Stravinsky, who had, by that time, emigrated to France after his studies with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in Russia, was confronted with American jazz combos actively influential in Europe. Stravinsky's knowledge of stylistic jazz properties was at first limited to scores brought to him from the United States by his colleague Ernest Ansermet. However, he had managed to hear live jazz bands by the time he finished Piano-Rag Music.

Date of composition 1919
Premiered 1919, November 8th in Lausanne, Switzerland
Dedicated to Arthur Rubinstein
Approx. duration 3 minutes
Instruments Piano
Autotranslations beta Igor Stravinsky: Piano-Rag-Music
Igor' Fëdorovič Stravinskij: Piano-Rag-Music
Igor Strawinsky: Piano-Rag-Music