Ragtime music originated within African American communities in the late 19th century and became a distinctly American form of popular music. It is closely related to marches. Ragtime pieces usually …

Ragtime, propulsively syncopated musical style, one forerunner of jazz and the predominant style of American popular music from about 1899 to 1917. Ragtime evolved in the playing of honky-tonk …

Ragtime -- A genre of musical composition for the piano, generally in duple meter and containing a highly syncopated treble lead over a rhythmically steady bass. A ragtime composition is usually …

“Ragtime” describes songs and social dances (such as the cakewalk) that presented stereotypical representations of African Americans in the late 1890s and early 1900s, as well as the syncopated …

Oct 17, 2025 · Audra McDonald and Brian Stokes Mitchell reunited for the opening night of the Broadway revival of 'Ragtime,' more than 25 years after originating their iconic roles in the 1998 …

Jun 30, 2025 · Ragtime is a sweeping musical set in the early 1900s that weaves together the lives of fictional African Americans, Eastern European immigrants, and well-off white characters with those of …

RAGTIME is a sweeping musical adaptation of E.L. Doctorow ’s novel that follows three fictional families in pursuit of the American Dream at the dawn of the 20th Century: Black pianist Coalhouse Walker, …

Oct 17, 2025 · Ragtime review: The wheels of a dream turn down an all too familiar path in stirring Broadway revival Joshua Henry, Caissie Levy, and Brandon Uranowitz lead a powerhouse ensemble.

1 day ago · Broadway shows setting Christmas Week records were Stranger Things: The First Shadow, Ragtime, Just In Time and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

Ragtime was one of the most popular forms of music in the United States between 1897 and 1917. Rooted in African American folk dance traditions, it evolved in the decades after emancipation, …