Classic ragtime music collection constitutes an extensive library of the most wellknown and universallyenjoyed works of ragtime music ever composed. Smith and his pickaninny bands tour of australia and the far east with comedian and composer ernest hogans. His mothers name was garcia, and his parents werent aware of ernest hogan, the father of ragtime. It emerged in its published form during the mid1890s and quickly spread across the continent via published compositions. Two little eyes of blue waltz, song and chorus sheet. A sixfoot tall aztec leprechaun, hogan was born in east l. There are also several books i checked out of libraries that i cant. Written by ernest hogan heres a comment from that videos viewer comment thread. He wrote what are called coon songs which blackface white artists picked up on and it opened a new era of racism in american music. Gilbert attempts in his book to fill in that gap and demonstrate how a. The style has its origins in africanamerican communities in cities such as st.
The first person to actually publish a ragtime composition was kentuckys ernest hogan, minstrel, musician, and composer. The history of modern popular music may be seen as the repeated rescuing of a moribund scene by the music of africanamericans. By the early 1900s ragtime flooded the music publishing industry. Chicano who accidentally shares a name with the father of ragtime. The first song published with the label ragtime was all coons look alike to me, by ernest hogan in 1896. There have been 38 different musical numbers in the show at one time or another. A native of bowling green, kentucky, as a teenager hogan worked in traveling minstrel shows as a dancer, musician, and comedian. Ernest hogan is often considered the true inventor of. Aug 15, 2008 ernest hogan nee rueben crowdus born in bowling green, kentucky. Monster movies, comic books, and science fiction, he says, saved his life. Ragtime music origins, characteristics, and composers. April 17, 1865 may 20, 1909 was the first africanamerican entertainer to produce and star in a broadway show the oyster man in 1907 and helped to popularize the musical genre of ragtime.
Some scholars also trace ragtime to the cakewalk, a couples dance popular among slaves. Bert williams, eubie blake, ernest hogan and others. The story opens in 1906 in new rochelle, new york, at the home of an affluent american family. But hogan would dwell in the shadows cast by his 1896 hit, all coons look alike to me. The first to publish a ragchristened the father of ragtime. Piano, guitar americas most revered ragtime scholar and performer presents his arrangements of favorite classic piano rags this is a book of classic rags. Ernest hogan was the first africanamerican entertainer to produce and star in a broadway. Louis years before being published as popular sheet music for piano. A form known as novelty piano or novelty ragtime emerged as the traditional rag was fading in popularity. He became the first black producer and performer in a broadway show, the oyster man 1907. I use a sixstep condition scale to describe the overall paper quality. Where traditional ragtime depended on amateur pianists and sheet music sales, the novelty rag took advantage of new advances in pianoroll technology and the phonograph record to permit a more complex, pyrotechnic, performanceoriented style of rag to be heard.
Hogan sold 40,000 copies of sheet music a week of it. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from ernest hogan at the discogs marketplace. The genre has its origins in africanamerican communities like st. Ernest hogan gave a lengthy interview to the sydney australia sunday. Born in kentucky in 1865, ernest hogan got his start in minstrel shows, but he is best known for his innovations in music, which he dubbed ragtime.
His mothers maiden name is garcia, he was born in east l. Hogans songs were among the first published ragtime songs and the first to use the term rag in their sheet music. Without ernest hogan, scott joplin probably wouldnt have ever sat down and written his first rag. This chapter describes nathaniel clark smith, an important african american composer, bandmaster, and the foremost black musical educator of his age. Ernest hogan completely kentucky wiki fandom powered by wikia.
He is credited as being the first person to publish in the ragged musical style. Ernest reuben ernest crowders crowdus hogan musicians. Theda bara became an overnight superstar with her film debut in the scandalous 1915 hit, a fool there was, and for the rest of that decade stayed at the top of the heap, along with mary pickford and more. After the death of his father, europe moved to new york city where he became associated with the leading figures in black musical theater including ernest hogan, bob cole, j. Ragtime, a uniquely american, syncopated musical phenomenon, has been a strong presence in musical composition, entertainment, and scholarship for over a century. This was vess ossmans first rag medley, recorded first in 1897, but it is recorded here in 1898 for the columbia phonograph company with rag time pianist fred. Ernest hogan is the author of high aztech, smoking mirror blues, and cortez on jupiter. Those novels, along with his short fiction have won him the reputation of being the father of chicano science fiction. His work has appeared in amazing stories, analog, science fiction age, and many other magazines and anthologies. Hogan is right up at the top among the greatest figures in african american musical theater of his generation, including billy johnson 18581916, billy. But he was a student at all times, a man of common sense, a good judge of human nature, farseeing and philosophical. Born in kentucky during the civil war era date and even year unknown, he started out as a child performing as.
Hogan has also been credited for coining the term ragtime. The term is actually derived from his hometown shake rag in bowling green, kentucky. Hogan spent his later years apologizing for starting the coon song genre. This song was the first use of rag on a song sheet and hogan is also credited with staging the first syncopatedmusic concert in history in 1905. Jul 03, 2012 hogan sold 40,000 copies of sheet music a week of it. A long forgotten african american musical innovator, hogan attained great success before tumbling into. Mar 05, 2008 the february 18 performance will feature the music of ernest hogan, scott joplin, and a diverse lineup of african american composers from the theatrical, classical, and ragtime worlds. In his lifetime, he was called the father of ragtime or the father of ragtime.
