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In addition, he often made his significant collection of ragtime piano sheet music available, e.g., as in the publication of a definitive, two-volume set of Scott Joplin's collected rags. [10] His relatively early conversations with ragtime figures such as Bob Darch and Arthur Marshall have led to discoveries in the history of ragtime. [11]
"Russian Rag" is a 1918 ragtime jazz piano composition by George L. Cobb. [1] [2] The composition was published by Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. [1]The composition is based on the opening chord progression of Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op.3, No.2.
The "Black and White Rag" is a 1908 ragtime composition by George Botsford. [1]The song was recorded widely for both the phonograph and player piano, [2] and was the third ragtime composition to sell over one million copies of sheet music. [3]
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).
"Magnetic Rag," the last piece he completed, Joplin had pushed the music far beyond the boisterous beerhall ambience that characterized, for many listeners and players, the rag idiom. This was music on a large scale that was now being squeezed into the narrow confines of rag form—so much so, that the music often burst at the seams.
"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]