30 Unique Scott Joplin MP3s

(Ragtime Piano - Remixed on Steel drums & Marimba)

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Ragtime Entertainments Re-arranged and Re-recorded:

We suspect that some of these pieces represented commercial opportunities, as much as artistic endeavor but why not listen and judge for yourselves :

Country Club	3:43min	0.49 US($)
Euphonic Sounds	3:44min	0.49 US($)
Heliotrope Bouquet	4:14min	0.69 US($)
Pleasant Moments	3:09min	0.49 US($)
Solace	5:21min	0.99 US($)
The Cascades	3:06min	0.49 US($)
The Easy Winners	3:49min	0.49 US($)
The Entertainer	4:29min	0.69 US($)
The Strenuous Life	3:45min	0.49 US($)
Weeping Willow	3:22min	0.49 US($)

Scott Joplin was the talented son of an ex slave who was lucky enough to receive a classical music education. He sang and played in groups and bands in towns and cities along the banks of the Mississippi and its tributaries. Ragtime introduced a new kind of syncopation to the dances and marches of the time. It is probably not too fanciful to suppose that some of this rhythmic development crossed over from dancers to musicians. Many of these developments were taken forward a few years later into the development of Jazz and some crossed the Atlantic and were adopted by French composers such as Debussy and Satie.

Girls' Name Tunes in Ragtime Re-arranged and Re-recorded:

Here some of the romantic European influences on Scott Joplin become apparent:

Antoinette	3:08min	0.49 US($)
Eugenia	4:34min	0.69 US($)
Leola	4:02min	0.69 US($)

Piano sheet music and player rolls were the only viable means of publishing this sort of music at the time but we know that just like Jelly Roll Morton, Scott Joplin played in bands with a range of instruments including cornets, besides the piano. So it is not too much of a stretch to imagine alternative instrumentation for these pieces. Once again we have found that the combination of steel drums and marimba bring a fresh appeal to this music with exotic New World overtones. In this collection of 30 tunes we have used a variety of combinations and permutations to fit the feel of each piece.

Ragtime Dances Re-arranged and Re-recorded:

These dances exemplify the sources of some of the original features of Joplin's work:

Bink's Waltz	4:14min	0.69 US($)
Harmony Club Waltz	7:11min	0.99 US($)
Sunflower Slow Drag	3:41min	0.49 US($)
The Augustan Club Waltz	5:02min	0.99 US($)
The Ragtime Dance	3:18min	0.49 US($)

Rather than organize them chronologically we have grouped them into Rags, Dances, Marches, Girls and Entertainments. We hope that you will find this an interesting way of acquainting yourself with the work of this unusual composer.

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Rags Re-arranged and Re-recorded:

Joplin was the first to have his rags published as sheet music - crossing the racial divide from the informal black musical culture in dance halls and bars to the piano fortes in the parlors of the white middle class homes at the end of the nineteenth century and the start of the twentieth. We start with the first one published Maple Leaf Rag:

Digital Recordings in MP3	Length	Price	Listen & Buy
Maple Leaf Rag	3:18min	0.49 US($)
Felicity Rag	3:12min	0.49 US($)
Fig Leaf Rag	4:07min	0.69 US($)
Magnetic Rag	5:28min	0.99 US($)
Paragon Rag	3:45min	0.49 US($)
Peacherine Rag	3:18min	0.49 US($)
Rose Leaf Rag	4:54min	0.69 US($)
Searchlight Rag	3:00min	0.49 US($)
Stop-time Rag	3:01min	0.49 US($)

Ragtime Marches Re-arranged and Re-recorded:

These marches illustrate the source of some of the underlying rhythmic features of ragtime:

March Majestic	3:05min	0.49 US($)
The Crush Collision March	4:55min	0.69 US($)
The Rosebud March	3:22min	0.49 US($)

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