In the years following, ragtime was played by such bands as that of John Philip Sousa (often under the direction of Herbert L. The proprietors were Will and Walker Williams who, according to legend, were said to have come from London, Ont, and to have named the club after the popular symbol of their homeland.) (The work was named after the Maple Leaf Club in Sedalia, Mo, where Joplin was working. Ragtime's leading figure is the composer-pianist Scott Joplin (1868-1917), and its most popular composition is his Maple Leaf Rag (1899). The genre proliferated in sheet-music form, the easiest pieces (or adaptations of more difficult works) receiving wide performance in North American and European parlours. Krell's Mississippi Rag (1897), which in fact was a cakewalk. Ragtime is dated generally from the first published piece called a 'rag' - William H. Elements of both fads, especially their characteristic syncopation, prepared the North American public for ragtime. Ragtime was preceded immediately by the 'cakewalk' dance craze in both black and white societies, and by such racist (but popular) 'coon-songs' as 'The Bully,' sung on US stages by May Irwin (1862-1938, a native of Whitby, Ont) and recorded on her Victor 78s of 1907. It takes its inspiration and unique character from the melodic and rhythmic vivacity of Afro-American folksongs and dances. In its strictest form, ragtime adheres to a composed score of four themes, each of 16 bars, syncopated in rhythm, and ordered AABBACCDD. Lamb died in Brooklyn of a heart attack at age 72.Musical genre of Afro-American origin, dating from the 1890s, popular until the late 1910s, and revived in the mid-20th century. (Many were surprised to find that not only was he still living, but that he was white.) He also composed some new rags, brought out some of his old compositions that had never been published, and made some recordings. With the revival of interest in ragtime in the 1950s, Lamb shared his memories of Joplin and other early ragtime figures with music historians. That same year, his album, Joseph Lamb: A Study in Classic Ragtime, was released by Folkways Records. 'Bohemia Rag' was the last Lamb rag published before his death in 1960. Lamb stopped publishing his music, playing and composing only as a hobby. Henrietta died of influenza in 1920, about the same time that popular music interest shifted from ragtime to jazz. Fred Helf Music Publishing Company and later, starting in April 1914, as an accountant for L. In 1911, Lamb married Henrietta Schultz and moved to Brooklyn, New York. Stark published Lamb's music for the next decade, starting with 'Sensation'. Joplin was favorably impressed with Lamb's compositions, and recommended him to classical ragtime publisher John Stark. In 1907 Lamb was purchasing the latest Joplin and James Scott sheet mus ic in the New York City offices of John Stark & Son when he met his idol Joplin. Jerome's College in 1904 to work for a dry goods company. The youngest of four children, he taught himself to play the piano, and was very taken with the early ragtime publications of Scott Joplin. Lamb, of Irish descent, was the only non-African American of the "Big Three" composers of classical ragtime, the other two being Scott Joplin and James Scott. Joseph Francis Lamb (Decem? September 3, 1960) was a noted American composer of ragtime music.
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