Ragtime Era; 11; Feet First
- Series
- Ragtime Era
- Episode Number
- 11
- Episode
- Feet First
- Producing Organization
- KRMA-TV (Television station : Denver, Colo.)
- Contributing Organization
- Library of Congress (Washington, District of Columbia)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip-512-jm23b5x844
- NOLA Code
- RGTE
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- Description
- Episode Description
- This episode deals largely with those years after 1911, when America jumped, not headlong but feet first, into a dance mania, as Max Morath puts it. How many people remember the Grizzly Bear, the Kangaroo Dips, the Lama Duck, or the most famous one of all, the Turkey Trot? Mr. Morath plays the music which sent ragtime America dance-crazy, and the steps themselves, complicated or simple, exhausting or romantic, are danced by the Cornick dance team. The progression form the strenuous and difficult waltzes and schottische, to the simpler, less exhausting two-steps, to finally, the more elaborate tangos; the growth of dance halls, tea dances, and, incidentally, cocktail parties; the dances left over from the Ragtime Era which were still dancing these are the topics of this episode. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Series Description
- With The Ragtime Era National Educational Television brings viewers one of the most delightful, and at the same time informative series ever produced. But The Ragtime Era is more than a recreation of the music from 1890 to 1920. It is also a careful study of American social history between 1890 and 1920, a period which saw the beginning of the labor movement, modern technical achievements, feminism, the growing importance of Negroes and immigrants. It was a period of activity, unrest, gaiety and real distress. And, finally, The Ragtime Era provides the audience with some sound and at the same time uncomplicated, musical theory and analysis. To do all of this KRMA-TV, the Denver affiliate of NET, has drawn on the services of singer-pianist-musician Max Morath, who combines with his performances of ragtime classics a presentation of the pictures, stage sets, and other paraphernalia of The Ragtime Era.Max Morath began his musical education by listening to his mother play the piano for the silent films. She taught him to play the piano and to know the popular music of an earlier era. He majored in music at Harvard and, after his formal education was completed, went on with his research in the music of the early twentieth century. He performs and lectures throughout the western part of the United States. Each summer, Mr. Morath goes to Cripple Creek, Colorado, a reconstructed mining town which boasts an old-time music hall with vaudeville turns, minstrel shows and illustrated songs. There, he supplies the music and a good deal of the charm for an old-fashioned ragtime performance.This series consists of 12 half-hour episodes, which were originally recorded in black and white on videotape. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Broadcast Date
- 1960
- Asset type
- Episode
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Duration
- 00:29:42
- Credits
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Host: Morath, Max
Performer: Morath, Max
Producing Organization: KRMA-TV (Television station : Denver, Colo.)
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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Library of Congress
Identifier: cpb-aacip-0f3c5f429d1 (Filename)
Format: 2 inch videotape
Generation: Master
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Library of Congress
Identifier: cpb-aacip-e7699afd09f (Filename)
Generation: Copy: Access
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Library of Congress
Identifier: cpb-aacip-e011db2e50f (Filename)
Generation: Master
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Ragtime Era; 11; Feet First,” 1960, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed July 19, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-jm23b5x844.
- MLA: “Ragtime Era; 11; Feet First.” 1960. Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. July 19, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-jm23b5x844>.
- APA: Ragtime Era; 11; Feet First. Boston, MA: Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-jm23b5x844