Ratime Project

... History Context When: Ragtime music started in the late 1800's . However, it did not become popular until the 1900's. In fact, it was most popular from 1897 to 1918. Although after 1917, its popularity began to be replaced by Jazz, in early 1940s, Jazz musicians started to include some ragtime music in their repertoire. Even though ragtime music is still being composed now, the most significant revivals of popular interest in ragtime music happened in the 1950s and the 1970s. Where: Ragtime music originated from America. It descended from the jigs and marches played by Afrian-Americans. Ragtime was first played Louisville by Ben Harney in 1895. One year later, it began to gain popularity in New York City and got more and more popular later on. Nevertheless, Missouri was considered to be the 'heartland' of ragtime music. According to two well-known music historians David Jasen and Gene, 'There were more rags--and more good

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