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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. Doctorow .
Felix Arndt (1889–1918),"Desecration Rag" (1914), "Nola" (1916), [1] "Operatic Nightmare" (1916); May Aufderheide (1888–1972), "Dusty Rag" (1908) [2]; Roy Bargy ...
Commenting on the significance of ragtime, Morath stated, "Scorned by the establishment as ephemeral at best, trashy at worst, ragtime was the fountainhead of every rhythmic and stylistic upheaval that has followed in a century of ever-evolving American popular music", [7] and on Morath, Eric Salzman wrote in Stereo Review: "[t]he person who ...
His "chamber-scale musical," Loving Repeating: A Musical of Gertrude Stein, written with his Ragtime director, Frank Galati, premiered in Chicago in February 2006, in a co-production between the About Face Theatre and the Museum of Contemporary Art. The musical won Chicago's Joseph Jefferson Award as the “Best New Work” of the year.
Charles Leslie Johnson (December 3, 1876 - December 28, 1950) was an American composer of ragtime and popular music.He was born in Kansas City, Kansas, died in Kansas City, Missouri, and lived his entire life in those two cities.
Percy Wenrich (January 23, 1880 – March 17, 1952) was an American composer of ragtime and popular music.He is best known for writing the songs "Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet" and "When You Wore a Tulip and I Wore a Big Red Rose", along with the rag "The Smiler".
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]
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 .