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First ragtime composition
Pianist Tommy Turpin writes Harlem Rag, Turpin opened a store in St. Louis (Missouri), which conviritió at the meeting point of local pianists, and in the place where the primordial incubated folk-ragtime, with musicians such as Joe Jordan and Louis Chauvin. Turpin himself was part of this movement, with the first "rag" that whose score was published, his "Harlem Rag" of 1897, but had been composed in 1892, a year after the public appearance of ragtime at the -
Cinema is born
The history of cinema as spectacle began in Paris on December 28, 1895. Since then it has undergone a series of changes in several ways. On the one hand, the technology of the cinema has evolved greatly from the early silent films of the Lumière brothers. -
The first piano rags appear in print.
"Original Rags" (copyrighted 15 March 1899) was an early ragtime medley for piano.[1] It was the first of Scott Joplin's rags to appear in print, in early 1899, preceding his "Maple Leaf Rag" by half a year. -
Cuba gains independence from the United States.
A series of rebellions during the 19th century failed to end Spanish rule. However, the increased tensions between Spain and the United States, culminating in the Spanish-American War, ultimately led to the Spanish retreat in 1898, and in 1902 Cuba gained formal independence. -
Pianist and composer Eubie Blake publishes his first piano rags.
Blake began playing in local underworld in his hometown. There he composed his first piano rag. In 1907, he managed a contract "Goldfield Hotel", where he remained as staff pianist for many years, while studying composition. In 1915, he met Noble Sissle, with whom he worked regularly in the years thereafter, or composing a team, good acting, whether in duet, and leading his own band. -
The Titanic sinks
Titanic ended the maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic, which was connected with New York Southampton. It was developed in the night of 14 April 15, 1912 in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland. The Titanic hit an iceberg on the starboard side April 14 1912.Fallecieron 1,512 people by drowning or hypothermia, which makes this wreck in one of the greatest maritime disasters in peacetime and the most fatal of the time . -
The word "jazz" first appears in print.
Jazz is a musical genre born in the late nineteenth century in the United States, which expanded globally over the twentieth century.
Among the many attempts to define and describe the complex phenomenon of jazz critic and German scholar Joachim-Ernst Berendt, in his classic The Jazz: From New Orleans to Jazz Rock. -
World War I begins in Europe
World War I was an extremely bloody war that engulfed Europe from 1914 to 1919, with huge losses of life and little ground lost or won. Fought mostly by soldiers in trenches, World War I saw an estimated 10 million military deaths and another 20 million wounded. While many hoped that World War I would be "the war to end all wars," in actuality, the concluding peace treaty set the stage for World War II. -
Albert Einstein presents his general theory of relativity.
Albert Einstein had described the special theory of relativity in 1905. The result of Einstein's thinking about light, this theory introduced brand-new ideas to science. It opened up an entire field of physics, but left Einstein with some nagging questions. The problems of gravity and acceleration would not go away. -
The classic era of ragtime ends.
In 1919 the era of ragtime ends
