Those Ragtime Years (1960)

[@w.a.a.]

Fantastic. I've had the audio to this for decades. Glad to now SEE it!

[@ZeldaMarshall]

No way! I thought this documentary was gone forever, the only tape of it having been erased long ago by NBC. At least, that is what I remember reading in Terry Waldo's book, "This is Ragtime!" (original 1976 edition). So glad it was since found! (Now I have new hope that we will find Joplin's "A Guest of Honour" opera!) Thank you for the upload! So glad I could see so many demos of popular dances & songs of the day to help put everything into perspective.

[@SugarBearMosher]

So important. And wow, look at Clara Ward around the 21.5 minute mark leading the gospel group!!! One of the best. This video is amazing and RAW!!!

[@itsRemco]

Thanks for this wonderful upload!

[@schalkerasmus277]

Thank you for this presentation of pleasing music. It is amazing how the world changed in just over 100 years.

[@pennychrisman3294]

Thankyou so much for making these grand enduring songs available to us❤️💜💙

[@glorygracek.1841]

Have to hit the hay, but I can't wait to watch this tomorrow, hopefully! Always.want to play ragtime but never could find a teacher past the simple basics. And couldn't figure it out by myself.

[@brucetowell3432]

You have to play ragtime, first, very slow, and one hand at a time....when you get your left hand down really good, THEN start the right hand all by it self, until you get your right hand down cold. Then slowly play both hands very slow, then speed up gradually, and before you know it, your muscle memory in your hands will allow you to play Ragtime!! I started off by playing "The Entertainer" then "The Maple Leaf Rag". Of course I studied with a professional jazz/popular music professor in college, and for the time around 1972/3...he charged a pretty penny;-)...think I was paying 15 dollars for a half hour lesson. That might be akin to 30 dollars or more in todays money, maybe more. Good Luck!!

[@philippeschmitz9105]

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[@philippeschmitz9105]

Très intéressante retrospective , merci

[@brucetowell3432]

@@philippeschmitz9105 Lo siento no parles-vous français, habla español, poquito;-) Da nada;-)

[@philippeschmitz9105]

According to some calculation using our friends ragtimers works, the number of duly déposes scores exceed probably 2000 units. At the samedi time, France ignored this music totally

[@samaval9920]

Standing Ovation.!!!

[@elmerfudd979]

No one ever mentions the Godfather of ragtime Louis Moreau Gottschalk. His songs predate these guys by 40-50 years. Listen to Pasquinade & La Galina.....

[@hayforker]

...and don't forget the Polka in B flat!

[@samaval9920]

Also, Danses Cubains in 1840!

[@samaval9920]

Louis Gottschalk was US 1800s superstar pianists&!composer (& playboy/ Louis Gottschalk, ScottnJoplin Steven Foster were some of US Strausses--,composers who used Euro classical techniques & various rural folk & urban popular contents to create own original songs. S America,( esoecially’portugues speaking Brasil),?🔐Carbbean. had their own Strausses,. Brazilian Strausses also borrowe heavily from Ragtimea such as Chiquinha Gonzaga,?Ernesto Nazareth,?Antonio Callado, etc.

[@samaval9920]

Great documentary-!!

[@bruceweaver1518]

Ragtime will never die.