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Ragtime (alternately spelled Ragged-time) is an originally American musical genre which enjoyed its peak popularity between 1897 and 1918. [1] Its main characteristic trait is its syncopated, or "ragged", rhythm. [2] It began as dance music in the red-light districts of American cities such as St. Louis and New Orleans years before being published as popular sheet music for piano. [3][4] It was a modification of the march made popular by John Philip Sousa, with additional polyrhythms coming from African music. [5] The ragtime composer Scott Joplin became famous through the publication in 1899 of the " Maple Leaf Rag" and a string of ragtime hits that followed, although he was later forgotten by all but a small, dedicated community of ragtime aficionados until the major ragtime revival in the early 1970s. [6][7] For at least 12 years after its publication, the "Maple Leaf Rag" heavily influenced subsequent ragtime composers with its melody lines, harmonic progressions or metric patterns. [8]Ragtime fell out of favor as Jazz claimed the public's imagination after 1917, but there have been numerous revivals since as the music has been re-discovered. First in the early 1940s many jazz bands began to include ragtime in their repertoire and put out ragtime recordings on 78 RPM records. A more significant revival occurred in the 1950s as a wider variety of ragtime styles of the past were made available on records, and new rags were composed, published, and recorded. In 1971 Joshua Rifkin brought out a compilation of Scott Joplin's work which was nominated for a Grammy Award,[9] and in 1973, the motion picture The Sting brought ragtime to a wide audience with its soundtrack of Joplin tunes. Subsequently the film's rendering of Joplin's 1902 rag "The Entertainer" was a top 40 hit in 1974. Ragtime (with Joplin's work in the forefront) has been cited as an American equivalent of minuets by Mozart, mazurkas by Chopin or Waltzes by Brahms.[10] Ragtime influenced Classical composers including Claude Debussy and Igor Stravinsky.[11] Ragtime originated in African American music in the late 19th century, descending from the jigs and marches played by black bands.[12] By the start of the 20th century it became widely popular throughout North America and was listened and danced to, performed, and written by people of many different subcultures. A distinctly American musical style, ragtime may be considered a synthesis of African syncopation and European classical music, especially the marches made popular by John Philip Sousa.
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1. Procuring RagtimeTickets For The New Broadway Musical
November 19, 2009
Previews for the revival performances of Ragtime have started as from Oct 23, 2009. After the last preview on Nov 14, the opening of the musical will be on the stage of Neil Simon Theatre on Broadway from Nov 15 onwards. The musical has returned to Broadway after more than 9 years. The original show ran on Broadway for 834 performances at the Ford Centre for Performing Arts (now Hilton Theatre). The performances then ran from Jan 18, 1998 through Jan 16, 2000.
The Acclaim
The musical was nominated for 13 Tony Awards then, out of which it won 4, for: Best Featured Actress – Audra McDo... (read more)
Author: reed tieri
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2. How To Relate To Jazz Artists
September 24, 2009
Jazz is a musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions. Because of the continuing popularity of Jazz we explore it's history and how to relate to jazz artists. Jazz music was, ultimately, the product of New Orleans' melting pot. These groups were formed by Italians, Creoles and all sorts of European immigrants. Jazz bands took the piano from ragtime, and the saxophone and trumpet from dance hall bands. This type of music was very much a c... (read more)
Author: Jackie Spivey
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3. Travis Picking Guitar
April 03, 2009
If you want an all round picking technique for guitar, choose Travis picking. The Travis referred to in the name is Merle Travis, the country guitar legend who not only invented a guitar picking style but also had a few hits with his songwriting. Travis picking originally just used the thumb and index finger but was extended to the use of the second and third fingers by Chet Atkins in the mistaken belief that Travis could not possibly be getting his sound by the use of just one finger.
The basis of Travis picking is the alternating bass. This is because finger picking on the guitar was in... (read more)
Author: Ricky Sharples
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4. New Music Festival Graces the Southwest
November 03, 2008
The music scene in Texas has always been a force to be reckon with. A rich history that includes such greats as ZZ Top, Roy Orbison, Steve Ray Vaughn, Janis Joplin, Charlie Christian to name but only a few. Texas music is unmistakenably unique. The music of Texas spans genres from blues, gospel, ragtime, jazz, conjunto, Tejano, country, zydeco, cajun, rock and roll, and many others. The music better than anything else, reflects the rich history and tremendous ethnic and cultural diversity of the area. This has been reflected with the huge success and growth of South by Southwest over the last ... (read more)
Author: Chris Carter
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5. Spirituals, their types and characteristic features
September 17, 2007
The Negro Spirituals are really spiritual. Neither conscious artistry nor popular conception should ever take them away of this heritage, erroneous to their tradition and to the spirituals folk genius to give them completely different tone. Even though their creators beside «shouts" include in their songs also the rhythmic elements of the sensuous dance. And the main emotional effect of these elements all together completely exalted in the genuine intensities of religious earnestness. To call them Spirituals and not to treat them accordingly is unfair. Emotively, African Negro songs are re... (read more)
Author: Andrew Schwartz
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6. A SHORT HISTOY OF JAZZ
July 12, 2007
A SHORT HISTOR OF JAZZ 1890-1960
Jazz was born in New Orleans in the late1800s early 1900s in an area of New Orleans known as Storyville.It was the red light district well known for its speak easy*s and honkeytonks. Jazz represents a mixing of many different cultures and their music.During the years of slavery the music developed from work songs and spirituals.This music blended with White western music led to the basis of what we now call jazz,the blues, ragtime,new orleans,dixieland swing,main,mainstream and so on. Some of the greats of the early years included King oliver,Si... (read more)
Author: Nick Paul
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7. Sail Away: The Songs of Randy Newman
June 18, 2006
Since the release of his first album in 1968, singer and songwriter Randy Newman has been known for writing wry, and sometimes raw, songs about everyday life. Newman's musical journey has taken him from writing pop hits like "I Love L.A.," and "Short People," to Academy Award nominations for his scores for movies including "Toy Story", "Seabiscuit" and "Ragtime," and an Oscar win for the song "If I Didn't Have You," from "Monsters, Inc."
Tim O'Brien's bluegrass-folk version of "Sail Away" kicks off the new Randy Newman tribute CD of the same name. Taking on the catalog of an artist as prolif... (read more)
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