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THEGLEANER, TUESDAY DECEMBER6tfMOALL AMERICA IS NOW ENSLAVED BY THElt;lt;RAGftPeople in the GripJingle Music.A CURIOUS STATE OF MINDWop ’ is »l.Samplesthe Very SillyTilings Being Sung.Hti Italian;• a itn «4(h,il'-l n . h'tt n E } !'• ; ■ *it »i« iiiifc « h •:.lt;* *j,o- j§ ; iMo 1 1 «‘ 11 VV it ii l •) A II , . It’;, ytlful figura 11*4 -I lt;. fill lid» 'lt;1 ■ (ifV* t* hi New i • i iIn t licitthing fiy seljin. in ..tj.banana:-; Nick in • tic !i* «-nr*I it *re «r» no Itti n.*« ♦ lt;f X»rk, 'it is used bec.u -t thyrm with I; Marititch lit* N. * \ orkword-natti^ fsn an it li-m woiiihii, the: in caning hoiog tin*’ 1 ■■ •« •1 -’it I,' pop-.i-'iar air. ’Mnriuli it he tuke~n daSt 'iiiubaat, T which relates* In- sorrow of n N• • • i vVo|* led-it t obi : sat st )HiinuiU *• hodi-vlt; r--liu :.,u a tl|t.0»rlt; in to r m ti»nlt; word*, in.* spirit*»f th# r.ot is too it ,ii*'i faff( 11* n-rtjii!ftn pfdunt r ill Its; lt;lt;*!nf o t object hi to rn*: phrn*eaiogv h.*-. not1 he tip* i,it- spirit -v hich comprisespis i! f’ How hip, nr* lont from cat#, aiul Moh* uiianisin.I. ** V I If *« Khe coju-Dublin^T**l:: Tfi,A#A New York i-wtreuvoMeUt write,-; (lm~ hiK #r ' *■ n smi*New York i- rag-time rraxy. The S;i'!i -,l! Italv. ?s ■ * n .? *nn lt;*hjlngle-tingl melody that has U#en de- j!!i :fU% di»nre. it re?m ib riw 1 h o ?;vetoped from the m*tm banjo nnisu-. iVi 1 » mta! d *e • ;• ■erts»»* ■•*!played as »rt’ompatilmlt;*ru to the bult;*k 5 pni-; n a* t r■ • CJDluftl’/iifs Kx-(iaticitig of the blinks, has em#Tj.M*d i,n 1 11 n a I ( i»b a; o ls,’~.from its coloured »n\lronmenf and is \l*A KSsAlli h\\* I,.now a whit • rag. For many years Fro per Jy to ixiti-t ;»ret rag time if;rag time has popular In America ' ,ol,,{* a w«M as *uinvr.but the rag aongn have related negro J■ oancyig't thou-» d nlt; : front theIncidents. Now. foi the lift t ime, hping m o n l Howthe negro rags have disappeared and nev. ;a time }- tw*M des-their place in taken by the rag of the Jomihatlng race.The: rag was supposed topa rat ii-e!y njpciern until the Hag” wan w rirn a, \t* versethat H|k FuHtck uaed^toi10 driv * f) e tout Ireland, wlilch, if fnifc, fk tin | toorUnttontrfhdtton to miiefeai hh my. Hutif tin* tfelody TS 1Uf|as ihe lehortisf ^ntrglr?.fheto j d I fh en It \ Jn, : faihlliigwh Hi ‘ Hnaken shonld rue from if:i ' r.ifi i neverihed in the Sjanu'fi *** Thevers# relates that * young lady. in-.Wherever one gaen ther» |g rag jto. a h i! fight* dm-lined,music. Kver\ thing is ititerpreted hvi^^'ing she would rafh *r dale*- iarag time. The Jewi, the Italians, tie* i lm®’ n!H sf‘iH*d that rhe hubIrish, all ttM* nationalities in been Invited to dam , and tli-poiitan New York haui thelt own r.ig cn^fleetton i- t?oi puSfe oovfou hot,f nee( s ; v you’repel,■\ het, bbuipinHoriKs. The str«*lt;-t o i .ms play tfi* m lin-v ua-v ll|C' yotmv luilv, aft**ichildren whlsfle tt. id. and the mu.