Ragtime Gems: Piano: Instrumental Album

Here is a choice selection of 25 of the most famous rags several of which cannot be found elsewhere. Written during ragtime's golden age from 1904 to 1910 these melodies include three of Scott Joplin's finest works — Searchlight Rag Rose Leaf Rag and Fig Leaf Rag — plus songs by Tin Pan Alley's hottest composers of the day: George Botsford Harry Armstrong and Egbert Van Alstyne.Reprinted from the original editions the songs in this value-packed volume were selected by David Jasen a noted ragtime performer as well as a composer and historian of popular music. A splendid array of sheet music accompanies the full musical texts offering glimpses of popular artfrom a century ago that range from the serenely beautiful to the eccentric.Dover Original.

Classical melodies from Piano Opera and Orchestral literature are revisited in this unique series. The arrangements feature jazz styles including ragtime and blues. Students who are familiar with some of these gems will enjoy their new settings while those playing them for the first time will become familiar with these wonderful melodies. Titles: 'Blues for Dolores' 'Blues March' 'Italian Jazz' 'Jazz Etude' 'Jazzy German Dance' 'Jazzy Spanish Song' 'Lullaby Jazz' 'Minuet in Jazz' 'Ragtime Can-Can' 'Ragtime Prelude'.

Classical melodies from Piano Opera and Orchestral Literature are revisited in this unique series. The arrangements feature jazz styles including ragtime and blues. Students who are familiar with some of these gems will enjoy their new settings while those playing them for the first time will become familiar with these wonderful melodies. Titles include: Bagatelle Swing; Ecossaise Rag; German Dance Rag; Jazz in A Minor; Lullaby in Blue; Ragtime Sonatina and Sheherazade Jazz.

Parlor Gems A Treasury of 19th Century Music for Classical Guitar. In the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the parlor was a room set aside for particular functions. Before the advent of the radio, it was the place where formal presentations were staged, including amateur and semi-professional concerts. This classical guitar solo collection for the intermediate to advanced player offers nine engaging and lyrical European and North American favorites of this bygone era. All of the solos are presented in standard notation only and played on authentic reproductions of period instruments on the book?s online companion recording. Author Joseph Mayes plays works by well-known guitarist-composers Carulli, Coste and Giuliani as well as the lesser-known but deserving ?Kathleen Mavoureen?Romanza? by Frederick N. Crouch arranged by Charles de Janon, and Felix Arndt?s ?Nola,? one of the era?s most popular ragtime piano themes, here transcribed and arranged by William Foden and the author. Includes access to online audio.