RagtimeThis is an article about Ragtime music. For other uses of the word "Ragtime" see: Ragtime (disambiguation). Ragtime is an American musical genre, enjoying its peak popularity around the years 1900 1918. Ragtime is a dance form written in 2/4 or 4/4 time, banjoString instruments The banjo is a string instrument, derived from "banjar," an African string instrument. Some etymologists derive it from a dialectal pronunciation of "bandore", though recent research suggests that it may come from a Senegambian term for by Vess L. Ossman
Columbia RecordsColumbia Records is the oldest continually used brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888. 1925 Columbia was originally the local company distributing and selling Edison phonographs and phonograph cylinders in Washington, D. Maryland and Delaware., 1910