What image comes to mind when you hear the word "ragtime?" Someone playing a saloon piano in a striped shirt?
This week on Classical Deep Dive from Interlochen Public Radio, take the plunge with host Christy L'Esperance into Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag.
Learn how ragtime flashed and faded in America and hear about the man most closely associated with it as he made his way from parlors to the Pulitzer.
Check out the full episode here so that next time you hear Maple Leaf Rag, you'll listen with new ears.
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How did this composer's music, considered out of style at his death, become so popular that it was "Muzak'd to death" 200 years later? -
How did a composer, grilled by the House Un-American Activities Committee, become the quintessential American composer? -
Dive deep with Christy L'Esperance as she explores Beethoven's 5th Symphony.
