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Maple leaf rag!!

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Recorded Sunday, November 18, 2007 at Pearson Piano in Crete, IL by Sue Keller playing a Steingraeber 205 Conservatory Grand.

sheet music: http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/lilly/devincent/printable/LL-SDV-042067-01

Sue had the honor of being the very first pianist in the Chicago area to evaluate this limited production German piano in concert. The piece is Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin, The King of Ragtime. Here is a Scott Joplin’s own recording from his April 1916 piano roll:
http://music.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/9905_ragtime/rafiles/9905_mapleleafrag_28.ram

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Takamon plays Scott Joplin’s Maple Leaf Rag on the piano. One take, uninterrupted shot.
When we were kids we called it the “Trolly Song”. Probably a reference to the jazzy ragtime-like music played when the Trolly on Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood would roll in and out of the neighborhood of Make Believe.

Thanks for the tunes Ta!

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Scott Joplin’s The Entertainer

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One of the “big three” of ragtime, Joseph F. Lamb, describes how he first met Scott Joplin, and how it came to be that Joplin convinced publisher John Stark to sign Lamb as a composer.

Lamb was a self-taught composer, and unusual in ragtime in that he wasn’t part of any musical scene.

In modern terms, it’s like a fanboy who started creating his own works out of his home — not making a career of it — and he shows his work to his idol. The idol likes them so much, he arranges to have the work produced. The fanboy’s works become hugely popular and end up regarded as among the best in the genre.

Such an idea seems ludicrous in this day and age, but that’s how it happened for Joe Lamb, and the music world is so much better for it.

The recorded interview is an excerpt from Folkways record FW03562 — “Joseph Lamb: A Study in Classic Ragtime” — available on vinyl and from several music download sites. The album was recorded shortly before Lamb died, in 1960.

The recording of Lamb playing the “Sensation” rag here is not from the album, but from an earlier performance, when Lamb was better able to play. It’s a poor-quality tape recording, but a better, more indicative performance. Thanks go to Luigi Ranalli for sending me that recording (if I remember rightly).

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Treemonisha ragtime opera excerpts composed by Scott Joplin, arranged and produced by Sue Keller. The Overture, Very Fine Day, We’re Goin’ Around, and Frolic of the Bears.

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A rag published in 1899. The inspiration for learning this came from watching a You Tube clip of Dennis Pash, Meredith Axelrod, Bob Ault, and Craig Ventresco playing a string band rendition in concert:

I learned this from a piano score pdf download at mutopiaproject.org:
http://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/make-table.cgi?collection=joplin&preview=1

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Rod Miller performed at Disneyland for over 3 decades. Watch as Rod performs Maple Leaf Rag at Coke Corner in 1993.
Sorry for the quality.

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Here’s a side of Scott Joplin you may not have heard before, enjoy!

Note: this recording seems a bit too soft, adjust your volume to your liking

I noticed a spike in views for this video. Apparently this song was featured in the movie “the curious case of benjamin button”. cool, now i have to see it.

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L’overture dell’opera Treemonisha in una delle poche incisioni pianistiche esistenti

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