Complete Piano Rags (Dover Music for Piano)

39 illustrations. As ragtime authority David A. In the early 1900s, no name was more prominent on those sheet-music covers and no one wrote ragtime music more brilliantly than Scott Joplin.This wonderful book brings together in one superbly produced playing edition all thirty-eight of Scott Joplin's piano rags, including his six collaborations, plus Joplin's own primer on how to play ragtime, the "School of Ragtime." Each rag has been reprinted, along with its sheet-music cover, from the original publisher's edition.At the Williams' Brothers saloon in Sedalia, Misso

In time the "Maple Leaf Rag" also became the most recorded composition on piano roll, with forty known versions.Most of Joplin's other rags were hits as well. As ragtime authority David A. Throughout history, few musical crazes have hit with such impact, had such a heyday and lingered so hauntingly as ragtime. Ragtime arrived on the upswing of Tin Pan Alley, when the popularity of pianos in the home was reaching its peak and an endless stream of sheet music flowed out to meet the demand. Many bear the playful names that were given most rags, names like "The Strenuous Life," "Heliotrope Bouquet," and his last published piece, the "Silver Swan Rag." One of them, "The Entertainer," triggered a major revival of interest in his work when it was incorporated into the score of the popular film The Sting. All of them are here, each bearing the mark of Joplin's supreme ori

My son loves Scott Joplin ragtime Darryl Hirschler My son loves playing ragtime, and Scott Joplin is his favorite. He asked for this book for his birthday and he loves it. He's been tearing through it! Already I've heard three different rags being played in the house in the last couple of days, "The Entertainer", "Magnetic Rag", and "Swipesy". I find ragtime music entertaining to listen to, but fascinati. Awesome Rag Collection This is a great collection of Scott Joplin's Rags. If you are interested only in his rags, this is the best collection I have seen, which is not unusual for a Schirmer's Library publication (They always have great collection books). This book also includes several waltzes. This collection however is missing 2 rags: Sensation Rag and Silver Swan Rag. Sens. "There is a commonly perceived haunting element to Scott Joplin's" according to Jason. There is a commonly perceived haunting element to Scott Joplin's music-perhaps due to the century-old piano rolls we possess. In any case, this book doesn't stop short of capturing said sentiment. As with all of Dover's output, "Compete Piano Rags" boasts all the salient sections, along with some very clear printing. What's more: the book opens with seve