23 September

Start of class: "Les Bonimenteurs du cauchemar" by Le Sacre du tympan from "Le Retour!" (2005)

Example of minstrelsy: "The Fine Old Color'd Gentleman" from The Early Minstrel Show (1985)

Example of minstrelsy: "De Ole Jawbone" from The Early Minstrel Show (1985)

Example of ragtime: "Maple Leaf Rag" by Scott Joplin from Classical Treasures: Maple Leaf Rag (2003)

Comparing ragtime to jazz: "Maple Leaf Rag" as performed by Jelly Roll Morton (1938)

Example of concert band: "Stars and Stripes Forever" recorded by John Philip Sousa (1913)

Example of orchestrated ragtime: "Down Home Rag" by Wilbur Sweatman (1916)

Example of syncopated dance music: "Castle House Rag" by James Reese Europe's Society Orchestra (1914)

End of class: "Shine It" by Medeski Martin and Wood from End of the World Party (Just In Case) (2004)