Tin Pan Alley Rag Show Poster

Tin Pan Alley Rag Story

Scott Joplin was a musical prodigy, born the son of a slave, who received a conservatory education and slowly rose to acclaim. Irving Berlin was a Russian Jewish immigrant who couldn't read music, yet catapulted to stardom at the age of 23. Both men changed the landscape of music with their contributions to the first American musical genre, ragtime.

This show is closed.

Performances ended on Sep. 6, 2009.

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Scott Joplin was a musical prodigy, born the son of a slave, who received a conservatory education and slowly rose to acclaim. Irving Berlin was a Russian Jewish immigrant who couldn't read music, yet catapulted to stardom at the age of 23. Both men changed the landscape of music with their contributions to the first American musical genre, ragtime.

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