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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 .
In 1903, Stark issued a "Maple Leaf Rag Song", an arrangement of Joplin's music with words by Sydney Brown. [11] Brown's lyrics tell the story of a poor man from Accomack County, Virginia, who stumbles into a ballroom where, in spite of his anxiety over the state of his appearance, he manages to wow the crowd with the Maple Leaf Rag.
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.
Until the publication of this song ragtime had been so distinctively an African-American musical genre that the occasional rag whose lyrics and cover art indicated some other ethnicity would focus instead on some other marginalized group (usually Jewish or Italian) and apply the dichotomy toward comic effect. [5]
Song: 1906: Intro Vs1 Ch Ch Vs2 Ch Ch: F: Music by H. Carroll Taylor, lyrics by Mac Darden, arranged by Joplin. [25] Snoring Sampson: A Quarrel in Ragtime: Song: 1907: Intro Vs1 Ch Vs2 Ch: C: Music & lyrics by Harry La Mertha, arranged by Joplin. [17] The Nonpareil (None To Equal) Ragtime Two Step: 1907: Intro AA BB CC DD: Bb/Bb/Eb/Eb: Scott ...
[11] Although not a traditional ragtime song, [6] Berlin's composition kickstarted a ragtime jubilee—a belated celebration of the music which African-Americans had originated a decade prior in the 1890s. [12] The positive international reception of "Alexander's Ragtime Band" led to a musical and dance revival known as "the ragtime craze". [13]
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).
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.