ragtime
Sue Keller
Women in Ragtime: Sue Keller Born on July 7, 1952, Sue Keller is a ragtime pianist who has served as the music director of the
James Scott
The Little Professor James Scott is a well-known ragtime composer and pianist born in Kenosha, Missouri. He started playing the piano at an early age,
The Cakewalk
The Cakewalk https://youtu.be/yD3Ybme_cdc The Cakewalk was originated when slaves imitated their white masters doing ballroom dance. This dance was their form of satire. The slaves
The Forgotten Star – Hazel Scott
Hazel Scott was a Trinidadian born Ragtime superstar. She also used her spotlight to speak on racial discrimination and segregation. At the age of 4 Hazel
The History of Ragtime: “Cakewalk” and “Coon song”
Introduction Ragtime was around but way before the name was given to the genre. However, by the end of the 1890’s it was finally defined
The King of Ragtime: Scott Joplin
The History of Ragtime Ragtime was a popularized syncopated or rather “ragged” musical style that originated from the rivers along Mississippi and Missouri during the