Complete Piano Rags: Amazon.ca: Scott Joplin: Books

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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.

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This wonderful book brings together in one superbly produced playing edition all 38 of Scott Joplin's piano rags, including his six collaborations, plus Joplin's own primer on how to play ragtime, the "School of Ragtime". Each rag has been reprinted, along with its sheet-music cover, from the original publisher's edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Rip Roarin' Fun Enclosed, Jan 3 2003

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William G. Edwards "Perfessor Bill" (Ashburn, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Complete Piano Rags (Paperback)

The first follow up to the three larger Dover editions of collected ragtime, this is the one that really smokes, and has rags that simply will not be ignored. Not only are three Joplin greats part of the package, but the well known Dill Pickles, Wild Cherries, Temptation Rag, the incomparable Entertainer's Rag, and Scott's masterpiece, Grace and Beauty. You can find many of them on my site as well, if you want to hear them first. The three Joplin pieces alone would run in the hundreds of dollars in today's thriving collectible sheet music market. So if you can deal with the covers not printed in color, you'll be duly entertained, and hopefully entertaining, when perusing the contents of this book that you should be buying instead of just reading this rambling review!!!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fun to play, Oct 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 (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.

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

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Nathan S. Jacobson "nandjj" (Beachwood, OH United States) - See all my reviews
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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.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Concise and ALMOST Complete
Before you purchase, note the title - The Complete Piano RAGS of Scott Joplin. It may seem a bit purist to exclude his other pieces, but many of them, including his marches and... Read more

Published on Jan 3 2003 by William G. Edwards

5.0 out of 5 stars It's Scott Joplin! What else can I say?
Scott Joplin was not called the King of Ragtime for nothing! This book contains all of Scott Joplin's 38 rags plus his "School of Ragtime" sheet music. Read more

Published on Sep 17 2001 by "Gimpy" Peach Johnson