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ragtime

music genre
Intangible music_genre Q185652
ragtime
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Summary

ragtime is a music genre[1]. ragtime ranks in the top 3% of music genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,814 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: musical form[3]
  • Subclass of: music of North America[4], popular music[5], parlour music[6]
  • Commons category: Ragtime[7]
  • Country of origin: United States[8]
  • Inception: 1890[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Ragtime[10]
  • Different from: raga[11]
  • Uses: piano[12]
  • Has list: list of ragtime composers[13]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject African diaspora[14], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15]

Why It Matters

ragtime has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] ragtime is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

Jelly Roll Morton Scott Joplin United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → u0001832-ragtime
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: u0001832-ragtime, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 14995, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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