Ragtime Gems: Original Sheet Music for 25 Ragtime Classics (Dover Music for Piano)
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| Rating | : | 4.35 (692 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0486252485 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 120 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the AuthorDavid Jasen was a well-known ragtime performer, composer, and historian of popular music.
Written during ragtime's golden age from 1904 to 1910, these melodies include three of Scott Joplin's finest works — Searchlight Rag, Rose Leaf Rag, and Fig Leaf Rag — plus songs by Tin Pan Alley's hottest composers of the day: George Botsford, Harry Armstrong, and Egbert Van Alstyne.Reprinted from the original editions, the songs in this value-packed volume were selected by David Jasen, a noted ragtime performer as well as a composer and historian of popular music. A splendid array of sheet music accompanies the full musical texts, offering glimpses of popular art from a century ago that range from the serenely beautiful to the eccentric.. Here is a choice selection of 25 of the most famous rags, several of which cannot be found elsewhere
Rip Roarin' Fun Enclosed William G. Edwards The first follow up to the three larger Dover editions of collected ragtime, this is the one that really smokes, and has rags that simply will not be ignored. Not only are three Joplin greats part of the package, but the well known Dill Pickles, Wild Cherries, Temptation Rag, the incomparable Entertainer's Rag, and Scott's masterpiece, Grace and Beau. "A Genuinely Good Book" according to S. Taylor. This is a good publication for some lesser-known rags that can othewise be very difficult to find. Among the more well-known pieces are SJ's Fig Leaf Rag, Rose Leaf Rag and Searchlight Rag and James Scott's Grace and Beauty. There are, however, only a few challenges in this book, and they mainly come from my personal favourite, The Entertainer's Rag.. Great compilation This is a great compilation of some very hard to find rags like Spagetti Rag and The Entertainer's Rag! Enjoy!
David Jasen was a well-known ragtime performer, composer, and historian of popular music.