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On the Web
- Ragtime Society Frankfurt - Performs historical band arrangements from the ragtime era. Concept, performances, musicians, repertoire, MIDIs and sheet music covers, recordings, ragtime discussion forum.
- John Roache's Ragtime MIDI Library - Complete collection of John Roache's Ragtime, Swing, Jazz and Stride Piano MIDI performances; links; MIDI and Ragtime FAQs; Profiles of ragtime performers and composers. Includes music by Robin Frost, Frank French, James P. Johnson, Scott Joplin, James Scott, and Eubie Blake.
- Mary Haley's Ragtime Page - Information on ragtime concerts, festivals, societies and clubs; list of CD recordings and sheet music; links to MIDI files, merchandise.
- Keeper's long-lost MIDI files - Sequences from 1988 to the present of mostly ragtime and baroque keyboard works. Includes original ragtime compositions by the founder of the rec.music.ragtime newsgroup.
- WNUR: The Ragtime Story - Historical article following Scott Joplin's musical career.
- Ragtime MIDI Files by Warren Trachtman - Ragtime MIDI files of piano pieces by Scott Joplin, James Scott, Joseph Lamb, Jelly-Roll Morton, Eubie Blake, and others. Piano Soundfonts.
- Ragtime Sheet Music and Books - A source for ragtime music. Includes some downloadable tunes in GIF format and a links to other ragtime music.
- The Broadway Musical Home: Ragtime - Includes cast list of the Broadway production, synopsis, list of musical numbers, and links to sheet music and recordings.
- JazzWeb: Ragtime - Page from Northwestern University site offers history and links to artists and composers.
- Rocky Mountain Ragtime Festival - Performances, symposia and workshops, schedule of events, and reviews of ragtime music.
Wikipedia Articles
- Alexander's Ragtime Band (film) - Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938) is a film, released by Twentieth Century Fox, that takes off from the 1911 Irving Berlin song "Alexander's Ragtime Band", to tell a story of a society boy who scandalizes his family by pursuing a career in ragtime instead of in "serious" music. It stars Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Ethel Merman, Jack Haley, and Jean Hersholt.
- Ragtime (film) - Ragtime is a 1981 motion picture based on the historical novel Ragtime by E. L.
- Folk ragtime - Folk ragtime is a subgenre of ragtime, a distinctly American music. It is thought to have originated with illiterate itinerant African American piano players, who learned the syncopated music not formally, but through their peers.
- Classic Rag - Classic Rag (or classical ragtime) is a term used to describe the style of ragtime composition pioneered by Scott Joplin and the Missouri school of ragtime composers. The term "classic" was first applied to these compositions by Joplin's publisher, John Stark, as a way to distinguish them from what he considered the "common" rags of other publishers, but today the term ...
- Ragtime progression - The ragtime progression (Fahey 1970) is a chord progression typical of ragtime music and parlour music genres though its use originated in classical music and spread to American folk music: