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Complete Piano Rags (Dover Classical Piano Music)

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Format: Paperback, Illustrated


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Throughout history, few musical crazes have hit with such impact, had such a heyday and lingered so hauntingly as ragtime. Ragtime arrived on the upswing of Tin Pan Alley, when the popularity of pianos in the home was reaching its peak and an endless stream of sheet music flowed out to meet the demand. In the early 1900s, no name was more prominent on those sheet-music covers and no one wrote ragtime music more brilliantly than Scott Joplin. This wonderful book brings together in one superbly produced playing edition all thirty-eight of Scott Joplin's piano rags, including his six collaborations, plus Joplin's own primer on how to play ragtime, the "School of Ragtime." Each rag has been reprinted, along with its sheet-music cover, from the original publisher's edition. At the Williams' Brothers saloon in Sedalia, Missouri, Scott Joplin was known as "The Entertainer," and in 1897, in the upstairs room called the Maple Leaf Club, he wrote the rag that would one day be the first to sell over a million copies in sheet-music form. In time the "Maple Leaf Rag" also became the most recorded composition on piano roll, with forty known versions. Most of Joplin's other rags were hits as well. Many bear the playful names that were given most rags, names like "The Strenuous Life," "Heliotrope Bouquet," and his last published piece, the "Silver Swan Rag." One of them, "The Entertainer," triggered a major revival of interest in his work when it was incorporated into the score of the popular film The Sting. All of them are here, each bearing the mark of Joplin's supreme originality. As ragtime authority David A. Jasen observes in his Introduction: "For pianists everywhere, this folio contains ragtime masterpieces which, when learned, will provide unlimited joy." Read more


Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dover Publications; Illustrated edition (December 1, 1988)


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Paperback ‏ : ‎ 208 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0486258076


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 72


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.25 pounds


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.25 x 0.5 x 12.25 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #101,039 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #39 in Jazz Music (Books) #130 in Classical Music (Books) #404 in Piano Songbooks


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  • Classic rag time sheet music
This was a gift to a pianist friend. He appreciated getting this book and looks forward to expanding his list of songs to play on cruise ships.
Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2023 by jemorti

  • Great collection
It is only the rags, so some of the other good tunes by Joplin aren’t here, but the title should have clued me in. There aren’t any fingerings, but I just wrote in my own. The book is nice because it’s a fabric binding and it actually lays flat very easily.
Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2022 by Follez

  • Excellent Scott Joplin Rags!!
This book is easy to read because the notes are large. Thank you. I am very happy with this purchase. I have a lot of fun work to do. Thank goodness for Youtube. At least I can listen to the masters while I start learning "Maple Leaf Rag." I'll tackle the "Entertainer" after that. I am so excited about this purchase. This book and lots of practice will bring my piano playing to a new level. Have fun with these compositions! I know I will. This book has practice lessons before you even get to the compositions. Nice! There are 38 compositions. I hope I counted correctly. There's more than enough to expand your Ragtime repertoire. There's also an introduction that gives a brief biography about Scott Joplin. Dover Publications also includes six additional pages of musical publications you may be interested in at the end: Dover Orchestral Scores; Piano and Keyboard Editions, Popular Songbooks, and Popular music. This Scott Joplin publication also has pictures that represent the times when Ragtime was King. I LOVE this book. It's so much richer than the notes of the compositions. It's a little library of sorts. I'm happy with this purchase, and you will be too. Enjoy! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2012 by Denise Borum, JD

  • all the best works
great product, i like the fact that there is a little illustration for every piece of music, i’ve been coloring them and hanging up when i learn a new song
Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2022 by livia

  • Good book
It’s one of the pianists staples. Mom used to play out of it and now I’ve got my own copy. The binding does flake out after consistent use. This one doesn’t mangle the musical quality of the pieces like some other books.
Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2020 by Lauren A.

  • Fun to play
Complete Piano Rags is a great book to play from. Any pianist of modest ability should get great enjoyment from these pieces once they figure out the syncopation. Ragtime is a great crowd-pleaser, too. Complete Piano Rags also shows the covers from the original sheet music for the rags, which are amusing in some cases. Like every other Dover edition, this book is a good value at a low price, and won't fall apart through use. The only thing this book doesn't have that I wish it did is Joplin's "Solace: a Mexican Serenade," which isn't a rag, but is still very beautiful (can be heard on one of J. Rifkin's records). If you do buy this book, I recommend playing "The Magnetic Rag," and "The Fig Leaf Rag." "Elite Syncopations" has a cool ending section, too. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2001 by Nels Lindberg

  • Loved it!
It includes what appear to be images of the original posters, and the 'lay-flat' binding lays as flat as any other. :P I love the cover also... I always carry my books with this one on the outside so that people I walk by can see the interesting artwork! One complaint is that it isn't exactly 'complete'; I was disappointed to not find the Augustana Waltz between its covers. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2013 by Blake S

  • Very helpful and approachable -- and fun
A very good introduction to rags for those who already play piano -- includes a little instruction section on rhythms at the start. Only 4 stars because, like many music books, it doesn't stay open well on a piano music rack. Spiral-binding would be helpful.
Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2017 by LKM

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