Ragtime developed as a popular musical style at the end of the 19th Century. It has its origins in the saloon bars and dance halls of African-American communities. Ragtime music was written down ...

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Dubbed the ‘King of Ragtime’, Scott Joplin (c.1867-1917) was one of the most important and influential composers at the turn of the 20th century. The champion of ragtime was born in Texas in 1867, or ...

In 1969, “Beautiful Ohio” was adopted as the state song of Ohio just when the song’s popularity had already begun to fizzle out, a victim of changing tastes in music.