![]() ![]() The word stems from “ragged time”, which according to Jean Kleeb: The start of Joplin’s “big break” was his appearance at the Chicago World Fair in 1893, which helped to establish Ragtime as a national craze. Weiss helped Joplin to discover and appreciate music as an “art” and not simply as an entertainment, and helped his mother acquire a used piano for practice.īefore long, Joplin was on the road to a career in music, although in young adulthood he too was briefly a railroad labourer, while also teaching mandolin and guitar and travelling the American South as an itinerate musician. Most of Joplin’s musical education came from a local tutor Eric Tauber, who recognised the boy’s talent, realised the family’s poverty, and gave him free lessons. The young Joplin was able to play piano while his mother cleaned, and showed an early interest in music. His father was an ex-slave turned railroad worker who played the violin, while his mother Florence worked as a cleaner, and was a singer and banjo player. While Scott Joplin’s ragtime piano solos The Entertainer and Maple Leaf Rag and known and enjoyed by music-lovers the world over, few perhaps are acquainted with the details of his relatively short life. In this review I will be looking at the recently published volume, Ragtime by Scott Joplin, by Jean Kleeb, appearing as part of Bärenreiter’s Ready to Play series.īut first, a few words about the importance of Joplin himself… In addition to this year marking the Debussy centenary, November 24th 2018 is the 150th anniversary of the birth of Scott Joplin, composer of some of the most popular piano pieces ever written. Let me know what you think of when listening to this piece.Products featured on Pianodao are selected for review by ANDREW EALES. At least that is what this piece makes me think. Joplin’s rags use syncopation and unprecedented presentation/resolution of harmonic progressions to dictate the beat and flavor of life. The characteristics in all of his rags seem to always give me a sense of start and stop, conflict and resolution. Listening to this piece along with any of Scoot Joplin’s rags always puts a smile on my face and gets me in a good mood. I enjoy this piece immensely because I love rags for their simplicity and jolliness. ![]() This piece became a model for other ragtime composers influencing future works with its melodies, rhythmic patterns, and harmonic progressions. The Maple Leaf Rag is one of the first rags that Scott Joplin composed, and it is also one of the most famous and influential rags. The overall form of this rag is A-A-B-B-A-C-C-D-D. After the repeat of the second strain, section B, the first strain returns briefly and then the piece continues its usual course. In the Maple Leaf Rag, there are four sixteen-measure strains that are each repeated. One can tell where these sections are by the subtle, yet prominent transitions between the different melodies, and these sections are usually repeated as well. In a rag, the main melodic sections are called strains. He is not called the “King of Ragtime” for nothing! He is mainly known for his piano rags which became a big hit in the 1890s. For many who have heard the pineapple rag in theory class, the Maple Leap Rag sounds undoubtedly like it was written by the same composer! Scott Joplin is the son of a former slave and the first to make a name for himself as an African American composer. ![]() Ah yes my friends, this is the sound of a good ol’ rag. A constant left hand accompaniment that can’t stay away from strong beats and a cordial right hand that can’t stay away from weak beats. ![]()
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