Answer:

ragtime

AnswerCrossword Clue
RAGTIMEDoctorow novel
RAGTIME1975 Doctorow opus
RAGTIMEStyle Fats Waller used
RAGTIMEE.L. Doctorow novel
RAGTIMEScott Joplin's genre
RAGTIMEE. L. Doctorow novel
RAGTIMEGenre descended from the cakewalk
RAGTIMECagney's final feature film
RAGTIME1975 E.L. Doctorow novel
RAGTIME1981 film directed by Milos Forman
RAGTIMEPredecessor of swing.
RAGTIMEAncestor of jazz.
RAGTIMEJazzy music.
RAGTIMEForte of "Alexander."
RAGTIME"Alexander's ... Band."
RAGTIMEForerunner of swing.
RAGTIMEMusical tempo.
RAGTIMERiver boat music, from 1890.
RAGTIMEBerlin's forte.
RAGTIMEPrecursor of jazz.
RAGTIMESyncopated rhythm.
RAGTIMEType of music.
RAGTIMEBeat of the 1920's.
RAGTIMEHot rhythm
RAGTIMESyncopation
RAGTIMEJoplin specialty
RAGTIMEA style of music
RAGTIMEDoctorow best seller
RAGTIME1975 Doctorow novel
RAGTIMEE. L. Doctorow best seller
RAGTIMEHonky-tonk
RAGTIMESyncopated pieces
RAGTIMEOld bar material
RAGTIMEStyle for Eubie Blake
RAGTIMESome honky-tonk music
RAGTIMEI am into great wildly rhythmic music (7)
RAGTIME"The Entertainer" musical genre
RAGTIMEMusic of Scott Joplin
RAGTIMEJoplin's pieces
RAGTIMEWhen your clothes wear out?