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"La Pas Ma La" is the first
"The Nineteenth-Century Origins of Jazz."
Black Music Research Journal 14, no. 1 (1994): 1-24. doi:10.2307/779456. Hogan created a comedy dance called the "La Pas Ma La" , which consisted of a walk forward with three steps back. In 1895, he wrote and composed a song based on this dance called "pasmala".''Tap Roots: The Early History of Tap Dancing'' by Mark Knowles, McFarland & Company, 2002, , pages 119-20. 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.
La Pas Ma La
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"La Pas Ma La" is the first ragtime
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performer Ernest Hogan
Ernest Hogan (born Ernest Reuben Crowdus; 1865 – May 20, 1909) was the first African-American entertainer to produce and star in a Broadway show (''The Oyster Man'' in 1907) and helped to popularize the musical genre of ragtime.
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, he performed a dance step and ditty with the name "Pasmala".Gushee, Lawrence"The Nineteenth-Century Origins of Jazz."
Black Music Research Journal 14, no. 1 (1994): 1-24. doi:10.2307/779456. Hogan created a comedy dance called the "La Pas Ma La" , which consisted of a walk forward with three steps back. In 1895, he wrote and composed a song based on this dance called "pasmala".''Tap Roots: The Early History of Tap Dancing'' by Mark Knowles, McFarland & Company, 2002, , pages 119-20. 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.
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La Pas Ma La
Box 141, Item 166 Lester Levy sheet music collection Johns Hopkins The Sheridan Libraries 1895 songs Rags {{US-music-stub