One of the legacies that he is known for is the fact that, together with his fellow ragtime composers, they rejuvenated the American popular music and this fostered an appreciation for the African American music among the European Americans. In achieving this, they all came up with some exhilarating as well as some serious liberating dance tunes that completely changed the American musical taste (Reed, 1985). Despite being poor during his death and being disappointed during his death time, the composer contributed greatly towards setting the composition standard for ragtime and played a very critical role in developing ragtime music. Again, he is greatly known as being a pioneer composer as well as a performer and he is well known for the role that he took in paving the way for young black artists to reach all races in America (Berlin, 1996). As a result of his contribution in the industry, it has been noted that the very few who were aware of his greatness bowed their heads down in sorrow. The implication of this was that, a great man who was considered as the king of ragtime writers had passed on and he is also referred to as the person who gave America a genuine native kind of music (Reed,
One of the legacies that he is known for is the fact that, together with his fellow ragtime composers, they rejuvenated the American popular music and this fostered an appreciation for the African American music among the European Americans. In achieving this, they all came up with some exhilarating as well as some serious liberating dance tunes that completely changed the American musical taste (Reed, 1985). Despite being poor during his death and being disappointed during his death time, the composer contributed greatly towards setting the composition standard for ragtime and played a very critical role in developing ragtime music. Again, he is greatly known as being a pioneer composer as well as a performer and he is well known for the role that he took in paving the way for young black artists to reach all races in America (Berlin, 1996). As a result of his contribution in the industry, it has been noted that the very few who were aware of his greatness bowed their heads down in sorrow. The implication of this was that, a great man who was considered as the king of ragtime writers had passed on and he is also referred to as the person who gave America a genuine native kind of music (Reed,