Rags and ragtime : a musical history / David A. Jasen & Trebor Jay Tichenor.

Author/creator Jasen, David A.
Other author Tichenor, Trebor Jay.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Dover, 1989, ©1978.
Descriptionxii, 310 pages, 44 pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, music ; 22 cm
Subjects

Contents Ragtime as a form and a fad -- Early ragtime: 1897-1905. Thomas M. J. Turpin ; Charles Hunter ; Charles Leslie Johnson ; Theron C. Bennett ; Euday Louis Bowman ; Sanford Brunson Campbell ; Leslie C. Copeland ; Joe Jordan ; Calvin Lee Woolsey ; Other important rags -- The Joplin tradition. Scott Joplin ; Louis Chauvin ; Scott Hayden ; Arthur Marshall ; James Sylvester Scott ; Joseph Francis Lamb -- Popular ragtime: 1906-1912. George Botsford ; Thomas Henry Lodge ; May Frances Aufderheide ; J. Russel Robinson ; Harry Austin Tierney ; H. Clarence Woods ; Other important rags -- Advanced ragtime: 1913-1917. George L. Cobb ; Harry Jentes ; Paul Charles Pratt ; Artie Matthews ; Charles Hubbard Thompson ; Charles Luckeyth Roberts ; James Hubert (Eubie) Blake ; Charles T. Straight ; Max Kortlander ; Other important rags -- Novelty ragtime, 1918-1928. Edward Elzear (Zez) Confrey ; Roy Fredrick Bargy ; Rube Bloom ; Billy Mayerl ; Philmore (Phil) Ohman ; Arthur Schutt ; Other important rags -- Stride ragtime. James Price Johnson ; Thomas Wright (Fats) Waller ; William Henry Joseph Bonaparte Berthloff ; Willie "The lion" Smith -- Jelly Roll Morton. Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe (Jelly Roll Morton) -- The ragtime revival: 1941-1978. Louis Ferdinand Busch ; William Fred Krenz ; Richard Roven Hyman ; David Alan Jasen ; Trebor Jay Tichenor ; Thomas William Shea ; Donald Ashwander ; William Elden Bolcom -- Appendix: Other important ragtime composers.
Abstract This well-known, highly praised book is the definitive history of ragtime music and its composers. Both authors are widely celebrated composers, performers, collectors, historians and critics of ragtime music. With great enthusiasm and expertise, they trace the growth and diversification of ragtime from its earliest beginnings in the late 19th century through its heyday in the folk, classic, popular, novelty and stride ragtime periods to its current revival. Forty-eight major composers are discussed, including Scott Joplin, Zez Confrey, Jelly Roll Morton, Fats Waller and many other greats. In addition, 800 important rags are profiled, most of them bearing the carefree titles that were part of the tradition, titles like "Canned Corn Rag," "Bantam Step," "Too Much Raspberry," "Ragging the Scale" and "Red Onion Rag." Each profile includes date of publication, original publisher, a discography and a commentary on the unique character and appeal of each rag. Over a hundred photographs, many of them rare, illuminate this lively chronicle, along with reproductions of original sheet music and many other items of interest from the authors' personal archives.
General noteUpdated and slightly corrected republication of the edition originally published by the Seabury Press, New York, in 1978.
General noteIncludes index.
LCCN 88030970
ISBN0486259226
ISBN9780486259222
Stock numberSAN 201-338X

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Music Stacks ML3530 .J373 1989 ✔ Available Place Hold