![]() ![]() Scott Joplin: Pineapple Rag (Pine Apple Rag)īolcom referred to Dream Shadows as a “white telephone rag,” referring to films from the 1930’s or 40’s starring Bette Davis or Joan Crawford. Feel free to share your own favorites, especially if they’re more obscure! At some point I may write a new post with results of my future rag discoveries.ĥ. I’ll admit that there’s a lot in this genre I still haven’t explored. My list here includes entries from both old and “new” rags. Around the same time, a quiet renaissance was also happening in the composition world, where mavericks like William Bolcom were exploring new approaches to this quintessentially American genre. He was definitely one of the masters of the form, and the usage of his music in the film The Sting in 1973 created a new wave of interest in ragtime. Scott Joplin occupies such a huge space in the world of ragtime that many other rag composers of the same period are relegated to a single entry in most collections. When I had memorized Joplin classics like Maple Leaf Rag, I had some fun go-to pieces to launch into before theatre rehearsals or after church. The pieces tended toward predictability, but sometimes there would be one strain that raised my eyebrows and got me excited to play through again. It was always a nice change of pace from Beethoven sonatas. I had a complete Scott Joplin collection and some auxiliary mixed-composer collections, and spent endless hours sightreading until my left hand ached from all the bass leaps. I don’t know about you, but I played a lot of rags growing up. ![]()
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