[DOC] [TLE] Metaphor For A Changing Society - tribunedigital-thecourant [PAR] Jan 9, 2000 ... Composer Stephen Flaherty says E.L. Doctorow used ragtime music as a ... But 
creating the ragtime music for a dramatic Broadway show ... I didn't want to have 
an entire show composed of pieces that seemed to be knockoffs of [Scott Joplin's] 
... Ahrens says there's not a modern equivalent to the impact of... [DOC] [TLE] Ragtime Unveils a Turn-of-the-Century Diorama, With Nostalgia ... [PAR] Jan 19, 1998 ... It's not that your date doesn't match the adjectives from the glamorous self-
description. ... the Canadian production company that brought "Show Boat" back 
to Broadway ... On one level, this isn't inappropriate to Doctorow's landmark novel
, ... the music and lyrics are by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens... [DOC] [TLE] Learning to Hear What Music Has to Say - The New York Times [PAR] Dec 11, 1997 ... Interview with author E L Doctorow, whose novel Ragtime has been made into ... 
$10 million musical based on Mr. Doctorow's most popular novel, ''Ragtime,'' ... 
with fictional archetypes that pulsed with the rhythm of a Scott Joplin rag. ... The 
composer Stephen Flaherty and the lyricist Lynn Ahrens, the team... [DOC] [TLE] LA Times - Brian Stokes Mitchell [PAR] He was up there onstage hugging E.L. Doctorow, the author of the novel on 
which the turn-of-the-century musical is based; Terrence ... Stephen Flaherty and 
Lynn Ahrens, the composer and lyricist who wrote the songs for him to ... of a 
Dream," a show-stopper that reminds us of Leonard Bernstein more than Scott 
Joplin,... [DOC] [TLE] Ragtime - Wikipedia [PAR] Ragtime  also spelled rag-time or rag time  is a musical genre that enjoyed its 
peak .... In 1899, Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag" was published and became a 
great hit and ..... In 1998, an adaption of E. L. Doctorow's historical novel Ragtime 
was ... With music by Stephen Flaherty and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, the show... [DOC] [TLE] It's `Ragtime' In Orlando This Week - tribunedigital-orlandosentinel [PAR] Sep 30, 1999 ... Exactly 100 years ago, Scott Joplin published a song called ``Maple Leaf Rag. ... 
Based on the best-selling 1975 novel by E.L. Doctorow, Ragtime ... Stephen 
Flaherty knew he had to write that musical. ... But it did not come easily. ... wrote 
for their tryout, three of them eventually made it into the show: the... [DOC] [TLE] `Ragtime' Sounds Are From The Heart - tribunedigital-orlandosentinel [PAR] Sep 26, 1999 ... Exactly 100 years ago, Scott Joplin published a song called ``Maple Leaf Rag. ... 
Composer Stephen Flaherty And Lyricist Lynn Ahrens Created A Show That ... 
Based on the best-selling 1975 novel by E.L. Doctorow, Ragtime sees ... the 
rights to the show from Doctorow, who had not liked the 1981 movie... [DOC] [TLE] The Beat Goes On / Musical based on author E.L. Doctorow's ... [PAR] Sep 24, 2000 ... A BOY NAMED EDGAR"It's not the nature of musicals to keep their distance from 
... That novel is set to music in the lavish, award-winning stage production that 
plays the ... composer Flaherty has said that the first notes he wrote for the show's 
spectacular opening number were inspired by Scott Joplin. [DOC] [TLE] The Making of Ragtime - Kennedy Center [PAR] Apr 24, 2009 ... The musical Ragtime is based on a much-acclaimed novel by E.L. ... Stephen 
Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens auditioned to do the score of ... The show opened in 
Toronto in 1996 and the first U.S. production ... Scott Joplin, who fused European 
and African musical traditions. ... composed for the lyric theater. [DOC] [TLE] NYPL | Blog: Library Voices - New York Public Library [PAR] Oct 1, 2013 ... The show is based on the novel My Love, My Love, buy Rosa Guy, and is ... 
based on the classic novel by E.L. Doctorow, undoubtedly their best known work

Question: Stephen Flaherty, not Scott Joplin, wrote the music for this show that's based on a novel by E.L. Doctorow
Answer: Ragtime