This outstanding collection of classic Joplin rags includes a concise guide to ragtime history, style and interpretation, plus a reprint of Scott Joplin's definitive document entitled School of Ragtime. Titles: The Cascades * The Chrysanthemum * The Easy Winners * The Entertainer * Heliotrope Bouquet * Maple Leaf Rag * Rag-Time Dance * Solace * The Strenuous Life * Sun Flower Slow Drag * Swipesy.
Contents:
| Title | |
| Foreword | |
| Background and Development of Ragtime | |
| Musical Characteristics of Ragtime | |
| Scott Joplin's "School of Ragtime" | |
| Interpreting Ragtime | |
| About This Collection | |
| About the Music | |
| For Further Reading | |
| By Scott Joplin (1868--1917) | |
| The Cascades | |
| The Chrysanthemum | |
| The Easy Winners | |
| The Entertainer | |
| Heliotrope Bouquet (with Louis Chauvin) | |
| Maple Leaf Rag | |
| Rag-Time Dance | |
| Solace | |
| The Strenuous Life | |
| Sun Flower Slow Drag (with Scott Hayden) | |
| Swipesy (with Arthur Marshall) | |