These arrangements are based on MIDI transcriptions of the original sheet music most of which was published ten years either side of 1900 in the USA. Many of the transcriptions in this selection were produced by John Cowell and have been put into the public domain without restrictions on their use.
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Copyright: we retain the copy right on our arrangements for public performance or any other commercial application but grant you the right to download it free of charge for your own personal use. Donation: If you enjoy the music I would be grateful if you would make a donation to the charitable Trust Fund run by Croydon Whitgift Rotary Club.
California SunshineEgyptiaRainbow IntermezzoDublin DaisiesHaiawathaSilver HeelsThe arrangements used a digital sample based version of the Indonesian Gamelan together with a selection of digital Marimbas.Through trial and error a consistent set up was developed and then adapted for each recording. We have sought to emphasise the contrast between the two voices of the piano music whilst emphasising the rhythmic content. There are more Gamelan Ragtime tracks on the Rags, Dances, Marches and Novelties pages.
Copyright: we retain the copy right on our arrangements for public performance or any other commercial application but grant you the right to download it free of charge for your own personal use. Donation: If you enjoy the music I would be grateful if you would make a donation to the charitable Trust Fund run by Croydon Whitgift Rotary Club.
Ragtime Intermezzos
On Gamelan and Marimba
These intermezzos are perhaps amongst the more pretentious of the Ragtime genre with their references to a pastiche of Native American Indian music - definitely of their time and place. These arrangements are based on MIDI transcriptions of the original sheet music most of which was published ten years either side of 1900 in the USA. Many of the transcriptions in this selection were produced by John Cowell and have been put into the public domain without restrictions on their use.California SunshineEgyptiaRainbow IntermezzoDublin DaisiesHaiawathaSilver HeelsThe arrangements used a digital sample based version of the Indonesian Gamelan together with a selection of digital Marimbas. Through trial and error a consistent set up was developed and then adapted for each recording. We have sought to emphasise the contrast between the two voices of the piano music whilst emphasising the rhythmic content. There are more Gamelan Ragtime tracks on the Rags, Dances, Marches and Novelties pages.