Ragtime
noun
A type of music with a lively rhythm that particularly popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The piano player at the bar played ragtime music all night.
Often appears as...
- play ragtime
- ragtime music
noun
A type of music with a lively rhythm that particularly popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The piano player at the bar played ragtime music all night.
Often appears as...
- play ragtime
- ragtime music
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Pro Tip 1/3Historical Music
Ragtime developed in African American communities, reflecting cultural history, not just a music style.
That ragtime tune conjures up images of early 1900s America.
Pro Tip 2/3Jazzy Origins
Ragtime is a predecessor of jazz, so its rhythm is complex, emphasizing syncopation and off-beat rhythms.
Ragtime's syncopated beat influenced many later jazz musicians.
Pro Tip 3/3Piano-centric
Ragtime is primarily played on the piano, so its mention often implies a piano performance.
The festival's highlight was an outdoor ragtime piano concert.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Music
Ragtime developed in African American communities, reflecting cultural history, not just a music style.
That ragtime tune conjures up images of early 1900s America.
Pro Tip 2/3Jazzy Origins
Ragtime is a predecessor of jazz, so its rhythm is complex, emphasizing syncopation and off-beat rhythms.
Ragtime's syncopated beat influenced many later jazz musicians.
Pro Tip 3/3Piano-centric
Ragtime is primarily played on the piano, so its mention often implies a piano performance.
The festival's highlight was an outdoor ragtime piano concert.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Music
Ragtime developed in African American communities, reflecting cultural history, not just a music style.
That ragtime tune conjures up images of early 1900s America.
Pro Tip 2/3Jazzy Origins
Ragtime is a predecessor of jazz, so its rhythm is complex, emphasizing syncopation and off-beat rhythms.
Ragtime's syncopated beat influenced many later jazz musicians.
Pro Tip 3/3Piano-centric
Ragtime is primarily played on the piano, so its mention often implies a piano performance.
The festival's highlight was an outdoor ragtime piano concert.
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found the pulse of this proud I am a couple years ago I had the opportunity to design all of the magic for a Broadway musical called ragtime and in that show there was a character called
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that music in that order and the order of play as it is on the cassette and it's fantastically evocative those ragtime tunes for the last year I've been writing a
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Mind-blowing illusions PIPE...
found the pulse of this proud I am a couple years ago I had the opportunity to design all of the magic for a Broadway musical called ragtime and in that show there was a character called
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A Look at the Whimsical...
that music in that order and the order of play as it is on the cassette and it's fantastically evocative those ragtime tunes for the last year I've been writing a
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Tom Reiss
American Author
While writing 'The Orientalist,' I played a soundtrack that alternated between ragtime and Azeri mugams, Russian operas and German and Italian pop songs from the 1920s and 30s. When I finally finished, I gorged on all my music from the 1960s, 70s, and 80s.
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Michael McDonald
Whenever I sing blues from the '50s or the kind of blues that you might have heard Eric Clapton or Duane Allman emulate, I often feel the similarity of some of the ragtime stuff I sang early on. A lot of the phrasing and the harmonization is the same.
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Chris Ware
American Artist
Ragtime has about the same amount of respect as comics. And in a way they're similar art forms. Ragtime is highly compositional, and the emotion in the music is built in, whereas in jazz a lot of that emotion comes from the way it's performed.
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David Hepworth
British Journalist
The age of the rock star was coterminous with rock n' roll, which, in spite of all the promises made in some memorable songs, proved to be as finite as the era of ragtime or big bands. The rock era is over. We now live in a hip-hop world.
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James Weldon Johnson
American Poet
My appearance was always good and my ability to play on the piano, especially ragtime, which was then at the height of its vogue, made me a welcome guest.
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Russell Lynes
American Critic
Ragtime was a fanfare for the 20th century.
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Scott Joplin
American Musician
It is never right to play ragtime fast.
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Hoagy Carmichael
American Composer
Ragtime was my lullaby.
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Tom Reiss
American Author
While writing 'The Orientalist,' I played a soundtrack that alternated between ragtime and Azeri mugams, Russian operas and German and Italian pop songs from the 1920s and 30s. When I finally finished, I gorged on all my music from the 1960s, 70s, and 80s.
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Michael McDonald
Whenever I sing blues from the '50s or the kind of blues that you might have heard Eric Clapton or Duane Allman emulate, I often feel the similarity of some of the ragtime stuff I sang early on. A lot of the phrasing and the harmonization is the same.
Quote examples
Chris Ware
American Artist
Ragtime has about the same amount of respect as comics. And in a way they're similar art forms. Ragtime is highly compositional, and the emotion in the music is built in, whereas in jazz a lot of that emotion comes from the way it's performed.
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David Hepworth
British Journalist
The age of the rock star was coterminous with rock n' roll, which, in spite of all the promises made in some memorable songs, proved to be as finite as the era of ragtime or big bands. The rock era is over. We now live in a hip-hop world.
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James Weldon Johnson
American Poet
My appearance was always good and my ability to play on the piano, especially ragtime, which was then at the height of its vogue, made me a welcome guest.
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Russell Lynes
American Critic
Ragtime was a fanfare for the 20th century.
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Scott Joplin
American Musician
It is never right to play ragtime fast.
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Hoagy Carmichael
American Composer
Ragtime was my lullaby.
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