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Piano Rags by Scott Joplin is an album by Joshua Rifkin consisting of ragtime compositions by Scott Joplin, released by Nonesuch Records in 1970. The spine of the original album and various compact disc reissues render the title as Scott Joplin: Piano Rags. [1]
While the word ragtime was first known to be used in 1896, the term probably originates in the dance events hosted by plantation slaves known as “rags”. [4] The first recorded use of the term ragtime was by vaudeville musician Ben Harney who in 1896 used it to describe the piano music he played (which he had extracted from banjo and fiddle players).
Many ragtime pianist, beginning around the 1920s, went on to perform stride and boogie-woogie and other lists of artists might be more identified with either. Shapiro's two lists above, exclude those who are known more as (i) non-piano ragtime composers (ii) ragtime revivalist (iii) stride pianists, and (iv) boogie-woogie pianists.
Cover of Scott Joplin's Magnetic Rag, published 1914. In November 1970, Rifkin released the first of three albums of Scott Joplin's work: Scott Joplin: Piano Rags. Released by Nonesuch, [4] a classical music label, the album was critically acclaimed, commercially successful and led to other artists exploring the ragtime genre.
Audiophile Records released a two-record set, The Complete Piano Works of Scott Joplin, The Greatest of Ragtime Composers, performed by Knocky Parker, in 1970. [88] In 1968, Bolcom and Albright interested Joshua Rifkin, a young musicologist, in the body of Joplin's work.
"The Entertainer" is a 1902 classic piano rag written by Scott Joplin. [1] It was sold first as sheet music by John Stark & Son of St. Louis, Missouri, [2] and in the 1910s as piano rolls that would play on player pianos. [1] The first recording was by blues and ragtime musicians the Blue Boys in 1928, played on mandolin and guitar. [1]
Ragtime Piano Masterpieces (Columbia, 1953) Wally Rose (Good Time Jazz, 1953) Cake Walk to Lindy Hop (Columbia, 1955) Ragtime Classics (Good Time Jazz, 1958) Wally Rose on Piano (Blackbird, 1970) Whippin' the Keys (Blackbird, 1971; Delmark, 2008) Revisited (Stomp Off, 1982) Turk Murphy's San Francisco Jazz, Vol. 2 (Good Time Jazz, 1953, revised ...
Max Edward Morath (October 1, 1926 – June 19, 2023) was an American ragtime pianist, composer, actor, and author. He was best known for his piano playing and is referred to as "Mr. Ragtime". [1]