The Rags Thread

[jellyroll]

Rob C
Many thanks for these wonderful pieces that you've shared
jellyroll

[Rob C.]

Lincoln, Harry J. - New York Subway (1904).pdf

Lincoln, Harry J. - New York Subway (1904).mid

Thanks so much, Jellyroll! (I must say that the silence on this thread was becoming a bit deafening )

The next item I'm posting is a score I made from some blurry eBay scans (the original scans are included). I enlarged each page to make the score and each successive page seemed to become more difficult to read. The top left of page 4 was a real struggle! Anyway, I've included the following in the PDF file:

Cover Scan from eBay [enlarged]--I think that's the composer's picture at the top, but I'm not positive
My new (slightly corrected) 4 page score which corresponds exactly to the published score (except for the corrections)
the 4 enlarged scans from eBay
the original (smaller) 2 page scans from eBay (from which the enlargements were made)
the Ebay scan of the back cover [enlarged]

The extras are there JIC (just in case) you want to see them. I'm posting my midi, too, with the corrections noted in the file.

Though quite simple this is a very enjoyable rag (it's sitting on my piano this moment which is a good sign)! And, as always, if you find any errors--please let me know and I'll correct and repost!

Best to all,

Rob

[Ragtimer]

Hello to all,

it has been a long time that this "The Rag Thread" wasn't updated.

Some of you even know me, others not. My name is Adrien Le Gallo i'm a german/french passionated of Ragtime music living in Germany.
i specialized in European Dance music and collected a lot of music. Such names like Ernst Fischer, Erich Plessow or Lothar Perl should be common to some of you.

i'm still working on American music and just fell on Mel B. Kaufman. Checking out my originals to select sheets with nice covers to frame them, like "It's A Bird" (1917) or "Frisky" (1919), i searched all online sources for digitized pieces from Kaufman. i'm only interested in instrumental versions/pieces.

Here the list i got for available pieces, my originals included:

Bing! Bing! (1915)
Bing Bing (1924) written in another key like the self-publised version of 1915, published by Robbins Music Co.
C. O. D. (Come On Dance) (1916)
Frisky (1919)
Good Scout (1915)
Introduce Me (1916)
It's A Bird (1917)
Listen To This (1916)
Me-Ow (1918)
More Candy (1917)
Step With Pep (1916)
Umbrellas To Mend (1917)
Taxi (1919)
Yah-De-Dah (1917)

Everyone should know Bill Edwards website, there are much more pieces excisting from Kaufman.
http://www.perfessorbill.com/ragtime4.shtml
Bill is not much friendly concerning sharing sheet music, but his site is still helpful for researches.

Or if you check out the ARC-list from Michael Matthews, you'll find other pieces.

1912
Big Ben: March and Two Step
1914
Pick A Chicken
1915
Come Across
1918
Muslin Rag -> was reprinted in David A. Jasen's Ragtime Jubilee, but these kind of sheet music isn't interesting, i collect only original or transcribed versions of pieces.
1919
Stop It!
1921
Be Careful
Hamadam
1924
Ouch!
Happy Go Lucky
1925
Shoot
Manoliag Bloom
1926
Strawberries
Gangway
Play Ball!
1927
Step On It
Corn Huskers: Rube Trot
Pins and Needles
Cheer Up
1928
Maria
Beat It
Reel News
Lucky Dog (Bow-Wow One Step)
1928 (Cont)
Hop To It
Warming Up
1929
Heads Up
Whoop-ee
Stick-in-the-Mud
On the Dot
Here We Go
Saucy
1931
Squidulum
Scoot
Some Break: Conversational One Step
London Bridge: One Step

1934 (Posth)
Hey There *
Splash *
On Your Toes *
You've Got It *
Move Along *
You're Just the Girl I Am Looking For *
Starry Skies *
Chimes *
Home Stretch *
Hop Scotch *
Smart Alec *
Fast Steppers *
Each Little Kiss *
Sugar Baby *
On the Drive *
When the Moon is Full To-night *
If You Love Me *
High Flier *
Springtime Girl *
You've Got the Thing I Need *
Sweetest Flower *
Alabama *
Every Little Quiver *
Cluck Cluck *
Mile a Minute *
Cats and Dogs *
Every Little Word of Kindness *
1941 (Posth)
Corny *
Hullabaloo *
Lillian's Waltz *
Pick On Me *
Come Across *

So, are here Ragtime passionated who owns other pieces from Kaufman and would share them to the community?
it would be nice to discover other published titles from him.

Thank you for your help
Kind regards
Adrien

[Ragtimer]

Hello,

here the only piece of Kaufman i own, which isn't available online:
the 1917 published "Umbrellas To Mend". I'll put another Kaufman piece on the Novelty thread.

Umbrellas_To_Mend, 1917.pdf

Have fun with it.
Adrien

[Scriabinoff]

There is a fair dose of Fred already represented, but I did not get a hit for this little diddy.

Description from the interwebs....
..."Daisy Rag, another Heltman "floral" rag, is a tidy composition having the quasi-sonata form of AABBACCA with a 4-bar introduction and a 4-bar interlude between the final C- and A strains, whereby the ABBA- and CCA are written in the major keys of C- and F- respectively. In this adaptation for recorder sextet the melodies are shared by the treble and 1st tenor voices. The C-strain is a full-blooded romantic passage strongly contrasting the other themes.
The cover of the original sheet music has the same general layout of Heltman's other "floral" pieces, Sunflower Babe (1909) and Clover Blossom Rag (1910), and shows a smiling lady surrounded by yellow petals, yet another botanical improbability perhaps but just as tasteful nonetheless.

Daisy Rag was published by Sam Fox Pub. Co., Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
A tempo of 80 crotchets/min. is suggested...."

Heltman, Fred Dunham (1887-1960) - Daisy Rag c. 1908.pdf

rmdaisyrag.mid

*further reading (great bio, info, and nice image of the original cover)
http://www.ragpiano.com/comps/fheltman.shtml

[fredbucket]

There is a fair dose of Fred already represented...

Thank you.

[benjamin75]

Dear Ragtime and Piano friends,

Just a short note to say that my own website, which proposes various sheet music from classic ragtime to piano roll transcription, was closed for several months.
Now it is open with a new domain adress http://ragtime-france.fr/Ragtime/indexUS.htm

Very best wishes from Paris,

Benjamin I

[porilo]

Hi! I have a piece of ragtime going around in my head for the last few days. Can anyone please help to identify it for me? The first few bars go something like this:



Thanks to anyone who can help, before I go mad. Haha!

[thalbergmad]

It is now sending me mad. I know it is Joplin so i will just have to browse through his rags until I find it.

Thal

[porilo]

The E-F-F#-G does sound a bit like the second section of the Entertainer, but it's definitely not that.