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    The "Maple Leaf Rag" (copyright registered on September 18, 1899) is an early ragtime musical composition for piano composed by Scott Joplin. It was one...
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    popular pieces, the "Maple Leaf Rag", became the genre's first and most influential hit, later being recognized as the quintessential rag. Joplin considered...
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    Ragtime (redirect from Rag (music))
    known as the "King of Ragtime", gained fame through compositions like "Maple Leaf Rag" and "The Entertainer". Ragtime influenced early jazz, Harlem stride...
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  • Maple Leaf Rag is a storyless Martha Graham ballet set to ragtime compositions by Scott Joplin. The work premiered on October 2, 1990 at New York City...
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  • Look up maple leaf in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A maple leaf is the leaf of the maple tree. Maple leaf may also refer to: Maple leaf, used as one...
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    of his first pieces, the "Maple Leaf Rag" (1899), has been recognized as the archetypal rag and influenced subsequent rag composers for thanks to its...
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    were outtakes from the 1976 sessions that produced Works Volume 1. "Maple Leaf Rag" was a faithful ragtime cover from Emerson, "Watching Over You" and...
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    Co. [1] on a visit to Charleston and used them as props in her dance Maple Leaf Rag. Photos from the rehearsals show the variety of ways the board was used...
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    Scott Joplin's rags to appear in print, in early 1899, preceding his "Maple Leaf Rag" by half a year. The tune's copyright was registered on March 15, 1899...
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  • number of giant dominoes across the screen. The background music is "Maple Leaf Rag" by Scott Joplin. The goal of Domino Man is to set up a domino on every...
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    anthologies The Maple Leaf Rag (1980), The Maple Leaf Rag 15th Anniversary Anthology (1994), and Maple Leaf Rag III (2006). The Maple Leaf was closed for...
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    on the front cover of the original sheet music for Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag" in 1899. She retired from the stage in 1908, but continued to provide...
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    especially his transcription of "St. Louis Tickle" and Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag". Van Ronk was a widely admired avuncular figure in "the Village", presiding...
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    copyrights. It was in Sedalia that Stark heard Scott Joplin play the "Maple Leaf Rag", and on August 10, 1899, he bought the number for $50 plus royalties...
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  • "Original Rags" in 1898 and, in 1899, had an international hit with "Maple Leaf Rag", a multi-strain ragtime march with four parts that feature recurring...
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    ragtime composer Scott Joplin, who was famous for the piano music piece "Maple Leaf Rag." The institution was associated with the Freedmen's Aid and Southern...
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  • concerto plays with the contrast between the two keys. Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag is also written in A-flat major (the trio part of the composition is...
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  • except for Blake's "Impresario of Death". Three interpretations of "Maple Leaf Rag" are presented; a fourth is on Painted Rhythms: The Compleat Ran Blake...
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    music popular in the decade from 1900 to 1910 such as Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag. Driven largely by youth counterculture of the time, the turkey trot...
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    tracks from the album were released as singles: "Tiger in a Spotlight", "Maple Leaf Rag", and "Watching Over You". The two Works albums were supported by North...
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  • Worcester Cathedral with Elgar conducting. September 18 – Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag is registered for copyright as ragtime music enjoys mainstream popularity...
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    new ballets and many revivals. Her last completed ballet was 1990's Maple Leaf Rag. Graham choreographed until her death in New York City from pneumonia...
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    Blowing Bubbles" "Hesitation Blues" "Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye!)" "Maple Leaf Rag" "Brighten the Corner Where You Are" "Smiles" "I Surrender Dear" The...
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    Bethena (category Rags by Scott Joplin)
    Joplin's principal claim to fame was the publication in 1899 of the Maple Leaf Rag, which became a best-selling instrumental hit, and provided the composer...
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  • from Op. 64 is in D-flat major. A part of the trio of Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag" is written in D-flat major. The flattened pitches of D-flat major correspond...
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    Vie" [B] [2] — 75 — 91 "Tiger in a Spotlight" [G] — Works Volume 2 "Maple Leaf Rag" [C] 1978 "Watching Over You" [B] — — "All I Want Is You" [D] — — —...
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    of Virginia and Confederate General In Sydney Brown's lyrics for the Maple Leaf Rag, the first line states, "I come from ol' Virginny, from de County Accomack"...
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    Among songs published by Stark, "Frog Legs Rag" was second in sales after Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag". "Frog Legs Rag" has been described as "brash" and "exuberant"...
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  • DLRR #1, C.K. Holliday. Then music from Main Street, U.S.A. such as Maple Leaf Rag and Main Street Electrical Parade is heard. The "old world" segment...
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  • interpretation gives a "hot jazz" interpretation of the Rag. The final disc begins with a modern take on "Maple Leaf Rag," the 1976 recording by Anthony Braxton and...
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