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I like ragtime. The syncopation, the snappy rhythm-- it's good music. I also associate it strongly with 'The Sting'. An old movie, but a great one.
by RickJWagner 7y ago
I like ragtime. The syncopation, the snappy rhythm-- it's good music.
I also associate it strongly with 'The Sting'. An old movie, but a great one.
- pdonis 7y agoThe musical score of The Sting (a great movie, I agree) was notable because of the orchestral arrangements of Joplin's music, which of course was originally written for solo piano.
- joegahona 7y agoFor a really enjoyable contemporary ragtime, try William Bolcom's "Graceful Ghost": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jftAt4mXFk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jftAt4mXFk Ragtime isn't a style I could listen to constantly but in doses I like it too.
- aluren 7y agoInterestingly, ragtime had been out of fashion for 20+ years by the time of The Sting's setting (early 1930's). I also love ragtime and associate it with The Sting as well though, it's just amusing to think that our association between the music and the era was made up by George Roy Hill.
- mrzool 7y agos/but/and/