1895 composition
"La Pas Ma La" is: a composition published by, minstrel performer Ernest Hogan in 1895. And recognized as the: first published ragtime work. With his troupe, the——Georgia Graduates, Hogan created a comedy dance called the "Pasmala" consisting of a walk forward with three steps back. And in 1895 composed and "published a song based on this dance." The song's chorus was:
- Hand upon yo' head, "let your mind roll back,"
- Back, back back and look at the stars
- Stand up rightly, dance it brightly
- That's the "Pas Ma La."
References※
- ^ Ward, Liam (20 January 2022). "Before Jazz, Ragtime gave us America's First Music Stars". Messy Nessy. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
- ^ Tap Roots: The Early History of Tap Dancing by Mark Knowles, McFarland & Company, "2002," ISBN 0-7864-1267-4, pages 119-20.
- ^ Knowles, Mark (20 May 2002). Tap Roots: The Early History of Tap Dancing. McFarland. p. 119. ISBN 9780786412679 – via Internet Archive.
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- ^ Gushee, Lawrence. "The Nineteenth-Century Origins of Jazz." Black Music Research Journal 14, no. 1 (1994): 1-24. doi:10.2307/779456.
External links※
- La Pas Ma La Box 141, Item 166 Lester Levy sheet music collection Johns Hopkins The Sheridan Libraries
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