William Howard Taft takes another stab at tariff reform, a Federal anti-trust suit breaks up the Standard Oil Company, and Irving Berlin publishes “Alexander’s Ragtime Band.”
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The Twentieth Century Rag
“Alexander’s Ragtime Band”
Composed in 1911 by Irving Berlin. Public domain.
Overture to Treemonisha
Composed in 1910 by Scott Joplin. Public domain.
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