an IT system to determine whether it is an instance of the named platform. A general requirement for the naming structure is that the set of platforms identified by a long. name should be a subset of the set of platforms identified by a shorter initial portion of that same. name.
The first true ragtime composition was published by William Krell called The Mississippi Rag in 1897. Tom Turpin, the first published African American composer wrote The Harlem Rag the same year.
Considered the first completely American music, ragtime was popular towards the end of the 19th century and into the first two decades of the 20th century, roughly 1893 to 1917. It is the style of music that preceded jazz. Musical Characteristics. Structured in a way similar to the march, ragtimeâs use of syncopation is largely what distinguished it. Its rhythms made it lively and springy, and therefore ideal for dancing.