Ragtime Flashcards
when did ragtime originate
1800s
Father of ragtime
Scott Joplin
birthplace of ragtime
Sedalia, MO
Jelly Roll Morton
developed ragtime further in the 1910s
when did ragtime decline
by the 1920s
Joshua Rifkin
released several albums of Scott Joplin’s starting in 1970
some vocal works and band arrangements, but mostly solo piano music
ragtime
stride
left hand provided base and harmony, emphasis on the downbeat
right hand: syncopated melody
ragtime form
AABBACCDD
“Maple Leaf Rag”
Scott Joplin
ragtime
James Scott
swing feel ragtime
Jelly Roll Morton
swing feel ragtime
Eubie Blake
swing feel ragtime
early ragtime feel
straight
later ragtime feel
dotted/swing feel
“Black and White Rag”
El Cota
ragtime
dance for ragtime
cakewalk
cakewalk
dance based on black slaves imitating their masters strolling and dancing
dance for minstrelsy
cakewalk
Joseph Lamb
ragtime
“Golliwogg’s Cakewalk”
Clause Debussy
influenced by ragtime
