King of Ragtime

Author: Stephen Costanza
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1534410376
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 60

Book Description
A stunning, rhythmic picture book biography of African American composer Scott Joplin, whose ragtime music paved the way for jazz. There was something special about Scott Joplin… This quiet kid could make a piano laugh out loud. Scott, the son of a man who had been enslaved, became a king—the King of Ragtime. This celebration of Scott Joplin, whose ragtime compositions paved the way for jazz, will captivate audiences and put a beat in their step, and the kaleidoscope-like illustrations will draw young readers in again and again.

The Joy of Ragtime

Author: Denes Agay
Publisher: Yorktown Music
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 90

Book Description
(Yorktown). Experience the pleasure and satisfaction of some of the finest and bounciest piano tunes with the Joy Of Ragtime ! Here are 29 classic piano rags by Scott Joplin, Joseph Lamb, Tom Turpin, and other ragtime composers. Pieces include: Black and White Rag * Cakewalk Parade * Calico Rag * The St.Louis Rag * Maple Leaf Rag * The Chrysanthemum * The Entertainer * and more.

The Joy of jazz

Author: Denes Agay
Publisher: Music Sales
ISBN: 9780711901261
Category : Jazz
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
(Yorktown). A hot and funky selection of piano solos tracing the changing face of jazz through a wide range of styles and sounds, all suitable for the early-intermediate performer. From the ragtime two-step of Scott Joplin to the bebop innovations of Monk and Charlie Parker, this unique set of pieces provides a valuable early taste of the rigours and joys of playing great jazz!

Ragtime

Author: E.L. Doctorow
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0307762947
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252

Book Description
Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time Published in 1975, Ragtime changed our very concept of what a novel could be. An extraordinary tapestry, Ragtime captures the spirit of America in the era between the turn of the century and the First World War. The story opens in 1906 in New Rochelle, New York, at the home of an affluent American family. One lazy Sunday afternoon, the famous escape artist Harry Houdini swerves his car into a telephone pole outside their house. And almost magically, the line between fantasy and historical fact, between real and imaginary characters, disappears. Henry Ford, Emma Goldman, J. P. Morgan, Evelyn Nesbit, Sigmund Freud, and Emiliano Zapata slip in and out of the tale, crossing paths with Doctorow's imagined family and other fictional characters, including an immigrant peddler and a ragtime musician from Harlem whose insistence on a point of justice drives him to revolutionary violence.

The Joy of Boogie and Blues

Author: Denes Agay
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description

The Joy of Folk Songs

Author: Denes Agay
Publisher: Yorktown Music
ISBN: 9780711901247
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
(Yorktown). A great piano collection of easy-to-play folk songs complete with lyrics and chord symbols. Includes popular folk lullabies and spirituals arranged by Denes Agay. Suitable for grade 3 standard pianists.

The Joy Of... First Year Piano

Author: Denes Agay
Publisher: Yorktown Music Press
ISBN: 1783231432
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 80

Book Description
Dennis Agay. A method and repertory for the beginner. Optional duet part for some pieces. All in large notes, very clear and easy to read.

Brun Campbell

Author: Larry Karp
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 147662383X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 261

Book Description
At fifteen, Sanford Brunson Campbell (1884-1952) became enchanted with the new sounds of ragtime and ran away from his rural Kansas home, hopping a train to Sedalia, Missouri, determined to take piano lessons from a black musician he had never met. Scott Joplin nicknamed his white protege "The Ragtime Kid." A composer and entertainer at the dawn of the ragtime era, "Brun" was a prime mover in the ragtime revival of the 1940s and helped establish Joplin's prominence as one of America's most innovative composers. Campbell's own legacy was tarnished by his inability to tell a straight story and he was often dismissed as a liar and a clown. Based on his memoirs, musical compositions and correspondence with music industry notables, this first comprehensive biography of Campbell reveals an engaging storyteller and a devotee wholly dedicated to a musical genre that had been largely forgotten. His firsthand account of life as an itinerant pianist in the Midwest provides a unique picture of life a century ago.

18 Rags in Easier Versions

Author: Scott Joplin
Publisher: G Schirmer, Incorporated
ISBN: 9780793546213
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
(Piano Collection). "The Entertainer," "Maple Leaf Rag" and other ragtime classics specially arranged for the student or intermediate pianist. With a minimum of musical adjustment we've made them a lot easier to play.

The Joy of Piano Entertainment

Author: Hal Leonard Corp
Publisher: Music Sales Amer
ISBN: 9780860016854
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 80

Book Description
Yorktown/Music sales.