Ragtime and Anti-Bolshevism
In 1918 the popular composer George Cobb published his “Russian Rag” – a ragtime rendition of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in C# Minor. This work embodied the social and political concerns of the era, specifically global radicalism, immigration from Eastern Europe, and the use of ragtime as musical...
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International Association for the Study of Popular Music
2011-01-01
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| Series: | IASPM Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://iaspmjournal.net/index.php/IASPM_Journal/article/view/554/580 |