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Rudi Blesh Harriet Janis THEY ALL PLATED RAGTIME The True Story of an American Music Alfred A. Knopf New Tork 1950 To the memory of SCOTT JOPLIN Here is the genius whose spirit., though diluted, was filtered through thousands of cheap songs and vain imitations. JOHN STARK S LIBRARY D ODDI Difisai ny MO. PUBLIC LIBRARY mh go way man, I can hypnotize dis nation, I can shake de earth s foundation wid de Maple Leaf Rag Oh go way man, just holdyo breath a minit, For theres not a stunt thafs in it, wid de Maple Leaf Rag MAPLE LEAP RAG SONG Music by Scott Joplin Words by Sydney Brown ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IRITING the first book on ragtime presented special problems. In the virtual absence of written source material, it was necessary, and in any event would have been desirable, to rely almost exclusively on personal interviews or correspond ence with the actual personalities who made ragtime one of the greatest musical crazes in history. The majority of these personalities were not easy to find. Many, of course, were dead. Most of those who had survived, thirty years since the ragtime craze ended and over half a century since it began, had lapsed into obscurity. We were fortunate, however, in lo cating all the important surviving key figures and the relatives and friends of those who are dead. Too profuse thanks cannot be given to the scores of people who talked with and played for us, for without the help they gave so enthusiastically this book would have been impossible to write. The story of Sedalia, the cradle of ragtime, and much of that of St. Louis, its quondam capital, are from the words of Arthur Marshall, G. Tom Ireland, the Reverend Alonzo Hayden, C. W. Gravitt, and William G. Flynn. The Sedalia picture was filled out by correspondence with Charles R. IX THEY ALL PLAYED BAG-TIME Hanna, music critic of the Sedalia Democrat, and Mrs. Julia Cross, sister of Scott Hayden. S. Branson Campbell The Rag time Kid, an early friend of Scott Joplin, generously furnished us with a part of the early stories of Joplin and Sedalia and permitted us to quote from his short history. When Ragtime Was Young which appeared in installments in the Jazz Journal, London, St. Louis history was unfolded by Sam Patterson, Artie Matthews, Charley Thompson, George Reynolds, Webb Owsley, Lester A. Walton, Mrs. Edward Mellinger, Charles Warfield who also contributed to the Chicago picture, Sylvestre Chauvin, nephew of Louis Chauvin, and the St. Louis ragtime enthusiast Dr. Hubert S. Pruett. The New Orleans chapter was filled out by George Pops Foster, Miss Ida Jackson and Mrs. Mariah Sutton sisters of the late Tony Jackson, Sammy Davis, Tony Parenti, and Dr. Edmond Souchon, and by Jelly Roll Morton posthu mously through his interviews with Alan Lomax and the 1938 documentary records he made for the Library of Congress archives. The rights to use this material were granted to Circle Records by the Morton Estate and its Executor, Hugh E. MacBeth, thus making it available to the authors. Invaluable, too, in the New Orleans connection were the reminiscences of the perennial prophet of ragtime, Roy J. Carew. To him also go our thanks for permission to quote from one of his published articles, for access to his sheet-music collection, and for his patient hours of playing the old rag time masterpieces for us. The life story of the late James Scott of Neosho and Kansas City was reconstructed from interviews and correspondence with his sister, Mrs. Lena King, with his brothers, Howard and Oliver, and with his cousins, Mrs. Patsy L. Thomas, Mrs. Ruth Callahan, and the late Ada Brown, and with a fellow musician of Scotts, Lawrence Denton. Chicagos large part in ragtime was related by Nettie Compton, Glover Compton who also contributed much about Louisville, Charlie Elgar, Hugh Swift, Hurley and Horace Diemer, and George Filhe. The story of the first and most successful of the chains of ragtime schools was told by X ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Carle Christensen for his father... ... Read more

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A great collection of 14 rythmic pieces for piano in easy to play arrangements, with chord symbols and fingerings. ... Read more

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Greatest Introduction to Ragtime Guitar and Complex Fingerst
This book comes with 2 sheet records of all the music.It has photographs of the positioning of fingers on the fretboard.It has detailed discussion opposite each page of music covering how to transition figering and picking.The music is all original but is finely written with great melody and harmony.The songs have become part of guitar instruction by teachers in figerstyle.It includes historical old photos for a warm mood thru the book.Pages are heavy and beige.The guitarist is on the cover and is Richard Saslow.This is a treasure.He's dressed from the period of the height of Ragtime.What happened to Green Note Music Publications and Schirmer Books?If you find this anywhere, get it!A great learning experience and you play stuff that sounds amazing and complex, but not hard to learn from this book. ... Read more

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Book 2-Advanced Instruction. "Enables the Beginner or Advanced Pianist to quickly and easily acquire the abilityto play and convert any melody into effective ragtime at sight." ... Read more

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Before Fred and Ginger there was Vernon and Irene
I was so thrilled to find this book. As a longtime fan of classic movies I was familiar with the movie The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers and I always wondered how much of the story was true since Hollywood biographical films are notorious for playing fast and loose with the facts. This is a well written and researched biography of the famous husband and wife dance team. I'm so glad that after the passage of so many years there was enough information still available for Ms. Golden to write this book, some have never been published before, like the fact that they planned to divorce after Vernon returned from the war. She was even able to interview Irene Castle's son by a later marriage and the daughter of the woman who might have become Vernon's second wife if he had not died so tragically during World War I. I highly recommend this book, along with Ms. Golden's previous biographies of Jean Harlow, Theda Bara, and Anna Held, to anyone interested in theatrical and movie history and to fans of the Astaire and Rogers movie who would like to know the true story. ... Read more

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Ragtime, the jaunty, toe-tapping music that captivated American society from the 1890s through World War I, forms the roots of America s popular musical expression.But the understanding of ragtime and its era has been clouded by a history of murky impressions, half-truths, and inventive fictions.Ragtime: A Musical and Cultural History cuts through the murkiness.A methodical survey of thousands of rags along with an examination of then-contemporary opinions in magazines and newspapers demonstrate how the music evolved and how America responded to it."The most complete available discussion of ragtime"(Floyd & Reisser, Black Music in the United States). ... Read more

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THE SUNDIALA CLASSY RAGTIME PIANO SOLO Recorded on the STARGOLD MUSIC LABELJON Weaver iii Plays Nashville Ragtime THOSE LONG GONE DOG GONE NASHVILLE RAGS ... Read more

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The Scott Joplin Melody Dicer is a jazz composing game for all instruments. The measures of Joplin's music are arranged on cards. The player tosses dice to select the measures. After 10 tosses and 10 cards, the rag is ready to be played. There is almost no limit to the number of pieces you can create with this fun and educational music composing game. ... Read more