What does ragtime usually refer to?

a. A kind of written piano music that appeared in the 1890s
b. A highly improvised style of brass band music
c. A style of piano music brought directly from Europe
d. A highly swinging style of piano playing


a. A kind of written piano music that appeared in the 1890s

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