Ragtime: Piano: Instrumental Album

Level 2B-This collection of outstanding popular pieces from the early 1900s is immensely appealing to the intermediate student. These pianistic arrangements with carefully edited fingering and pedaling and are directly suitable for students of a level 2B (late-elementary) standard.A superb opportunity to capture and master the addictive syncopations and delightful jumping melodies of the Ragtime style as well as the stately elegance of the March.

8 Original Rags for Solo Piano-8 original rags from Bill Boyd Phillip Keveren Carol Klose Jennifer Linn Mona Rejino Christos Tsitsaros and Jennifer

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: 'Hungarian Jazz Dance' 'Jazz Solo' 'June Blues' 'The Ragtime Farmer' 'Ragtime for Elise' 'Ragtime Minuet' 'Santa Lucia Rag' 'Solfegietto Jazz' and 'Venetian Blues'.

Von Scott Joplin By Scott Joplin-“It’s never right to play Ragtime fast.”(Scott Joplin) Most listeners associate “ragtime” with the music of Scott Joplin one of the earliest African-American composers to straddle the divide between classical and popular music. It was Joplin who brought this musical style to the pinnacle of perfection. The term “ragtime” stems from “ragged time” and describes the contrast between the sprightly syncopated melodies in the right hand and the accentuated “oom-pah” bass in the left. This collection offers deeper insight into Joplin’s art a combination of folk music African rhythms andclassical piano music. Jean Kleeb has simplified the works and added fingering. Edition in celebration of Joplins’ 150th anniversary in 2018 7 typical and well-known pieces in their entirety Difficult passages are simplified With fingering

41 jumpin' and jivin' Ragtime solos from 20 famous composers all in one bumper anthology! Celebrated academic Dr. Maurice Hinson presents his definitive collection of Ragtime favourites from composers as wide ranging and diverse in style as Debussy Joplin Berlin and Blake.Not only does this anthology feature a great selection of stomping and entertaining tunes that have always been guarenteed crowd-pleasers but the scope of the collection also provides a valuable glimpse into the heritage of the Rag showing the influence of the American syncopated style on some of Europe's most important composers.

Piano Solo. Solo piano arrangements of ten Scott Joplin selections adapted by Marvin Hamlisch for this Academy Award-winning movie: The Easy Winners · The Entertainer · Gladiolus Rag · The Glove · Hooker's Hooker · Little Girl · Luther · Pineapple Rag · The Ragtime Dance · Solace.

Typically on-beat in style with a syncopated melody but rhythmically straight forward bass these original pieces are great fun without posing the technical difficulties of the original ragtime composers.