Styles of Jazz: Ragtime
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Ragtime References
Some well-written books on Ragtime include
- Rudi Blesh. They All Played Ragtime.
Oak Publications, New York, 1966.
- David Jasen and Trebor Tichenor.
Rags and Ragtime: A Musical History.
- William J. Schafer and Johannes Riedel.
The Art of Ragtime: Form and Meaning of an Original Black Art.
Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, 1973.
Any library is incomplete without a biography of Scott Joplin.
One such book is
- Peter Gammond. Scott Joplin and the Ragtime Era.
Angus and Robertson, London, 1975.
The Smithsonian's publication of the music of James Scott includes articles
describing and analyzing his music.
- Scott DeVeaux and William Howland Kenney, eds. The Music of James
Scott. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London, 1992.
More books relating ragtime to other musical paradigms of African descent
include
- Carol Lems-Dworkin. Africa in Scott Joplin's Music.
Carol Lems-Dworkin Publishers, Evanston, Illinois, 1991.
- Arnold Shaw. Black Popular Music in America: From the Spirituals,
Minstrels, and Ragtime to Soul, Disco, and Hip-Hop.
Schirmer Books, New York, 1986.
Good recordings abound. Dover anthologies of reprinted sheet music
are reasonably priced.
(c) 1995 by Jerome J. Wolbert. All rights reserved. Comments and
suggestions are welcomed. Email the author at
wolbert@math.uchicago.edu.