JAZZ NOTES

RAGTIME STYLE

At the end of the 19th century a new style of music became the rage. It was called RAGTIME.

It started in St. Louis and New Orleans from around 1895 where it was very popular in cafes and saloons.

Black musicians spread the music to other areas of the country. The music combined African rhythms with marching band music.  

Ernest Hogan was an innovator and key pioneer who helped develop the musical genre and is credited with coining the term Ragtime.

One of the most important ragtime musicians was Scott Joplin.  He started writing this new kind of music when he lived in Missouri.

In 1899 Joplin named his first "rag" song "The Maple Leaf Rag."  When the song was published, it became an instant success.

Ragtime started to fall out of favor around 1917 when JAZZ claimed the public's imagination.

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