Ara Cho Ethno 50A 803-672-412 October 14, 2011 Seeing Ragtime and Blues as Parents of Jazz Jazz is a music genre that has complex characteristics and history of development and thus many musicians and scholars face troubles in defining what jazz is. In general, jazz is believed to have born in New Orleans. Jazz developed for the pleasure of the social dancers. According to the “Understanding Jazz: What Is Jazz?” of John F. Kennedy center for the Performing Arts, Jazz was created mainly…
In the novel «Ragtime» by E.L. Doctorow the scene is laid in New York city. The given extract introduces the story of a professional musician Coalhouse Walker who wants to give back Sarah`s affection. The story begins with the mention of the arrival of the Negro man in New York where one white family lives. After that the author gives a brief description of a black man who comes to see his beloved and points out that for Mother he doesn’t act as other Negroes do. Further on Doctorow digresses from…
Ragtime E. L. Doctorow CHARACTERS Mother: Mother is part of the upper class family living in New Rochelle. Disappointed by her marriage to Father, she marries Tateh after Father's death. She often feels guilt over her treatment of her brother. Throughout the novel she experiences many changes through her care for the child of Coalhouse and Sarah, as well as her newfound awareness of her sexuality. Father: Father owns a company that manufactures fireworks and other accessories of patriotism such…
RAGTIME MUSIC PROJECT What is Ragtime Music? Ragtime was a relatively brief-lived musical form, its popularity lasting for about twenty years, but it was an essential link between earlier forms of “Negro music,” European (“classical”) music, and jazz. It was defined at the time by its then-revolutionary use of syncopation, or it’s “ragged rhythm,” which refers to its rhythmically broken up melodies. Its rhythms made it lively and springy, and therefore ideal for dancing. How/Why it started…
TOPIC The Magic of Music (the Storyline of Sara and Coalhouse Walker) TOPIC The Phenomenon of Ragtime Everyone knows the word 'music'. We repeat it almost daily in this or that context. But are there many people who can give a clear definition of this term on the spot?. If you ask 10 different people, you will get 10 different answers. In general, music is regarded as an art form that involves organized sounds and silence. It is expressed in terms of pitch (melody and harmony), rhythm…
Алёшкина (АЯ-41(2)) The analysis of the extract from “Ragtime” (by E.L. Doctorow) “Ragtime” is an E.L. Doctorow’s novel that was published in 1975 and later won the National Book Critics Circle Award. E.L Doctorow himself is a famous American writer who is widely known for his unique works of historical fiction. The novel itself belongs to the epic kind of literature. It’s a contemporary realistic novel because it depicts actual events of the beginning of the 20th century taking place in the…
Ragtime by Maria Sevostyanova EG-42 “Ragtime” is a novel about the American life at the beginning of the 20th century. This book was written by the American writer Edgar Laurence Doktorow in 1975. This story tells us about Coalhouse Walker Jr., a black pianist, who leaves his pregnant girlfriend Sarah to make a career. Sarah tries to kill her baby but a family of honest and kind people takes her into their house to take care of her and her baby. The extract taken for the analysis…
RAGTIME By E.L.Doctorow This extract is taken from the novel “Ragtime” by the American writer E.L.Doctorow and is centred on a black jazz pianist, Coalhouse Walker Jr. The text contains a detailed narration of the way Coalhouse Walker Jr. Made his appearance at a certain house in which a white family lived. We are given neither the names of the family, nor their ages, nor any other details. The author calls them Mother, Father, Grandfather, Mother’s Younger Brother and the boy, but they do…
Sex in Ragtime Throughout the novel, there are instances of both violent and more refined sexual references. While an obvious reason for these is the titillating effects of them, there are deeper, more relevant reasons for them. There are three main groups within which the sexual activity takes place: Father and Mother, Younger Brother and Evelyn Nesbit, and Harry Houdini and Harry K. Thaw. Some are more obvious and explicit than others, but they all have great purpose. The sexual activity between…
My topic is on the dances of the Ragtime era. During this era, many dances like the cakewalk, foxtrot, charleston, moonwalk, samba, waltz, tango, and etc. all began to rise and became more trendy between the years of 1895 to 1918. This era was known for its unexpected rhythmic dance steps. In addition, it became a real entertainment system for many people around the world. Ragtime era was the influential time for early jazz as well. Speaking of early jazz, the Charleston, cakewalk, black bottom…