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Ernest Hogan was an innovator and key pioneer who helped develop the musical genre, and is credited with coining the term ragtime. Ragtime was also a modification of the march made popular by John Philip Sousa, with additional polyrhythms coming from African music.The ragtime composer Scott Joplin became famous through the publication in 1899 of the " Maple Leaf Rag" and a string of ragtime hits such as " The Entertainer" 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. Louis and New Orleans years before being published as popular sheet music for piano. It began as dance music in the red-light districts of African American communities in St. Its main characteristic trait is its syncopated, or "ragged," rhythm. Ragtime (alternatively spelled rag-time or rag time) is a musical genre that enjoyed its peak popularity between 18.

It uses rags, cakewalks, marches, and soaring ballads, as well as joyous dance music that is infectiously ebullient and at other times unabashedly romantic.Ragtime 'First musical genre born in America' Stephen Flaherty’s marvelous score will provide many challenges for PSF’s cast of Ragtime. This musical adaptation of Doctorow’s novel does not provide answers or solutions to the challenges that face our society, both then and now, but instead it holds a mirror up to the concept of America, allowing us to see ourselves in a historical continuum through the lens of a musical metaphor. Although the musical treats serious social themes and is critical of the unevenly fulfilled promise of America as a melting pot and a land of opportunity, it is hugely entertaining, romantic, hopeful, and patriotic. Ragtime illuminates many of the same aspirations that we continue to wrestle with today-equity, diversity, and inclusion viewed through the lenses of immigration, economic opportunity, race, and gender. I saw that production three times and listened to the original Broadway cast recording over and over again until I wore out the CD. I recall seeing the original production in New York and being thrilled by the score and incredibly moved by the story.

Directed by Frank Galati and choreographed by the brilliant Graciela Daniele, it was nominated for 13 Tony Awards and introduced two performers to the Broadway stage who have since become legends in the American musical theatre-Brian Stokes Mitchell and Audra MacDonald as Coalhouse Walker, Jr. The new musical Ragtime was a huge and lavish show that first premiered in Toronto in 1996 and then opened the Ford Center for the Performing Arts on Broadway in 1998. Intertwined with the fictional characters of each group are real historical figures from the beginning of the 20th century, such as Harry Houdini, Booker T. In 1996, the novel was translated into a brilliant musical by composer Stephen Flaherty, lyricist Lynn Ahrens, and playwright Terrence McNally.ĭoctorow’s novel tells the story of three groups-a wealthy white family living in New Rochelle, New York, African-Americans living in Harlem, and a group of European immigrants arriving at Ellis Island and searching for the American dream in the ghettos of the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Doctorow’s novel was later adapted into a film directed by Milos Forman in 1981, which starred the incomparable James Cagney and a very young Elizabeth McGovern. Doctorow, used the term “ragtime” as the title of his 1975 novel, which is considered one of the best American novels of the 20th century. One of the great modern American novelists of the last century, E.L. Who can forget Irving Berlin’s first major hit, the 1911 anthem “Alexander’s Ragtime Band”? Ragtime further developed into scores for a small orchestra and became the most popular music in America up until the First World War. The effect of the two opposing rhythms was an almost hypnotic sound that made listeners tap their feet or get up on their feet and dance to this marvelous music. Ragtime was primarily played on the piano and used a strict left hand alternating bass with syncopated or “ragged” melody lines played by the right. For the film, composer Marvin Hamlisch adapted the music of 1890s composer Scott Joplin, who was known as the “King of Ragtime” for his catchy compositions such as “The Maple Leaf Rag” and “The Entertainer.” Ragtime composers like Joplin found a way to combine the musical style of African-American jigs and cakewalks with the marches of John Philip Sousa. Most people are familiar with the musical genre of ragtime because of the 1973 film The Sting, starring Robert Redford and Paul Newman.