The february 18 performance will feature the music of ernest hogan, scott joplin, and a diverse lineup of african american composers from the theatrical, classical, and ragtime worlds. Hogan, ernest 18651909 hogan, the unbleached american in the moniker he adopted, was a comedian, singer, dancer, actor, composer, lyricist, and author. Ernest hogan was not what one would term a man of education. In 1934 an article titled world has forgotten ernest hogan, stage pioneer. Classic ragtime music collection constitutes an extensive library of the most wellknown and universallyenjoyed works of ragtime music ever composed two little eyes of blue waltz, song and chorus sheet music for voice and piano. An extraordinary tapestry, ragtime captures the spirit of america in the era between the turn of the century and the first world war. Ernest hogan is often considered the true inventor of ragtime. Ragtime was also influenced by popular american music such as blackface minstrelsy, and marching band music. Ernest hogan first to publish ragtime wisconsin public. Many have been shortened or excised in different versions of the production.
The final published version was by ernest hogan 1896, but it was based on several previous similar tunes with similar names e. Ragtime history is crowned by the big shows, the stunning musical comedy successes of williams and walker, bob cole, and ernest hogan. Ernest hogan first to publish ragtime wisconsin public radio. Born in kentucky during the civil war era date and even. He grew up in west covina, which he considered one of the most boring places in california. Its a story that includes him, but also ernest hogan, will marion cook. Father of ragtime music, ernest hogan, was born in bowling green, ky in 1865. Ernest hogan, the unbleached american yesterdays papers. Scott joplin internation ragtime foundation centennial. Rag ragtime sheet music 1911 that fascinating rag song with lyrics walter ralfe. As a teenager, hogan worked in traveling minstrel shows as a dancer, musician, and comedian and, with other notables helped create the musical genre called ragtime.
The story will be eyeopening to readers unfamiliar with how often, and successfully, minstrelsy and blackface were performed by africanamerican troupes. See all books authored by ernest hogan, including the years best science fiction. Selected by the modern library as one of the 100 best novels of all time published in 1975, ragtime changed our very concept of what a novel could be. Ernest hogan was an innovator and key pioneer who helped develop the musical. Ernest hogan is often considered the true inventor of ragtime and he may have been. And i am not related to ernest hogan, father of ragtime. Hogan wrote the book and music for rufus rastus, which he starred in for two. Published in 1975, ragtime changed our very concept of what a novel could be. A native of bowling green, kentucky, as a teenager hogan worked in traveling minstrel show s as a dancer, musician, and comedian. Chronology and itinerary of the career of ernest hogan.
In 1934 an article titled world has forgotten ernest hogan, stage pioneer appeared in a new york weekly saying hogan died of a broken heart because his own race turned against him after he had written all coons look alike to me. Scott, also worked on this particularly africanamerican art form, and their music was done justice at the festival. Had he lived a little longer died in 1909, he would have seen some of those stereotypes dying away. Louis ben harney, a kentucky native, wrote youve been a good old wagon but you done broke down and helped popularize the style. The rise and fall of ragtime the chocolate lady book. Mar 02, 2012 ernest hogan born ernest reuben crowders. Bert williams, eubie blake, ernest hogan and others jasen, david a. Its cardinal trait is its syncopated, or ragged, rhythm. Eighteenth annual collection, and mothership, and more on. Ernest hogan born ernest reuben crowders, 1865 1909 was the first african american entertainer to produce and star in a broadway show the oyster man in 1907 and helped create the musical genre of ragtime. Ernest hogan completely kentucky wiki fandom powered. Two little eyes of blue waltz, song and chorus sheet music for voice and piano ernest hogan on. Sweatmans tenure with the smith band from 189598 and possibly a period from the summer of 1899 to the late spring of 1900.
Walton, a negro newspaper columnist for the age, who owed his job to the famous negro comedian hogan also contributed columns to the age. Although people generally think today of ragtime music as being started by. Hogan is right up at the top among the greatest figures in african american musical theater of his. Hence, hogan is sometimes called the father of ragtime. Joplins tunes, however, are not only the most recognizable rags, but also the compositions that define the genre. Ernest hogan books list of books by author ernest hogan. As far as im concerned, if you add something to a mestizo mix, you just become more mestizo. Ernest hogan nee rueben crowdus born in bowling green, kentucky.
Jun 16, 2017 other composers, such as ernest hogan and james s. He grew up in west covina, considered to be one of the most boring places in california. The rise and fall of popular music a polemical history chapter 4. Hes in all the music history books when it comes to jazz. Under the big tent of tollivers smart set, ma rainey, clara smith, and others were converted from coon shouters to blues singers. Ernest hogan 18651909 was a pioneer of ragtime music and was the first to compose ragtime into sheet music. England conservatory ragtime ensemble recorded the red back book.
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