![]() A later printing of the foremost piano rag ![]() Ford Dabney, composer of such imaginative rags as Oh, You Devil Rag, Oh! You Angel, Anoma Rag, Haytian Rag, Georgia Grind, Porto Rico, and the song That's Why They Call Me "Shine". |
Upcoming EventsRocky Mountain Ragtime Festival On July 22nd and July 23rd I will be speaking at the Rocky Mountain Ragtime Festival in Boulder, Colorado. Details to follow. ![]() Advertisement for performance of a section of Joplin's opera Treemonisha in Bayonne, NJ, July 14, 1913. Ragtime at Fort Tilden On August 21st, at 6 pm, the Rockaway Music & Arts Council will present a ragtime concert as part of its Summer Arts Series. The featured pianists will be Terry Waldo and Peter Muir. I will introduce the artists and give an introductory talk on ragtime. Admission is free. ![]() One of the logos used by ragtime's foremost publisher. Baisley Patterson Elebash Lecture Each year the Graduate Center of the City University of New York has an Elebash Lecture focusing on New York City. I have been invited to give the Elebash Lecture in early October and will speak on Ragtime in New York City. Details to follow. ![]() ![]() The bronze marker for Scott Joplin's grave at St. Michael's Cemetery, placed there in 1974 by ASCAP. The inscribed birth date is incorrect. |
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