Complete Piano Rags (Dover Music for Piano) [Paperback]

Scott Joplin (Author), Classical Piano Sheet Music (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 1988 | Series: Dover Music for Piano

This affordable edition includes all 38 piano rags by the acknowledged master of the form. The book has been reprinted from the publishers' original editions and is complete with illustrations of the sheet music covers. Includes an Introduction by David A. Jasen.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (December 1, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486258076
• ISBN-13: 978-0486258072
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #494,878 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What's not in it, February 4, 2005

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Stephen Malinowski (Richmond, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Complete Piano Rags (Dover Music for Piano) (Paperback)

While it's true that all the piano pieces composed by Scott Joplin alone and which he called rags are contained in this collection, some piano pieces he collaborated on or didn't call rags are not. Following is a list of pieces that are in SCOTT JOPLIN -- Collected Piano Works (published by the New York Public Library) but missing from this volume:

Great Crush Collision

Combination March

Harmony Club Waltz

Augustan Club Waltz

Cleopha

March Majestic

The Chrusanthemum

Bethena - A Concert Waltz

Rosebud

Binks' Waltz

Antoinette

Solace

Pleasant Moments

Lily Queen (composed with Arthur Marshall)

Sensation (written by Joseph Lamb, arranged by Joplin)

However, it does contain the following which are not in the Collected volume:

Searchlight Rag

Roseleaf Rag

Fig Leaf Rag

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun to play, October 26, 2001

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Nels Lindberg (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Complete Piano Rags (Dover Music for Piano) (Paperback)

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.

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WONDERFUL COLLECTION OF ALL 38 RAGS, February 15, 2001

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Nathan S. Jacobson "nandjj" (Beachwood, OH United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Complete Piano Rags (Dover Music for Piano) (Paperback)

This is a wonderful collection of Scott Joplin's rags. It includes all the sheet music covers in black and white, and the music itself is a copy from the original publishers' edition for all 38 of Joplin's rags, plus the School of Ragtime. Any ragtime fan should have this book! Here's a complete list of the pieces in this book: Original Rags, Maple Leaf Rag, Swipesy, Sunflower Slow Drag, Peacherine Rag, The Easy Winners, The Strenuous Life, The Ragtime Dance, A Breeze From Alabama,

Elite Syncopations, The Entertainer, Something Doing, Weeping Willow, Palm Leaf Rag, The Favorite, The Sycamore, The Cascades, Leola, Eugenia, Gladiolus Rag, Searchlight Rag, The Nonpareil, Rose Leaf Rag, Heliotrope Bouquet, School of Ragtime, Fig Leaf Rag, Sugar Cane, Wall Street Rag, Pine Apple Rag, Country Club, Paragon Rag, Stoptime Rag, Euphonic Sounds, Felicity Rag, Kismet Rag, Scott Joplin's New Rag, Magnetic Rag, Reflection Rag,and Silver Swan Rag.