It began to stir again fitfully around 1950. Ragtime Clubs sprang up and some of the old-time rag artists regained some of their old fame. Ragtime music clubs have sprung up with membership rosters resembling the Hall of Fame. Much has been written about Ragtime in the last year. It's a nice, simple melody.
People immediately respond to it like an old friend.
And more than anything, people today need this kind nostalgic outlet. I t features news of current rag events, ragtime record reviews and articles by and about ragtime pioneers. With these midi's, we bring back many of the classics of one of America's first black Ragtime composers with arrangements in their original form. Scott Joplin has long been dead, but his music lives again and may make him become one of America's best loved composers.