the name "ragtime" may come from the "ragged or syncopated rhythm" of the right hand. A rag written in 3 4 time is a "ragtime waltz". Ragtime is not a...

American composer and pianist. Dubbed the "King of Ragtime", he composed more than 40 ragtime pieces, one ragtime ballet, and two operas. One of his first and...

beautiful piece that is among the greatest of Ragtime Waltzes", a "masterpiece", and "Joplin's finest waltz". Joplin's principal claim to fame was the publication...

for his ragtime compositions, and was dubbed "The King of Ragtime." During his career, Joplin wrote over 40 original ragtime pieces, one ragtime ballet...

American composer of ragtime music. Lamb, of Irish descent, was the only non-African American of the "Big Three" composers of classical ragtime, the other two...

band plays contemporary secular ragtime tunes. Howard Blake's soundtrack makes especially affecting use of the ragtime waltz "Bethena" by Scott Joplin. Survivors...

Green, a piano player in a West Helena theater playing a mix of blues, ragtime, waltz, and jazz to accompany silent movies. They worked the Louisiana and...

A list of ragtime composers, including one or more famous or characteristic compositions. Felix Arndt (1889–1918),"Desecration Rag" (1914), "Nola" (1916)...

"Alexander's Ragtime Band" is a Tin Pan Alley song by American composer Irving Berlin released in 1911; it is often inaccurately cited as his first global...

Shouts' Eight pieces for organ: 'Râga', 'Rauschpfeifen', 'Repercussa', 'Ragtime-Waltz', 'Rondeña', 'Ripieno', 'Rosalie', 'Rossignols enrhumés Six pieces for...

dance music that began in lower classes. An example of this is ragtime dance and music. Ragtime had a "lively, infectious new sound". Some other forms of dancing...

the greatest ragtime composers. He wrote more than the other three combined and exemplified a greater range of talent, composing waltzes, tangos, cakewalks...

4, 1912) was a Canadian pianist and composer noted for his work in the ragtime genre. Born in Maskinongé, Quebec in 1874, Lafrenière grew up in Montreal...

of which consist of five dances—International Waltz, International Tango, International Viennese Waltz, International Slow Foxtrot, and International...

the hoop, which necessitated a few changes in dancing. At the same time, ragtime music began to gain mainstream respectability. Some examples of dances...

(May 30, 1885 – August 21, 1979) was an American composer of waltzes, marches and ragtime. Blake was the oldest of six children born to Edward and Caroline...

Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals. Since the 1920s Jazz Age...

"Missouri Waltz" is the official state song of Missouri and is associated with the University of Missouri. The "Missouri Waltz", which had originally been...

was a Finnish jazz trio. Their music ranges from humorous ragtimes to sentimental waltzes. Their playing style is often rhythmic, energetic and virtuosic...

in 1908 on four Victor records, the tunes: Southern Fantasy, Estellita Waltz, American Valor March, and In Fairyland. Samuel Siegel and Roy Butin play...

September 1, 1972) was an American composer of ragtime music. She was probably the best known among female ragtime composers. She received training in art music...

Britain and Australia from the 1950s with a series of boogie-woogie and ragtime hits, selling over 20 million records. She was the first black artist to...

Beaudry (1891-19??) was a French-Canadian composer of two-steps and waltzes from the ragtime era. He was born and lived in Quebec. His published works include...

century, Americans began pairing Victorian dances such as the Two-Step with Ragtime music. Other dances included the African American Cakewalk, and animal...

William Henry Krell (1868–1933) composed one of the early mature rag or ragtime composition in 1897 called Mississippi Rag, published in New York by S...

1955) is an American composer and musician, known primarily as a modern ragtime composer. Roberts is also a painter in a primitivist style. Born in Moss...

1938) was an American ragtime composer and pianist. He is regarded as one of the "Big Three" composers of classical ragtime along with Scott Joplin...

world-renowned Paragon Ragtime Orchestra. Benjamin has an active career as a pianist and tubist as well as an arranger. Benjamin's interest in ragtime music began...

Gown", as well as "Castle of Dreams," an adaptation of Chopin's Minute Waltz. This same show was made into a film in 1926, then remade in 1940 with Anna...

composer of numerous international hits, starting with 1911's "Alexander's Ragtime Band". He also was an owner of the Music Box Theatre on Broadway. For much...