Ragtime: An Encyclopedia, Discography, and Sheetography

Ragtime: An Encyclopedia, Discography, and Sheetography
ISBN-10
1000143848
ISBN-13
9781000143843
Series
Ragtime
Category
Music
Pages
572
Language
English
Published
2020-08-13
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Dave Jasen

Description

Ragtime: An Encyclopedia, Discography, and Sheetography is the definitive reference work for this important popular form of music that flourished from the 1890s through the 1920s, and was one of the key predecessors of jazz. It collects for the first time entries on all the important composers and performers, and descriptions of their works; a complete listing of all known published ragtime compositions, even those self-published and known only in single copies; and a complete discography from the cylinder era to today. It also represents the culmination of a lifetime’s research for its author, considered to be the foremost scholar of ragtime and early twentiethh-century popular music. Rare photographs accompany most entries, taken from the original sheets, newspapers, and other archival sources.

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