A complete new edition of the Scott Joplin rags with introduction by Max Morath.

8 Original Rags for Solo Piano-8 original rags from Bill Boyd Phillip Keveren Carol Klose Jennifer Linn Mona Rejino Christos Tsitsaros and Jennifer

Classical melodies from piano opera and orchestral literature are revisited in this unique series. The arrangements feature jazz styles including ragtime and blues. Students who are familiar with some of these gems will enjoy their new settings while those playing them for the first time will become familiar with these wonderful melodies. Titles include: 'Hungarian Jazz Dance' 'Jazz Solo' 'June Blues' 'The Ragtime Farmer' 'Ragtime for Elise' 'Ragtime Minuet' 'Santa Lucia Rag' 'Solfegietto Jazz' and 'Venetian Blues'.

The talented Scott Joplin was a pioneer of the Piano Rag and he wrote some of the most popular and recognisable pieces in this genre. This is the first book of Joplin rags in collection spanning three volumes. / Piano

Alabama Dream George D. Barnarda Ragtime Nightmare Tom Turpinchopsticks Euphemia Allencotton Bolls Chas Huntercreole Belles J. Bodewalt Lampeheliotrope Bouquet Louis Chauvin/Scott Joplinjust AskMe Chas Hunterpossum And Taters Chas Hunterqueen Of Love Chas Hunterrag Medley No. 1 John W Boonerag Medley No. 2 John W Boonesure Fire Rag Henry Lodgethe St Louis Rag Tom Turpintickled ToDeath Chas Hunter forewordthe Latter Half Of The Nineteenth Century Was A Period Of Great Development In American Music. Ragtime Became Extremely Popular And It Dominated The Popular Music Of The Early TwentiethCentury. One Tends To Imagine That Scott Joplin Was The Only Ragtime Composer But There Were Many Others. The Recent Revival Of Ragtime Has Led To The Rediscovery Of Many Lost Compositions. The Manner In Which RagtimeDeveloped Is A Matter Of Conjecture. Some Suggest That The Catalyst Was 'Chopsticks' Which Was Written By A 16 - Year - Old English Girl Euphemia Allen. It Was Published In 1877 And Became An 'Overnight Success'. The TechniqueNeeded To Play It Is In Some Ways Similar To That Which Is Needed For Ragtime.ragtime Undoubtedly Has Afro-american Roots. The Great Ethno- Musicologist Trebor Jay Tichenor Has Written That The End Of The Civil War Gave BlackMusicians Much Greater Access To Keyboard Instruments And That This Was A Factor In Ragtime's Development. It Was However Preceded By Dances Known As 'Cakewalks'. They Became All The Rage And Were So Called Because Black CouplesWould Dress Up In Their Finest Clothes And Parade About Town - The Best Dressed Were Said To 'Take The Cake'. Needless To Say As Ragtime Developed Many Prudes Condemned It As The 'Music Of Satan' - One Recalls SimilarReactions To 'Rock And Roll'. Ragtime Achieved A Vitality And Spontaneity Which Transformed Popular Music. It Led To A Great Craze For 'Animal Dances' - The Foxtrot Is A

Par MIER MARTHA. Due to numerous piano teacher and student requests, Martha Mier has written Book 5 in her best-selling Jazz, Rags

Description Scott Joplin: 18 Rags In Easier Versions A selection of 18 rags arranged for the beginner to intermediate pianist. Songlist Elite Syncopations Heliotrope Bouquet Kismet Rag Lily Queen Magnetic Rag Maple Leaf Rag Palm Leaf Rag Paragon Rag [Joplin, Scott] Pine Apple Rag Ragtime Dance Swipesy The Chrysanthemum The Easy Winners The Entertainer The Favourite The Nonpareil The Sycamore Weeping Willow

33 classic Joplin rags and dances for Piano. Among the titles included are such favourites as The Entertainer Maple Leaf Rag Fig Leaf Solace The Chrysanthemum Strenuous Life and Harmony Club Waltz.

Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack-This souvenir songbook features beautiful full-color scenes from the movie plus piano solo arrangements of ten lovely John Powell works: Exodus! - Furies in Love - The Hidden World - Legend Has It/Cliffside Playtime - New 'New Tail' - Once There Were Dragons - Third Date - Together from Afar - Toothless: Smitten. - With Love Comes a Great Waterfall.

Comme beaucoup de gens, je me suis intéressé au ragtime en tant que forme artistique grâce à Joshua Rifkin et ses interprétations de la musique de Scott Joplin. En 1971, après divers projets communs au Royaume-Uni, un ami américain m'envoya un exemplaire des Collected Piano Works (oevres complètes pour piano) de Joplin, tout juste publiées. Quelque temps après, au cours d'un voyage en Australie, un ami pourvu d'une immense collection de disques me fit écouter des enregistrements de rags et de musique de style ' stride '. C'est ainsi que je découvris l'incomparable James P. Johnson interprétant, entre autres, Mule-Walk Stomp et The Carolina Shout.Mon initiation fit un bond en avant quand je fis la connaissance de William Albright. Son disque Ragtime Back to Back, enregistré avec William Bolcom, avait déclenché en moi une admiration passionnée. Non seulement Bill Albright me donna la partition de sa Grand Sonata in Rag (Jobert-Paris, 1974) que j'avais eu le plaisir d'entendre auparavant, mais il me fournit aussi des copies de ses transcriptions d'anciens enregistrements de ' strides ' figurant sur le disque mentionné ci-dessus. À Terre-Neuve, un passionné de ragtime me fit écouter des enregistrements de Max Morath et de sa musique. Je pris contact avec le compositeur qui eut la gentillesse de m'envoyer la partition de Polyragmic. Récemment, j'ai travaillé les magnifiques rags de William Bolcom (Complete Rags for Piano, Edward B. Marks MusicCompany), superbement enregistrés par John Murphy (Albany).Ainsi, après avoir joué Joplin, Albright et Morath au fil des années et maintenant, certains rags de Bolcom, le temps me semblait venu de m'y essayer à mon tour. Voici le résultat de cette aventure. Ces pièces, écrites en janvier et février 2012 pour mes amis du Gers, sont présentées ici dans l'ordre de leur composition. Sainte -Christie et Caillavet sont deux petits villages perchés sur des collines, avec vue sur les Pyrénées. Pavie, près d'Auch, est le site du Château Monlaur. Mon épouse et moi résidons à Caillavet. Les deux derniers rags ont été composéspour nos voisins.Pour finir, un conseil de Scott Joplin : ' C'est toujours une erreur de jouer le ragtime vite. ' / Piano