Ragtime music
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- Style of popular music that flourished from about 1896 to 1918. Its most important element, rhythmic syncopation, was recognized as a general trait of Afro-American music. Gave way to jazz after World War I.
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- LC85110853
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Hierarchical terms
Ragtime music
Equivalent terms
Ragtime music
- UF Ragtime