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Rudi
Blesh
&
Harriet
Janis
TKIY
ALL
PLAYIO
8IAGTIME
Out
of
the
honkytonks,
saloons,
and
bordellos
of
Sedalia
and
St.
Louis
there
began
to
come,
in
the
late
1890's,
a
new
sort
of
Negro
and
Negro-white
music.
Soon
to
be
called
ragtime
and
under
that
name
to
sweep
the
world
it.
brought
a
new
spirit
and
a
new
rhythm
into
American
popular
music.
In
f
Ms
yeasty
and
vibrant
book
the
true
story
of
an
Aiii^rican
mu^ic
and
the
stories
of
the
men
who
made
it
wiiut
it
was
ha\^
L
?*n
told
by
Rudi
Blesh
(author
of
the
classic
history
of
jazz,
Shin-ing
Trumpets)
and
Harriet
Janis,
well-known
writer
on
modern
art.
The
co-authors
obtained'
their
material
bothon
the
spot
and
by
library
research,
but
mostly
through
interviews
with
the
remaining
survivors
of
ragtime
days.
At
once
a
contribution
to
American
history
and
a
fitting;
memorial
to
remarkable
men,
They
All
Played
Ragtime
is
also
a
summons
to
save,
before
it
is
too
late,
an
American
expression
in
danger
of
being
lost.
With
lists
of
publishedragtime
pieces,
phono-graph
records
(both
cylinder
and
disk),
and
player-piano
rolls.
With
44
illustrations
and
the
complete
score
of
MAPLE
LEAF
RAG.
JACKET
PES1GN
EY
JiyMY
ERNST
 
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