In This Is Ragtime, Terry Waldo, musician and scholar, explores ragtime in detail, offering music lovers and social historians a unique view of the music from its inception through its colorful evolution. Waldo tells the story of Scott Joplin and his frustrating attempts to elevate his music to the status of the classics, from his first rags to the tragedy surrounding his operatic masterpiece Treemonisha. Waldo also depicts the exciting and often bawdy settings of the music: the earthly minstrel shows, the whorehouses, the cold and commercial publishers of Tin Pin Alley, the traditional jazz emporiums of Dixieland, and finally the prestigious concert halls of the world. Amplifying Waldo's accounts of how and why ragtime continues to fascinate the music world are pithy interviews with most of its enduring personalities: Eubie Blake, Max Morath, Turk Murphy, Lu Watters, Joe "Fingers" Carr, Johnny Maddox, Gunther Schuller, William Bolcom, and Joshua Rifkin. Illustrated with art work and artifacts, This Is Ragtime is an enduring classic for all ragtime and jazz enthusiasts.
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Terry Waldo, America's leading performer and historian of ragtime, has produced over twenty-five albums, a radio series for NPR, and numerous sound tracks for films and commercials. The protege of the late Eubie Blake, Waldo has recently recorded with Leon Redbone and has been appearing with Woody Allen in New York.
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This is Ragtime by Terry Waldo is an extremely well researched book on the history of ragtime and early blues. As a protege' of Eubie Blake, Mr. Waldo provides an inside view into this genre from the turn of the century through the 1970s. Engaging and witty, this history lesson takes the reader on a journey from ragtimes roots, through the baudy houses in which the music was once associated, to its acceptance in popular culture. Mr. Waldo is a very talented performer and songwriter in his own right. His anecdotes and interviews with fellow blues and ragtime performers make this book a highly entertaining and educational read.
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Only ten years ago, when most people thought of ragtime. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
instrumental rags, rag composers, ragtime era, classic ragtime, piano ragtime, ragtime revival, classic rags, ragtime players, old sheet music, piano rags, played ragtime, ragtime composers, ragtime piano, ragtime music, folk sources, stride piano, coon songs, piano rolls Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Scott Joplin, New York, New Orleans, Eubie Blake, United States, Maple Leaf Rag, Rudi Blesh, Tin Pan Alley, John Stark, San Francisco, The Sting, Jelly Roll Morton, They All Played Ragtime, Arthur Marshall, Max Morath, Kansas City, Tony Jackson, Turk Murphy, Trebor Tichenor, Irving Berlin, James Scott, Bert Williams, Civil War, Lottie Joplin, Marvin Hamlisch New!
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Only ten years ago, when most people thought of ragtime. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
instrumental rags, rag composers, ragtime era, classic ragtime, piano ragtime, ragtime revival, classic rags, ragtime players, old sheet music, piano rags, played ragtime, ragtime composers, ragtime piano, ragtime music, folk sources, stride piano, coon songs, piano rolls Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Scott Joplin, New York, New Orleans, Eubie Blake, United States, Maple Leaf Rag, Rudi Blesh, Tin Pan Alley, John Stark, San Francisco, The Sting, Jelly Roll Morton, They All Played Ragtime, Arthur Marshall, Max Morath, Kansas City, Tony Jackson, Turk Murphy, Trebor Tichenor, Irving Berlin, James Scott, Bert Williams, Civil War, Lottie Joplin, Marvin Hamlisch New!
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- Maple Leaf Rag by Sott Joplin on 19 pages
- They All Played Ragtime by Rudi Blesh on 6 pages
- Piano Rags by William Bolcom on page 182, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Classic Piano Rags: Complete Original Music for 81 Piano Rags by Rudi Blesh on page 199, page 203, and Back Matter
- Ragtime Rarities (Dover collections for the piano) by Trebor Jay Tichenor on page 132, and Back Matter
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- A Right to Sing the Blues: African Americans, Jews, and American Popular Song by Jeffrey Melnick on 8 pages
- Criticism and the Color Line: Desegregating American Literary Studies by Henry B Wonham on page 156
- Extraordinary People of the Harlem Renaissance by P. Stephen Hardy in Back Matter
- Breaking Records: 100 Years of Hits by William Ruhlmann in Back Matter
- Stomp and Swerve: American Music Gets Hot, 1843-1924 by David Wondrich in Back Matter
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