[Dixielandjazz] This Is Ragtime

[fred spencer]

These are a few more ragtime books -
William J. Schafer and Johannes Riedel. The Art of Ragtime. Da Capo Press,
1977.
David A. Jasen and Trebor Jay Tichenor. Rags and Ragtime, A Musical History.
Seabury Press, 1978.
David A. Jasen. Recorded Ragtime.1897-1958. Archon Books, 1973.
David A Jasen and Gene Black. Black Bottom Stomp. Eight Masters of Regime
and Early Jazz. Routledge, 2002.
John Edward Hasse.  Ragtime, Its History, Composers, and Music. Schirmer
Books, 1985.
(Hasse's Jazz The First Century was published by William Morrow in 2000).
If you want more bibliographical data (ISBN, pagination, illustrations)
please email me. Thanks.
Fred

Don Kirkman wrote:

> On Sun, 15 Dec 2002 13:46:40 -0600, Dan Augustine wrote:
>
> >     I wrote earlier that i had bought Terry Waldo's book _This Is
> >Ragtime_ (Da Capo, 1976) that Leon Oakley had mentioned as having
> >some quotations by Lu Watters. But it has a lot more than that,
> >obviously.
> >     I'm now immersed in the flow of other ideas and other kinds of
> >'jazz' musics that were mentioned in that book.  While i've been a
> >ragtime fan for over 30 years (i arranged 20 of Scott Joplin's rags
> >for brass quintet in the early 70's), i didn't know much about where
> >ragtime came from or about its early and modern practicioners.  I'm
> >now paying more attention to the music of our ragtime brethern (and
> >sistern--wait, that doesn't sound right).
>
> [. . .]
>
> You're probably already aware, then, that rec.music.ragtime is a great
> place to hang out, almost as good as DJML though not nearly as busy.
> Many players, several academics, and lots of us wannabes spend a good
> deal of time in there.  If you're not aware of sources of ragtime
> history, I'm rereading Ed Berlin's _Ragtime: A Musical and Cultural
> History_ [paperback ISBN 0-520-05219-6] and also own his _King of
> Ragtime:  Scott Joplin and His Era_ [ISBN 0-19-508739-9].  Ed is one of
> the most informed contributors to rmr but some others are his close
> competitors.  The Waldo book is also great, as is (if you can find a
> copy) Blesh and Janis (DJMLer Conrad's kin, but I don't know the
> relationship) _They All Played Ragtime_ and a book dealing more with the
> technical aspects of ragtime, Schafer and Riedel _The Art of Ragtime_
> [ISBN 0-306-80057-8]/
>
> Sorry if I've waxed too enthusiastic about ragtime, but JR Morton
> couldn't have invented OKOM if he hadn't been steeped in ragtime when he
> was but a lad.  :-)
>
> >     The study of ragtime is full of surprises.  I'm sure that reading
> >any good book on jazz history would also lead one out on multiple
> >side-journeys, but that's my point.  My interest in "tickling the
> >ivories" led me to discover an elephant-full of associated musical
> >pathways.
> --
> Don
> donkirk@covad.net
>
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