Book Description

This book is a celebration of the genius of the great American composer Scott Joplin, the King Of Ragtime. We have endeavored to put together into one great big book of 574 pages, the most complete collection of Joplin's sheet music, in their original editions. Inside there are four musical sections. Section I contains 46 rags, waltzes, & marches. Section II contains 7 collaborations & arrangements. Section III contains 10 songs. Section IV contains an opera (comprised of 27 musical pieces). Here's a list of all the musical compositions included... SECTION I - Rags Marches and Waltzes:- A Breeze From Alabama Antoinette Augustan Club Waltzes Bethena A Concert Waltz Binks Waltz Cleopha Combination March Country Club Elite Syncopations Eugenia Euphonic Sounds Fig Leaf Rag Gladiolus Rag Great Crush Collision March Harmony Club Waltzes Leola Magnetic Rag Mapple Leaf Rag March Majestic Original Rags Palm Leaf Rag A Slow Rag Paragon Rag Peacherine Rag Pine Apple Rag Pleasant Moments Ragtime Waltz Reflection Rag Rose Leaf Rag Rosebud March School Ragtime Scott Joplins New Rag Searchlight Rag Sensation Solace A Mexican Serenade Stoptime Rag Sugar Cane The Cascades The Chrysanthemum The Easy Winners The Entertainer The Favorite The Nonpareil The Ragtime Dance Two Step The Strenuous Life The Sycamore A Concert Rag Wall Street Rag Weeping Willow SECTION II - Collaborations and Arrangements:- Felicity Rag Heliotrope Bouquet Kismet Rag Lily Queen Something Doing Sunflower Slow Drag Swipesy Cake Walk SECTION III - Songs:- A Picture of her Face Goodbye Old Gal Goodbye I Am Thinking of My Pickaninny Days Little Black Baby Maple Leaf Rag Song Pine Apple Song Please Say You Will Sarah Dear Snoring Sampson A Quarrel in Ragtime When Your Hair is Like the Snow SECTION IV - Opera:- Treemonisha Cast of Character Act I OVERTURE The Bag of Luck The CornHuskers Were Goin Around The Wreath The Sacred Tree Surprised Treemonishas Bringing Up Good Advice Confusion Act II Superstition Treemonisha in Peril Frolic of the Bears The Wasp Nest The Rescue We Will Rest Awhile Going Home Aunt Dinah has Blowed de Horn Act III Prelude to Act 3 I want to See my Child Treemonisha's Return Wrong is Never Right Abuse When Villains Ramble Far and Near Conjurors Forgiven We will Trust You as our Leader A Real Slow Drag There is a short biography of the life and times of Joplin at the beginning, and the appendix at the back of the book contains reproductions of some of the original sheet music covers that adorned the wonderful musical compositions. We hope you enjoy playing the music as much as we enjoyed compiling it into one complete volume.