Ragtime
(RAG-time)
An American style of music characterized by "ragged" or syncopated rhythms. It was popular between the 1890's and the 1910's. Scott Joplin was a major exponent of ragtime. By the 1920's ragtime had given way to jazz.
SUGGESTED LISTENING EXAMPLES:
- Joplin: Maple Leaf Rag
- W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 3, Track 47
- Debussy: Children's Corner Suite, "Golliwog's Cakewalk"
- W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 1, Track 51
- Yelvington: Piffle Rag
- W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 3, Track 48
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