<P> The style has its origins in African - American communities in cities such as St. Louis . Ernest Hogan ( 1865 -- 1909 ) was a pioneer of ragtime and was the first composer to have his ragtime pieces ( or `` rags '' ) published as sheet music , beginning with the song `` La Pas Ma La '' , published in 1895 . Hogan has also been credited for coining the term ragtime . The term is actually derived from his hometown `` Shake Rag '' in Bowling Green , Kentucky . Ben Harney , another Kentucky native , has often been credited for introducing the music to the mainstream public . His first ragtime composition , `` You 've Been a Good Old Wagon But You Done Broke Down '' , helped popularize the style . The composition was published in 1896 , a few months after Ernest Hogan 's `` La Pas Ma La . '' Ragtime was also a modification of the march style popularized by John Philip Sousa , with additional polyrhythms coming from African music . Ragtime composer Scott Joplin ( ca . 1868 -- 1917 ) became famous through the publication of the `` Maple Leaf Rag '' ( 1899 ) and a string of ragtime hits such as `` The Entertainer '' ( 1902 ) , although he was later forgotten by all but a small , dedicated community of ragtime aficionados until the major ragtime revival in the early 1970s . For at least 12 years after its publication , `` Maple Leaf Rag '' heavily influenced subsequent ragtime composers with its melody lines , harmonic progressions or metric patterns . </P>
<P> The style has its origins in African - American communities in cities such as St. Louis . Ernest Hogan ( 1865 -- 1909 ) was a pioneer of ragtime and was the first composer to have his ragtime pieces ( or `` rags '' ) published as sheet music , beginning with the song `` La Pas Ma La '' , published in 1895 . Hogan has also been credited for coining the term ragtime . The term is actually derived from his hometown `` Shake Rag '' in Bowling Green , Kentucky . Ben Harney , another Kentucky native , has often been credited for introducing the music to the mainstream public . His first ragtime composition , `` You 've Been a Good Old Wagon But You Done Broke Down '' , helped popularize the style . The composition was published in 1896 , a few months after Ernest Hogan 's `` La Pas Ma La . '' Ragtime was also a modification of the march style popularized by John Philip Sousa , with additional polyrhythms coming from African music . Ragtime composer Scott Joplin ( ca . 1868 -- 1917 ) became famous through the publication of the `` Maple Leaf Rag '' ( 1899 ) and a string of ragtime hits such as `` The Entertainer '' ( 1902 ) , although he was later forgotten by all but a small , dedicated community of ragtime aficionados until the major ragtime revival in the early 1970s . For at least 12 years after its publication , `` Maple Leaf Rag '' heavily influenced subsequent ragtime composers with its melody lines , harmonic progressions or metric patterns . </P>
ragtime is a blend of what two musical styles
ragtime is a blend of what two musical styles
march style African music
march style African music