The Rome Capitol Theatre will present “A Pageant of American Music” with The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra at 7 p.m. Saturday, ...

It has its origins in the saloon bars and dance halls of African-American communities. Ragtime music was written down, not improvised. Scott Joplin was the most famous ragtime composer.

Some people think that ragtime started with Irving Berlin’s Alexander’s Ragtime Band. Others, better informed, know that when Berlin’s song appeared (1911) ragtime had long since passed its ...

After St. Louis native Royce Martin, 25, chatted with rapper Big Sean on the “Kelly Clarkson Show” in February, the pianist ...

The combination of African and European musical elements resulted in new styles of popular American music - including ragtime, blues and jazz.

Outstanding Music (Drama Desk Awards) for The Glorious Ones, Best New Musical (Olivier Awards) for Ragtime, Outstanding Music (Drama Desk Awards) for A Man of No Importance, Outstanding Music ...

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Ragtime is about the possibility and impossibility ... novel about American social change between 1902 and 1912 features music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and a book by Terrence ...

Set in the 'volatile melting pot' of turn-of-the-century New York, the musical is the theater's 200th production.