Joseph Lamb’s Rags:

Joseph Lamb was a self taught pianist who grew up in New Jersey. He met Scott Joplin in a music store in New York in 1907 when he was buying some of his and James Scott’s  sheet music. Joplin was clearly impressed because he helped with the arrangement of Lamb’s first published rag - Sensation. Our arrangements are drawn from the twelve rags published by Stark between 1908 and 1919 although there were any more unpublished works which emerged after his death in 1960. Lamb built on the approaches used by Joplin and Scott but brought his own individual  touches to his compositions. It is particularly interesting to compare his Ragtime Nightingale with Scott’s Ragtime Oriole. These arrangements all use Warren Trachtman’s MIDI recordings. They also all feature the same percussion ensemble of Marimba, Gamelan, Vibes and Steel Drums. 1908  Sensation - A Rag 1909  Excelsior Rag 1910  Champagne Rag 1913  American Beauty Rag 1915  Cleopatra Rag 1915  Contentment Rag 1915  Ragtime Nightingale 1915  Reindeer: Ragtime Two Step 1916  Patricia Rag 1916  Top Liner Rag 1919  Bohemia Rag

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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.