Ragtime music

This heading is assigned to ragtime music for two or more performers.
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85110853
- info:lc/authorities/sh85110853
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85110853#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Rags (Popular music)
- Ragtime music--United States
Broader Terms
- African Americans--Music
- Popular music
Narrower Terms
Sources
- found: New Grove dict. of Amer. music (ragtime: a style of popular music that flourished from about 1896 to 1918; its most important element, rhythmic syncopation, was recognized as a general trait of Afro-American music; lost strength during World War I, giving way to jazz, the new American syncopated popular music)
- found: LCCN 92765385: Original piano rags from the Golden Age of Rag, 19--.
- found: New Grove dict. of mus. WWW site, Jan. 17, 2006 (rags: passim.)
LC Classification
- ML3530
General Notes
- This heading is assigned to ragtime music for two or more performers.
Change Notes
- 2006-01-17: new
- 2013-01-03: revised

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