RAGTIME


Meaning of RAGTIME in English

noun

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Afternoons at Wellesley, they cranked the Victrola and gyrated to ragtime .

But he also deconstructs the melody, subjects it to counterpoint and inversion and renders it in ragtime rhythm.

Characters sing jaunty ragtime and barbershop melodies.

My teeth began playing ragtime , my knees a sort of counterpoint.

She had never sung ragtime on stage, she had always leaned against the piano and sung to Charlie.

She sings ballads very well and she can do ragtime like no-one you've ever heard.

Vintage automobiles, horsedrawn street cars and traditional marching bands pass alongside quaint old stores and cafes where ragtime music is played.

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