-si «u 1 comedies t*« in with them. A New York musical play without a ray sung these (iavs couldn’t make a hit \the theatres whet* thin arc k raightdrama the orchestra perpetrate i:irtill) * between tin* acts.There is no getting away from itVt th • restaurants you eat your din tier to ra« strains V* dances th« musicians must rat; tunefully, or a riot will result. If the rage continue* he grand opera patrons will demandthat Caruso oblige i im a rag as aninteriwdation in Toscu” or I* liacei * or ’Aida.”A l.% MAt it as-t ( ■ i rand on I a (’a va i eii« Hu.-tii iua, has been honouredby having a rag based on it* inter-mezzo. It Is called the Itu tv t'anO Rag.” and probably one of the intentions with which the Am rican intei viewers will frighten Mascagni when he arrives in New Ycrk in a lew da; will be how he lik' s the *’itusty-t’an-O.’’ The rflS is suppo id to I • sunt-by an Italian in New York sighing for Italian music. Suddenly he hi an* the “Rusty-t'an-O train, and he sings:Oh, Wop, don't stopPlaying that Hu t -t'an-o rag.Jt makes me spooney,Got me looney,Sacramento, California,When I h -ar that music swell,I feel just liim I wa jn heaven.Oh. kid, my lid i- swimmiug Like a fi. h what’s got a JagI stal) myself with a baniin*.If you no play that Kusty*(’an»0. Hlt;*y! Nick, play uuick,So Mariuteh ran hootch a cootch That beautiful Rusty-Cun-C» rag. The words are as difficult to comprehend as a Browning poem, whichis on » of the beauites of rag time. Itwould necessitate u learned ociety outside America to me over the n. nr:-pressing h r prt !lt; ' , f ribdance ihus:(iommenre by I ■ iiding.Till you think ' It re rid i ■,Oil th air a ‘ne Your eyes art C ,rtoarnln • While you’re i ti*g. turning.•List to givlt; ||Sweet music ( i miiv w* e|dngAlong and ke.-i uTime to every p •4A melody that I! * -Down to your oe-;.Tii -ii. you hop, i ’• U drop,Never stop.Keep int»\ ing ir , i prlghtL., While you're . mg siiglnl ,-i With ^ ^ep BO lighC3|S’^K;11 T so n rlt; 1st ilt; tie,Really realist •W’hen you do tie lit.That music koHIv rising.Sounds suriJti-i Tantalising. I n advising You to learn eac* twi-t and turn Of that old Span h ragl*l:i with that hublin rag,That Iriyji trouhiln ret-K i 1 • I- c VStt't'1.Oh, lt;h, •!, ,You I.■i?.ii i, aii ,(joogl*. up yoirI'd leave my home,^ »,*i it, ;• lt;i, ■ i•#-Yoti'.i :■ t myi (Ii r i S» .Oli. 11:» ii v*ii .sure f ■»-■■*» t(i p.n^ hlt; n th* n; rt to . log and play Thai |(*v it;- bubbiin', t rn si !in'Dublin rag.A blhlloitriipliy of Dp- rats smm |no*, lime imte.: %. V* l ij v. iiuId runto a rend u*ed volume. Xoiue of themost popular one hr-*:‘ I)at Draggy Hag.”‘‘That Italian Hag'Tha; Tea sin’ Itag 'I hn *' noiful Ha -.”■ Ha \ , t Rag ”’’Spaglie. ■ tin ■Yiddish;) i. • ”Yankiuua Ray.’* ''SX'M“That Ho: sum Rag.”Thai Table d’Hote Hay.”The coon aonu . , dfat' nnd thetm on von- J*: (Lin ; . y York’smuslcn! fnpf* le. ■lt; tun e on h. \ «g, and any musician who lt;i p.,i ragmelodi on n -p« r ha a arc clutchon th** New York ladder or popularity.I« tmm14J. W. T. MASON.
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Kingston Daily Gleaner
Kingston, Kingston, JM
Tue, Dec 06, 1910
Page 10
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