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Ragtime â also spelled rag-time or rag time â is a musical style that enjoyed its peak popularity between 1895 and 1918. Its cardinal trait is its syncopated, or ragged, rhythm. The style has its origins in African-American communities in cities such as St. Louis years before being composed and published as popular sheet music for piano.
Ragtime was essentially a piano music Ragtime was a music which descended from the cakewalk Ragtime music was hard, bright, cheerful and machine-like. Additional characteristics. The music was white (or European) in essence, although most of its practitioners were black Ragtime was a composed music Ragtime pieces were conceived as pieces capable of standing alone; embellishments and improvisation were superfluous and not usually permitted It was desirable to play a piece the same way every time Ragtime was a printed music Its orientation was towards classical concert music Circus psychology was predominant; the tendency was toward faster tempos and sensational technical exploits The performance goal of ragtime was the successful realization of a predictable result It was characterized by an emulation of white techniques, which seems to belie the instinctual character of American Negro music