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Title: King of Ragtime
Author: Edward A Berlin
ISBN: 9780195101089
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1996
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Condition: Used: Very Good
Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Music & Performing Arts 1453098
Publisher Description:
In 1974, the academy award-winning film The Sting brought back the music of Scott Joplin, a black ragtime composer who died in 1917. Led by "The Entertainer, " one of the most popular pieces of the mid-1970s, a revival of his music resulted in events unprecedented in American musical history. Never before had any composer's music been so acclaimed by both the popular and classical music worlds. While reaching a "Top Ten" position in the pop charts, Joplin's music was also being performed in classical recitals and setting new heights for sales of classical records. His opera Treemonisha was performed both in opera houses and on Broadway. Edward A. Berlin's King of Ragtime redefines the Scott Joplin biography. Author of the widely acclaimed Ragtime: A Musical and Cultural History, Berlin uses the skills of a trained musicologist to uncover a vast amount of new information about Joplin. His biography truly documents the story of the composer, replacing the myths and unsupported anecdotes of previous histories. We see a new and more realistic Scott Joplin, one with human frailties as well as greatness. Berlin paints a vivid picture of the ragtime years, placing Scott Joplin's story in its historical context. The composer emerges as a representative of the first post-Civil War generation of African Americans, of the men and women who found in the world of entertainment a way out of poverty and lowly social status. King of Ragtime recreates the excitement of these pioneers who dreamed of greatness as they sought to overcome the limits society placed upon their race.
Author: Edward A Berlin
ISBN: 9780195101089
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1996
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Condition: Used: Very Good
Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Music & Performing Arts 1453098
Publisher Description:
In 1974, the academy award-winning film The Sting brought back the music of Scott Joplin, a black ragtime composer who died in 1917. Led by "The Entertainer, " one of the most popular pieces of the mid-1970s, a revival of his music resulted in events unprecedented in American musical history. Never before had any composer's music been so acclaimed by both the popular and classical music worlds. While reaching a "Top Ten" position in the pop charts, Joplin's music was also being performed in classical recitals and setting new heights for sales of classical records. His opera Treemonisha was performed both in opera houses and on Broadway. Edward A. Berlin's King of Ragtime redefines the Scott Joplin biography. Author of the widely acclaimed Ragtime: A Musical and Cultural History, Berlin uses the skills of a trained musicologist to uncover a vast amount of new information about Joplin. His biography truly documents the story of the composer, replacing the myths and unsupported anecdotes of previous histories. We see a new and more realistic Scott Joplin, one with human frailties as well as greatness. Berlin paints a vivid picture of the ragtime years, placing Scott Joplin's story in its historical context. The composer emerges as a representative of the first post-Civil War generation of African Americans, of the men and women who found in the world of entertainment a way out of poverty and lowly social status. King of Ragtime recreates the excitement of these pioneers who dreamed of greatness as they sought to overcome the limits society placed upon their race.
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