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11573 EliteSyncopations@yah... Send Email Jul 2, 2011
9:26 pm
Reminder from: EliteSyncopations Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EliteSyncopations/cal Ragtime Rendezvous Sunday July 3, 2011 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm ...
11574 EliteSyncopations@yah... Send Email Jul 3, 2011
9:26 am
Reminder from: EliteSyncopations Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EliteSyncopations/cal Ragtime Rendezvous Sunday July 3, 2011 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm ...
11575 jazzpianist Offline Send Email Jul 3, 2011
3:38 pm
This Joplin piece has been discussed briefly in Dr. Berlin's book, of course. There are facets of it that can't quite be discerned conclusively. However, I'm...
11576 Bryan Cather
catt967 Offline Send Email 		Jul 3, 2011
6:53 pm
The word "Nonpariel" means "Peerless" or "Without Equal"  I suspect the word "Nonpariel" had a bit more currency than if he'd named the piece, for example...
11577 jazzpianist Offline Send Email Jul 3, 2011
9:21 pm
Nothing earthshaking, and a little out of my usual ouevre as far as research, but hopefully there is something or another in this one that will connect some...
11578 FredC
fredmcain2003 Offline Send Email 		Jul 6, 2011
12:54 pm
Bill, Some interesting thoughts and ideas there. The Nonpareil is one piece that I never really gave much of an attempt to learn. I have played my way...
11579 Bryan Cather
catt967 Offline Send Email 		Jul 6, 2011
1:47 pm
I suspect that his early teacher, Weiss, taught him more than music. BryanC ... From: FredC <fredmcain2003@...> Subject: [EliteSyncopations] Re: The...
11580 ragtime_fanatic Offline Send Email Jul 6, 2011
3:31 pm
It's also worth noting Joplin's eloquent writing in the libretto for 'Treemonisha.'. He was a fascinating mind. -Max Keenlyside...
11581 jazzpianist Offline Send Email Jul 6, 2011
4:53 pm
A couple of years ago I first published my Seeley bio. She was one of the better known coon shouters of the early 1900s who became embroiled in controversy,...
11582 FredC
fredmcain2003 Offline Send Email 		Jul 6, 2011
5:10 pm
Max, Yes, he was! He was a fascinating mind. But, you know, when you get right down to it, it is truly amazing how much we *DON'T* know about Joplin. What...
11583 jazzpianist Offline Send Email Jul 6, 2011
6:58 pm
Can't do Blossom Seeley without Benny (Bennie) Fields. I have updated his biography with a little bit of newly discovered information from his youth (he...
11584 isidore
isidoor2 Offline Send Email 		Jul 6, 2011
7:04 pm
... I suspect that his early teacher, Weiss, taught him more than music. BryanC more than suspicion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Weiss...
11585 Bryan Cather
catt967 Offline Send Email 		Jul 7, 2011
10:46 am
From: Paragon Ragtime Orchestra <info@...> Date: Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 9:45 PM Subject: Paragon Ragtime Orchestra: NEW RECORDING! If this...
11587 Jack K
jnk97@ymail.com Offline Send Email 		Jul 7, 2011
1:09 pm
Has anyone else ever heard this short, 25 second clip of a supposedly lost Joplin song on Nielsen's "Joplin: The Complete Rags, Marches, Waltzes, and Songs"...
11588 Andrew Greene
riograndeman Offline Send Email 		Jul 7, 2011
1:41 pm
I can vouch that this will be another very good Paragon recording. I saw them live performing Treemonisha back in April, and Rick Benjamin's reconstruction is...
11589 jazzpianist Offline Send Email Jul 7, 2011
1:45 pm
This is probably the fragment that Reg Robinson saw in a photograph of Joplin's piano several years ago, and put on his first CD recording with Joplin works....
11590 Jack K
jnk97@ymail.com Offline Send Email 		Jul 8, 2011
3:57 am
... The usage of the piano is relatively rare in early recordings, as it was never captured too well by the horn. That's why many early wax...
11591 jazzpianist Offline Send Email Jul 8, 2011
4:59 am
... There were actually some fine recordings done by technicians who knew what piano to use, the size of horn, the stylus, etc. Cylinders were able to capture...
11593 isidore
isidoor2 Offline Send Email 		Jul 8, 2011
10:40 am
It seems curious and odd to read you wondering if Scott Joplin had or not some patriotic feelings. I am more inclined to believe that he was miles away from...
11594 jazzpianist Offline Send Email Jul 8, 2011
12:52 pm
Not quite the "coon shouter" that Blossom Seeley was, but still knew how to not only perform but write ragtime tunes. Nora's life is in many ways like a soap...
11595 FredC
fredmcain2003 Offline Send Email 		Jul 8, 2011
2:44 pm
Isidore, Wow !! You certainly got into some pretty deep, profound stuff with your post! Kafka? I never heard that monkey story before but I sure wish I...
11597 isidore
isidoor2 Offline Send Email 		Jul 8, 2011
4:19 pm
... Wow !! You certainly got into some pretty deep, profound stuff with your post! Kafka? I never heard that monkey story before but I sure wish I could...
11598 scattalla Offline Send Email Jul 8, 2011
5:12 pm
Enter the German title on Google to find the story: "Ein Bericht für eine Akademie." For English, use "A Report to the Academy."...
11599 Bryan Wright
vntager8io Offline Send Email 		Jul 9, 2011
4:46 pm
One of the highlights for me of this year's Scott Joplin Festival was hearing David Reffkin and Dave Majchrzak play Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag" backwards....
11600 jazzpianist Offline Send Email Jul 9, 2011
6:34 pm
So now I gotta ask. As I work on my complete Joplin set for late this year, I'm including that fragment unearthed by Reg Robinson. Is this now going to be in...
11601 Jack K
jnk97@ymail.com Offline Send Email 		Jul 9, 2011
6:51 pm
... I'd be interested in seeing that picture....
11602 Bryan Cather
catt967 Offline Send Email 		Jul 9, 2011
10:28 pm
It was in a collection of items that Lottie donated, at the request of Brun Cambell, to the Fisk University collection, which Brun helped to establish.  In an...
11603 Linda
jazzgrl20s Offline Send Email 		Jul 10, 2011
5:42 pm
Today July 10, 2011 is the 70th anniversary of Jelly Roll Morton's death. Morton died July 10, 1941 in the Los Angeles County General Hospital. RIP Jelly Roll...
11604 ragantango Offline Send Email Jul 10, 2011
8:39 pm
The fact that the cover page title is Nonpareil but the title on the first page of music is "The Nonpareil" implies that Stark may have intended (for marketing...
11605 ERIKYORK Offline Send Email Jul 10, 2011
10:55 pm
Personally I'd be more interested in seeing the complete sheet music from off the piano :) Would it be more than likely it was passed down with other items to...
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