1904 St. Louis World's Fair: Meet Me At The Fair

Kerry Mills (Composer), Scott Joplin (Composer), John Philip Sousa (Composer), Tom [1] Turpin (Composer), George Rosey (Composer), James [Conductor] Scott (Composer), Theron C. Bennett (Composer), Fred L. Ryder (Composer), Harry / Feist, Felix F. Bennett (Composer), Neil Moret (Composer), William C. Polla (Composer), Rick Benjamin (Conductor), Dave Kerr (Conductor), The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra (Orchestra), New Century Ragtime Orchestra (Orchestra), Trebor Jay Tichenor (Orchestra, Performer), 'Perfessor' Bill Edwards (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Trebor Jay Tichenor, 'Perfessor' Bill Edwards
• Orchestra: The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, New Century Ragtime Orchestra, Trebor Jay Tichenor
• Conductor: Rick Benjamin, Dave Kerr
• Composer: Kerry Mills, Scott Joplin, John Philip Sousa, Tom [1] Turpin, George Rosey, et al.
• Audio CD (July 20, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Gaslight
• ASIN: B00026WVBI
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #150,044 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis, song

2. The Entertainer, for piano

3. The Liberty Bell, march for band

4. St. Louis Rag, for band

5. A Rag-Time Skedaddle, march & cake-walk

6. On the Pike, rag for piano

7. Sunflower Slow Drag, ragtime two-step for piano (collaboration with Sco

8. St. Louis Tickle, rag

9. The Favorite, ragtime two-step for piano

10. St. Louis Exposition March

11. Strolling 'Long The Pike

12. At a Georgia Camp Meeting, song

13. The Cascades, rag for piano

14. Peacherine Rag, for piano

15. Harlem Rag, for piano

16. Hiawatha Rag

17. Funny Folks

18. The Stars and Stripes Forever, march for band

19. Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis, song

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Sampling of Ragtime Favorites, May 8, 2009

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This review is from: 1904 St. Louis World's Fair: Meet Me At The Fair (Audio CD)

Released in 2004, MUSIC OF THE 1904 ST. LOUIS WORLD'S FAIR: MEET ME AT THE FAIR is precisely that--a sampling of music you might have heard at that event, all of it the popular style of the day: ragtime. This not, however, a vintage recording; both performers and technology are modern. 'Perfesser' Bill Edwards does most of the honors, with nine tracks to his credit; others include Trebor Tichenor, The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, The New Century Ragtime Orchestra, and The New Columbian Brass Band.

Of particular interest is a version of "Meet Me In St. Louis" taken from a vintage piano roll, sharp-toned and jaunty. But much the same terms can be used to describe every selection; ragtime possessed a quality that in its time was sometimes described as "the devil's music" in much the same way that rock and roll was described in the 1960s. The tempos are strict, but the play of music is enlivening, to say the least.

"Meet Me In St. Louis" and "Stars and Stripes" aside, the best known selection on the recording is by far Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer"--and Joplin, easily the most famous name in ragtime, is represented four times more with "The Favorite, "The Cascades," "The Peacherine Rag," and my own favorite among his works, "The Sunflower Slow Drag."

Modern listeners may find the strictness of the ragtime style a bit too formal for their tastes, but if you are interested in exploring the style you couldn't do better than this particular sampling, with each piece played to perfection. Recommended.

GFT, Amazon Reviewer