"A
work for all time . . . (with) a tremendous amount of historical
information which has never been published. . . . It will be the
standard text and reference work in the ragtime field." — Rag Times.
This
well-known, highly praised book is the definitive history of ragtime
music and its composers. Both authors are widely celebrated composers,
performers, collectors, historians, and critics of ragtime music. With
great enthusiasm and expertise, they trace the growth and
diversification of ragtime from its earliest beginnings in the late
nineteenth century through its heyday in the Folk, Classic, Popular,
Novelty, and Stride Ragtime periods to its current revival.
Forty-eight
major composers are discussed, including Scott Joplin, Zez Confrey,
Jelly Roll Morton, Fats Waller, and many other greats. In addition, 800
important rags are profiled, most of them bearing the carefree titles
that were part of the tradition, titles like "Canned Corn Rag," "Bantam
Step," "Too Much Raspberry," "Ragging the Scale," and "Red Onion Rag."
Each profile includes date of publication, original publisher, a
discography, and a commentary of the unique character and appeal of each
rag.
Over 100 photographs, many of them rare, illuminate this lively
chronicle, along with reproductions of original sheet music and many
other items of interest from the authors' personal archives.
"Jasen
and Tichenor have no peers in ragtime knowledge. . . .They are the two
unchallengeable authorities in the field of ragtime history,
personalities, and musical forms." — The Classic Rag.
"A
combination encyclopedia/biography/history/analysis and review, it
teems with what would appear to be everything the ragtime buff or casual
inquirer needs or wants to know about the music that won't stand
still." — The Christian Science Monitor.
"Rags and Ragtime tells it all. There's a lot here I didn't know in pictures, music, and words." — Eubie Blake.
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