![]() Ragtime quickly established itself as a distinctly American form of popular music. In a 1913 interview published in the black newspaper New York Age, Scott Joplin asserted that there had been "ragtime music in America ever since the Negro race has been here, but the white people took no notice of it until about twenty years ago. For at least 12 years after its publication, "Maple Leaf Rag" heavily influenced subsequent ragtime composers with its melody lines, chord progressions or metric patterns. ![]() 1868–1917) became famous through the publication of the " Maple Leaf Rag" (1899) and a string of ragtime hits such as " The Entertainer" (1902), although he was later forgotten by all but a small, dedicated community of ragtime aficionados until the major ragtime revival in the early 1970s. Ragtime was also a modification of the march style popularized by John Philip Sousa, with additional polyrhythms coming from African music. The composition was a hit and helped popularize the genre. ![]() Kentucky native Ben Harney composed the song "You've Been a Good Old Wagon But You Done Broke Down" a few months later in 1896. It was written by minstrel comedian Ernest Hogan. The first Ragtime composition to be published was " La Pas Ma La" in 1895. The style has its origins in African-American communities in cities such as St. Scott Joplin achieved fame for his ragtime compositions and was dubbed the "King of Ragtime" by contemporaries.
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