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These dances exemplify the sources of some of the original features of Joplin's work:
Recordings |
Play Clips |
MP3 Download |
|---|---|---|
| Bink's Waltz | 4:14min | Donationware |
| Harmony Club Waltz | 7:11min | Free 2 Download |
| Sunflower Slow Drag | 3:41min | Donate? |
| The Augustan Club Waltz | 5:02min | Free 2 Enjoy |
| The Ragtime Dance | 3:18min | Donate? |
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:
| March Majestic | 3:05min | Donationware |
|---|---|---|
| 4:55min | Free 2 Download | |
| The Rosebud March | 3:22min | Free 2 Enjoy |
In addtion to these Joplin recording we have now recorded many more and they can be found in the following sections Rags, Ragtime Dances, Ragtime Marches, Ragtime Intermezzos and Ragtime Novelties.