 1970s, when it was used as the theme music for the 1973 Oscar -winning film The Sting .
For more than 20 years, the River Raisin Ragtime Revue has worked to preserve the history of America's original popular music.
Ragtime is a 1981 American drama film directed by Miloš Forman, based on the 1975 historical novel Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow.It is set in and around turn-of-the-century New York City, New Rochelle, and Atlantic City, and includes fictionalized references to actual people and events of the time.