Synopses & Reviews
Jasen (communications, Long Island U.) and actor and music historian Jones begin in 1899 when Scott Joplin approached a music publisher with a tune rather like a march but with a lilting melody and a syncopated beat. Their account of the genre is chronological within regions: Missouri, middle American, the south, the west, the northeast, and New York City.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-413) and indexes.
Table of Contents
Missouri ragtime -- Ragtime in Mid-America -- Ragtime in the South -- Ragtime in the West -- Ragtime in the Northeast -- Ragtime in New York City.