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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, also spelled rag-time or rag time, [2] is a musical style that had its peak from the 1890s to 1910s. [1] Its cardinal trait is its syncopated or "ragged" rhythm. [1] Ragtime was popularized during the early 20th century by composers such as Scott Joplin, James Scott, and Joseph Lamb.
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.
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 ...
With a 33-member cast, 12-member creative team and nine-piece orchestra, “Ragtime” ranks among the biggest CCT productions. CCT to present large-scale 'Ragtime' musical at Lincoln Theatre Skip ...
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.
The album is considered to have been the first to reintroduce Joplin's music in the early 1970s and thus contributing to the 1970s revival of Ragtime. It received critical recognition upon its release, and, after several of Joplin's compositions were featured in the 1973 film The Sting , achieved commercial success, becoming Nonesuch Records ...
For more than 20 years, the River Raisin Ragtime Revue has worked to preserve the history of America's original popular music.