Not sure why, but books usually fall into a different category than music. This, I believe, is the same in several countries. The Bono/Disney law covered...
Todd - The Lindbergh Baby? Really? I get you, but it's not even a century yet. It's just too soon. Instead, just note that they were all in Al Capone's vault...
... Actually, the origin of the differences has everything to do with Westinghouse and Edison than it does with control over distribution. It also goes back to...
However, there *are* pal/ntsc DVD players that do the converstion on the fly... The 7 or whatever zones on standard DVDs were set up to control distribution of...
In researching and writing the liner notes for my nearly-done release, TANGOZ, I have seen so many parallels between that particular Argentinian/Brazilian form...
Many of Nazareths so called tango's aren't tangos at all but actually maxixes which is a sub genre of the choro. Most would be way to fast to dance tango...
I love the idea of a blu-ray release (region free for those of us who don't live in the US). Even better would be an "extended director's cut". Hopefully Oscar...
Bill, Why do you say that "Solace" is not a tango? If a piece of music has a tango rhythm doesn't that, by definition, make it a tango? Or to put it another...
Wasn't there an extensive chapter (or several) about the influence/merging of Tango and Rag --- perhaps in Rudi Blesh's book "They All Played Ragtime"? I...
For those in the New York area . . . The annual Scott Joplin Memorial Concert at St. Michael's Cemetery will be held this year on May 19 (Saturday) at 2 p.m. ...
I received a relevant email a week ago from sheet music collector Elliot Adams. He tells me he had a copy of the film, but traded it to Bob Darch for a...
Ed, I, too, doubt it happened. The difference is, I also doubt the point has really been researched. At first I thought it was‹Bill¹s reasoning sounded ...
I was unaware of this and find it fascinating. Â Freddie died September10, 1904, in Sedaia, and so he's back in St Louis some time before December, playing...
Ask about the german film activity at the fair around that time. If there was a concession, there should be records of it. ________________________________ ...
... wrote: Reed's daughter said he played piano. Reed thought very highly of Joplin as a pianist, musician, & person; they corresponded for many years, after...
Makes me wonder where he lived. We know he was at 2117 Lucas, prior to leaving town in late August 1903 with "A Guest of Honor". Â He seems to have gone to...
... Messter's activity is even better documented in Germany. I am in Italy right now, and time zone helps this side of the poodle. Then I'll get back to Mexico...
One should remember that the rhythm pattern we think of as a "Charleston" rhythm actually pre-dates the piece by James P Johnson considerably. My first thought...
Here is my latest Joplin rag fingering. I have a couple of questions about this piece and maybe a discovery. It is presumed that Joplin named it after...
I'm sure I've read search-light rag was named after Seach-light Nevada in several books. This hypotheses makes much more sense. It's funny how some historians...
It does make sense. Also, it is consistent with the cover art! (Unlike the Nevada explanation). I¹m pretty sure that Roger is right. Now, as the search light...
Bryan, you make wise points. There could be a reasonable explanation for each of them though. After all, the piece was not published in St. Louis, hence the...
According to the links below from 1915 and 1914 there was an African-American periodical "Searchlight" published in Sedalia. It could be inferred from these...
Another little piece of info. ³Blacks in the American West and Beyond², p. 400, has ³The Searchlight² published in Sedalia from 1908 to 1924. Much closer...
Another possibility we should consider is that Joplin meant something abstract rather than a city or searchlight, especially since the word is hyphenated:...
