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| rag·time [ rág tm ] |
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syncopated popular music of early 20C: a style of U.S. popular music of the late 19th and early 20th centuries characterized by distinctive syncopated right-hand rhythms against a regularly accented left-hand beat. Ragtime was widely popularized by the pianist and composer Scott Joplin.
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| [Late 19th century. <rag3] |
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