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: -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.