The Ragtime Vs. The Blues

The first apparent difference is how the blues is primarily a vocal music, earliest form being singing and hand clapping (voice and percussion) and are highly improvisational. It was simpler, with simple chord progressions as compared to ragtime which has complex chord structure. Blues, which can be sung freely by one person without strict rhythm, thus always enjoyed an advantage over ragtime. Ragtime, on the other hand is tuneful, but primarily utilized highly syncopated

Proposed Study 1.Title Musical Theatre or Folk Opera? —Porgy And Bess As A Battleground A. Contribution to scholarship George Gershwin (b Brooklyn, NY, 26 Sept 1898; d Hollywood, CA, 11 July 1937). He is an American composer, pianist, and conductor. He began his career as a song plugger in New York’s Tin Pan Alley; by the time he was 20 he had established himself as a composer of Broadway shows. Gershwin wrote the “Folk Opera” Porgy And Bess in three acts and published it in New York, Alvin Theatre

Intro I think that Culturalization and Inventions shaped America into what it is today. Without Culturization we would not have certain music such as “hip-hop.” We also would not have certain foods, clothing, holidays along with many other things that we Americans take for granted. I also think that inventions played a big role in what America is today because without the many inventions made during the Gilded age we would not be able to do any of the things we do today. For example use light, drive

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