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Ragtime Rarities (Dover collections for the piano)

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Here's another great collection of rags from Dover. The book contains 63 rags printed from the original sheet music with black and white reproductions of all the covers. Despite being printed from copies of the original sheet music, all pieces are very clear and easy to read. .... It truly is a "5 star" book. I'm so thankful to be able to have copies of these rare rags for such an affordable price. Many of the pieces in here would cost $50 or more each *if* you could find the original sheet music! They are loads of fun to play. These are NOT simplified arrangements of the pieces, these are the REAL thing! Since Amazon didn't post a listing of the pieces contained within this collection, I've typed one up from my copy:

MAY AUFDERHEIDE
-Dusty Rag
-The Thriller Rag

GEORGE D. BARNARD
-Alabama Dream

BARNEY & SEYMORE
-St. Louis Tickle

THERON C. BENNETT
-Sweet Pickles

MIKE BERNARD
-The Stinging Bee

GRACE M. BOLEN
-The Smoky Topaz

BLIN BOONE
-Southern Rag Medley 1
-Southern Rag Medley 2

THOMAS E. BROADY
-Mandy's Broadway Stroll
-A Tennessee Jubilee
-Whittling Remus

JERRE CAMMACK
-Tom And Jerry Rag

JAMES CHAPMAN & LEROY SMITH
-One O' Them Things!

HOMER DENNEY
-Chimes

TAD FISCHER
-Encore Rag

JOSEPH GEAREN
-Big Foot Lou

LUCIAN PORTER GIBSON
-Jinx Rag
-Cactus Rag

FRANK R. GILLIS
-Coon Hollow Capers

GEORGE GOULD
-Whoa! Nellie!

HARRY P. GUY
-Echoes From The Snowball Club
-"Cleanin' Up" In Georgia

MAX HOFFMANN
-Bunch O' Blackberries
-Flying Arrow

CHARLES HUNTER
-Just Ask Me

MARK JANZA
-The Lion Tamer Rag

HARRY JENTES
-Bantam Step

CHARLES L. JOHNSON
-"Doc" Brown's Cake Walk

HARRY KELLY
-Peaceful Henry

MAURICE KIRWIN
-African Pas'

SADIE KONINSKY
-Eli Green's Cake Walk

WILLIAM H. KRELL

-Shake Yo' Dusters! Or Piccaninny Rag

HENRY E. LODGE
-Sure Fire Rag

H. H. McSKIMMING
-Felix Rag

KERRY MILLS
-Impecunious Davis

WILL NASH
-Glad Cat Rag

THEODORE H. NORTHRUP
-Louisiana Rag

ROBERT J. O'BRIEN
-The Rag Pickers Rag

BEN RAWLS & ROYAL NEEL
-Majestic Rag

CLARENCE H. St. JOHN
-COLE SMOAK

JAMES SCOTT
-A Summer Breeze
-The Fascinator
-On The Pike

E. PHILIP SEVERIN
-Jungle Time

L. EDGAR SETTLE
-X. L. Rag

DAVID H. SILVERMAN & ARTHUR R. WARD

-That Hand Played Rag

W. C. SIMON
-Sponge

ARTHUR SIZEMORE
-The Climbers Rag

RUSSELL SMITH
-That Demon Rag

FRED S. STONE
-Ma Rag Time Baby

HARRY C. THOMPSON
-The Watermelon Trust

CHARLES A. TYLER
-A Cotton Patch

WILLIAM E. WEIGEL
-The Sheath

PERCY WENRICH
-Peaches And Cream
-Dixie Blossoms

JAMES WHITE
-The Original Chicago Blues

CLARENCE C. WILEY
-Car-Barlick Acid

FLOYD WILLIS
-The Queen Rag

C. L. WOOLSEY
-Medic Rag
-Mashed Potatoes

FRANK WOOSTER & ETHYL B. SMITH
-The Black Cat Rag

Even though the title is a little less accurate than when the book came out in the 1970s, partly due to the number of recordings of these pieces and other firms that have published them, this is still a well-balanced collection of wonderful piano rags collected by a true authority on the topic, Trebor Tichenor. It's a lot of fun to explore what's within, and occasionally stumble across the spectacular (Lion Tamer Rag, Just Ask Me) or the unusual (Bantam Step, Jinx Rag). In addition, there are many places (including my site) where you can hear these pieces played on the web. One of the great companions to Classic Piano Rags, it isn't just for the afficianado. The covers for all of the pieces are also included. It would cost you thousands to collect the sheet music alone, so why aren't you ordering it now?

Do you expect us to buy every ragtimebook in order to find a certain piece? Please add a list to your webpages where it says what musical pieces your scorebooks contain. Thank you.