Max Morath was born on October 1,1926 and is an American ragtime pianist, composer, actor, and author.
14 Facts About Max Morath
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Max Morath is best known for his piano playing and is referred to as "Mr Ragtime".
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Max Morath has been a touring performer as well as being variously a composer, recording artist, actor, playwright, and radio and television presenter.
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Max Morath studied piano and harmony as a child and was exposed to the rudiments of ragtime piano by his mother, a schooled pianist who had spent several years playing for silent films.
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Max Morath received a bachelor's degree in English from Colorado College in 1948, before embarking on a career that included jobs in radio and television, jazz, and theater.
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From 1959 to 1961 Max Morath wrote, performed, and co-produced 26 half-hour television programs for PBS, then NET.
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Max Morath appeared on The Bell Telephone Hour, Kraft Music Hall, Today, and The Tonight Show.
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Max Morath's one-man show, Max Morath at the Turn of the Century, was a critical success and played Off-Broadway at the Jan Hus Playhouse in 1969, followed by a four-year national tour.
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In 1996, Max Morath earned a master's degree from Columbia University in American Studies.
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Max Morath's thesis was based on the life and work of songwriter Carrie Jacobs-Bond, composer of "I Love You Truly" and other popular songs.
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The screenplay of Blind Boone, written by Max Morath and his colleague Moss Hall, was a first-prize winner in the category 'Music-Inspired Drama' at the Nashville Film Festival in March 2015.
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Max Morath is currently working on a 60,000-word volume of "translations" of Dunne's writings out of the Irish dialect in which they were originally published and into standard English.
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Max Morath recorded five vocal albums with the team of William Bolcom and Joan Morris.
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Max Morath has been recognized as a major influence on younger pianists recording ragtime.