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Ragtime Was All The Rage A Century Ago — In Sedalia, Missouri, It Still Is

Pianist William McNally plays the 'Maple Leaf Rag' for students at Skyline Elementary School in Sedalia, Mo. Ragtime is big with the kids in Sedalia. One day this spring, about 100 of them cheered for ...
Jazz

Scott Joplin - Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Maple Leaf Rag (Piano & Orchestra Version); Solace; Pleasant Moments; Heliotrope Bouquet (Stomp Version); Courtship (Based On Elite Syncopation); Cutting Contest / Maple Leaf Rag; Peacherine Rag; The ...
Time

Folk Songs: Rag Peddler

Oh go ‘way, man, I can hypnotize disnation, I can shake de earth’s foundation wid de Maple Leaf Rag! Oh go ‘way, man, just hold yo’ breath a minnit, For there’s not a stunt that’s in it, wid de Maple ...
The New York Times

Scott Joplin’s Ragtime Is Ambrosia. Here’s Why It Matters.

Friday is the anniversary of Scott Joplin’s death in 1917. The story of this Black master of the ragtime genre can seem like one that never got far beyond the starting gate and ended with a sad ...