Mike Bernard (musician)

Mike Bernard (musician)

Mike Bernard (March 17, 1881 – June 27, 1936) was an American musician who influenced the development of ragtime-era music.

A musical child prodigy born in New York City, he studied at the Berlin Conservatory in Germany and once played before the Kaiser. At age nineteen, back in New York, he heard Ben Harney (the self-proclaimed "inventor of ragtime") perform, and decided to compete against him. He soon became known as one of the best ragtime performers in the country, billing himself as the "Rag Time King of the World." A white musician with little exposure to the African-American roots of ragtime, he pioneered a style of music that appealed to the public but is often derided by purists as "pseudo-ragtime."

His style, flashy and fast, influenced the white ragtime composers of Tin Pan Alley but was often looked down upon by the admirers of the "genuine ragtime" that issued from African-American communities. Artists considered part of the "Mike Bernard school" include Pete Wendling, Lee S. Roberts, Max Kortlander, Frank Banta, Victor Arden, Phil Ohman, Zez Confrey, Charley Straight, and Roy Bargy.

References

  • They All Played Ragtime by Rudi Blesh and Harriet Janis. Knopf, 1950.

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