Vocal Ragtime, A - CH
name: label: Series Creator
content: DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
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content: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 3: African American Music
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content: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 3: African American Music / 3.4: Songs about African American/Vocal Ragtime
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1897-1950
container: label: Container
content: Box 81, Folder HH
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Almost any song in dance rhythm with some syncopation during the 1910s was called ragtime. Most of these sheets have the word "rag" or "ragtime" in the title. The topic of the song could be most anything as long as it was humorous. Some of the items are vocal arrangements of previous instrumental ragtime compositions. Most of the sheets date from the 1910s. (circa 470 items)