Jazz. Ragtime and Dixieland

Jazz. Ragtime and Dixieland

Ragtime and Dixieland
Over the pass century, jazz has been one of the most influential music in American history. Jazz was a type of music first developed by African Americans around in the beginning of the 20th century. Originating in New Orleans after 1900, jazz blossomed in Storyville, the New Orleans red-light district. After Storyville closed in 1917, many musicians fled north to Chicago, already well known for its cabarets, dance halls, and immoderate nightlife, which continued uninterrupted during Prohibition in 1920–1933. (2006) Jazz is a mixture of music surviving from West African music but however during it developing stage there are different styles of jazz such as the Ragtime and Dixieland. Throughout the growth of jazz music, various forms were created and developed in different geographic regions. Two very notable styles of jazz music are Ragtime and Dixieland. This paper will analyze and explore the development of both Ragtime and Dixieland throughout the late 19th century and early 20th century.
Ragtime rhythms made it first appearance in the early nineteenth century, but the first published ragtime piece composed by William Krell in 1897. Later that year, Tomo Turpin became one of the first African American composers to publish a ragtime compositing with his work “Harlem Rag.”(1984) Both are well composer and some suggest that ragtime style had been in incubation for some time prior to their appearance. There are four major types of Ragtime music. The first one is call Ragtime Songs, it’s hardly noted as Ragtime because it doesn’t contain any jumpy and ragged feel. Second type is Ragtime Walkz that has adapted 3 by 4 meter beat from Waltz. Ragtime Era was a quick fad that emerged just before the 20th century began. Twenty years later it disappear from society although attempts to revive it have made since. Unfortunately very few Ragtime musicians remain today compared to the musicians belonging to other musical styles, and it is even...

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