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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. ...
That Mysterious Rag" is a song by Irving Berlin and Ted Snyder written in 1911. [1] It was one of the earliest Berlin songs to become a commercial success [ 2 ] with recordings by Arthur Collins & Albert Campbell and by the American Quartet being very popular in 1912.
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).
A self-taught musician, Robinson's love for ragtime began in the 7th grade [5] His mother purchased a piano and he spent the next three years submerged in the self study of music. In 1988 Robinson took lessons with Theodore Bargman at the American Conservatory of Music in downtown Chicago.
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.
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.
Joseph Francis Lamb (December 6, 1887 – September 3, 1960) was an American composer of ragtime music. Lamb, of Irish descent, was the only non-African American of the "Big Three" composers of classical ragtime, the other two being Scott Joplin and James Scott. The ragtime of Joseph Lamb ranges from standard popular fare to complex and highly ...