DESCRIPTION:
In this excerpt from "Lincoln Presents: Jazz in Serious Music", Leonard Bernstein explains the origins of Ragtime in European and American music of the early 20th century. He performs excerpts by Scott Joplin and Erik Satie.

Leonard Bernstein, host and conductor
New York Philharmonic

Executive Producer: Robert Saudek
Director: William A. Graham
Feature Editor: Mary V. Ahern
Host and Conductor: Leonard Bernstein

Originally broadcast on January 25, 1959 on the CBS Television Network.

© Amberson Holdings, LLC 1959, 1966