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Max Morath
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Max Morath (October 1, 1926, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA) is an American ragtime pianist, composer, actor and author. He is best known for his piano playing, and is referred to as "Mr. Ragtime". He has been a devoted and prolific performer, writing several plays and productions, as well as being variously a recording artist, actor and radio and television presenter. Rudi Blesh billed Morath as a "one-man ragtime army". Max Morath studied piano and harmony as a child and was exposed to the rudiments of ragtime piano by his mother, a schooled pianist who had also spent several years playing for silent films. He received a Bachelor's degree in English from Colorado College in 1948, before embarking on a varied career that included jobs in radio and television, jazz, and theatre. His appearances as pianist and musical director with melodrama companies in Cripple Creek and Durango, Colorado, triggered his interest in early American popular music and theatre, including a study of its social and economic history, largely inspired by George and Ira Gershwin, Irving Berlin and his ragtime heroes Eubie Blake and Scott Joplin. The success of those theatrical endeavors led to Morath's first professional recordings. During 1959-1961 Morath wrote, performed, and co-produced twenty-six half-hour television programs for PBS, then NET (National Educational Television). The programs were produced by Channel Six, Denver, and were fed nationally to the infant public broadcasting network. T
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albums
The World Of Scott Joplin
The Best Of Scott Joplin
Oh Play That Thing!
The Ragtime Women
The World Of Scott Joplin, Vol. Ii
Jonah Man-Tribute To Bert Williams
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It's Ragtime!
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Downtempo Blues Instrumentals
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Living a Ragtime Life
Presenting That Celebrated Maestro
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Best Of Scott Joplin
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Max Morath: Complete Ragtime Works for Piano