ragtime

  • 11ragtime — (n.) also rag time, syncopated, jazzy piano music, 1897, from rag dance ball (1895, American English dialect), possibly a shortening of RAGGED (Cf. ragged), in reference to the rhythmic imbalance. If rag time was called tempo di raga or rague… …

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  • 12Ragtime —    Chronique de Miloš Forman, avec James Cagney, Brad Dourif, Elizabeth McGovern.   Pays: États Unis   Date de sortie: 1981   Technique: couleurs   Durée: 2 h 35    Résumé    Jeux mondains et scandales à la mode dans ce New York des années 1910.… …

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  • 13ragtime — DEFINICIJA v. regtajm …

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  • 14ragtime — (del inglés; pronunciamos ragtaim ) sustantivo masculino 1. Género musical de origen afroamericano que, junto con el blues, forma la base del jazz …

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  • 15ragtime — o rag time (Voz ingl.). m. Ritmo musical sincopado de origen afroamericano …

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  • 16ragtime — ► NOUN ▪ music characterized by a syncopated melodic line and regularly accented accompaniment, played especially on the piano. ORIGIN probably from RAG(Cf. ↑rag) (referring to the ‘ragged’ syncopation) …

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  • 17ragtime — ☆ ragtime [rag′tīm΄ ] n. [prob. < ragged time, in reference to syncopation] 1. a type of American music, mostly composed but sometimes improvised, popular from about 1890 to 1920 and characterized by strong syncopation in even time: it was… …

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  • 18Ragtime — Infobox Music genre bgcolor=goldenrod color=white name=Ragtime (music) stylistic origins=Cakewalk, Jig, March cultural origins=1890s: US instruments=Mainly piano, sometimes banjo popularity=1900s, 1910s, 1970s derivatives=Stride, Novelty piano,… …

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  • 19Ragtime — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Ragtime (homonymie). Ragtime Origines stylistiques Cakewalk Marche Polka Origines culturelles Missouri …

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  • 20ragtime — ragtimey, adj. /rag tuym /, n. Music. 1. rhythm in which the accompaniment is strict two four time and the melody, with improvised embellishments, is in steady syncopation. 2. a style of American music having this rhythm, popular from about 1890… …

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