Ray Argyle

Scott Joplin and the Age of Ragtime

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Produktbeschreibung

At the turn of the twentieth century, Scott Joplin struggled on the margins of society to play a pivotal role in the creation of ragtime music. His brief life and tragic death encompassed a tumultuous time of changes in modern music, culture, and technology. This biography follows Joplin's life from the brothels and bars of St. Louis to the music mills of Tin Pan Alley as he introduced a syncopated, lively style to classical piano.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 383g
• ISBN-13: 9780786443765
• ISBN-10: 0786443766
• Artikelnr.: 25693021

Autorenporträt

Ray Argyle is the author of eleven books, including biographies of French President Charles de Gaulle and American Ragtime composer Scott Joplin. A journalist and media consultant, his articles have appeared in such magazines as Reader's Digest, France Today, and World War II History. He is based in Kingston, Ontario.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments     
Prelude     
Part I-Breaking All the Rules: The 1890s     
1. A Medley for the Fair: A Time to Start Raggin' It     
2. My Kind of Town: Hot Nights in the City     
3. The Making of the Legend: A Boy and a Banjo     
4. Marching to a Ragtime Tune     
Part II-The Music Makers Play Main Street: The 1900s     
5. Writing in Ragtime     
6. Tin Pan Alley and All That Jazz: Footloose in "Black Bohemia"     
7. They All Played Ragtime: Scott Joplin and Irving Berlin-A Case of
Plagiarism?     
8. The Girls of Ragtime and the Cult of Celebrity: Murder, Passion and
Honor     
Part III-The Dream That Wouldn't Die: The 1910s     
9. Dancing in Ragtime     
10. The Censors and the Erotic Life     
11. Reporting in Ragtime     
12. Dreaming of Treemonisha     
Part IV-After the Rag: The Finale     
13. Little Mary and the Little Tramp: Ragtime Partners of the Silent
Screen     
14. The Rites of Spring: The Martyred Saint of the Ragtime Era     
15. Ragtime in Revival     
16. Echoes of the Music: We're All Still Playing Ragtime     
The Life and Times of Scott Joplin     
Scott Joplin's Compositions     
Sources of Quotations     
Appendix: Ragtime in the Newspapers     
Bibliography     
Index