Ernest Hogan – First To Publish Ragtime

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Ernest Hoga, Vaudeville's Talented Performer and Composer

The first person to actually publish a ragtime composition was Kentucky’s Ernest Hogan, minstrel, musician, and composer. As a teenager, Hogan worked in traveling minstrel shows as a dancer, musician, and comedian and, with other notables helped create the musical genre called ragtime.

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  • About Executive Producer and host, Dr. Jonathan Øverby Host
  • Joe Hardtke Technical Director

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