Hello All . . . Does anyone know where one can locate a copy of the sheet music, LONG LOST BLUES or THE BUCKET'S GOT A HOLE IN IT? It was published in 1917...
After conversing with some friends (you know who you are!)I have a challenge for the group..... Just how many Cat Rags can we come up with.....Kitten On the...
... Kitten On The Keys - Confrey Tiger Rag - La Rocca Dominic Cat On The Keyboard - Stafford Glad Cat Rag - Will Nash Meow - Kaufman Black Cat Rag - Wooster &...
When I did my main CD of last year, It's Ragging Cats and Dogs, I found at least three times as many Dog pieces as Cat pieces, so had some trouble making a...
How about Wild Cat Blues by Fats Waller and Clarence William's? I enjoy that piece very much; tried to learn it, but it's pretty darn hard. I believe it's...
... History lesson on that, which is loosely associated with ragtime. During the height of the gold rush from 1849 to the mid 1850s, little towns sprang up all...
Also found a European origin, where the prostitutes in the 17th or 18th centuries were alledgedly called cats, but that was not in English, so not necessarily...
Hello Prof. Bryce, Yes, this could possibly qualify in the league. I did learn that William G. Edwards (is this our Bill Edwards?) says: "Stride is the direct...
Word has percolated through the local grapevine that Trebor Tichenor is fine after his recent surgery, and is no longer experiencing the pain of arthritis,...
Dear Marco, you wrote: "I did learn that William G. Edwards (is this our Bill Edwards?) says: "Stride is the direct ancestor of ragtime, so these pieces aren't...
Hi all Breaking from my vacation to address this. If the quote was taken from me (I have not seen the book) then I was misquoted horridly. Otherwise, it was...
Hello Prof. Bill, The detail is in message message #4318. I made a mess of the Amazon address. It is the bottom review on that site. Marco Romano. ... from ......
What the Amazon site says: http://www.amazon.com/Ragtime-Music-Folios-your-library/lm/YF9QHXCXK2V7 Ragtime Music Folios for your library A Listmania! list by...
Thanks Dan, I'll print out the sheet music and try it out when I have a minute... it looks interesting. Sorry, everyone, if I haven't been keeping up with the...
I dunno... I'm constantly more shocked by the unscrupulous sheet music collectors who go through boxes of old sheet music for sale, only take the pieces with...
I don't know if this counts, Bryan... but I'm currently arranging an all-ragtime roll for the North Tonawanda 52-keyless scale. (playable on NTMIW organ styles...
Alright, I hear the bass octaves clearly in "Grace and Beauty" (and less so in "Quality"), but there is so much other crap/embellishment going on around...
As most of the participants of this forum are US-based you may like to know of the following UK discs: The bandleader and pianist Fred Elizalde recorded for...
I, for one, would very much like to hear them. Perhaps if put into mp3 format, they could be added to the files section...? Sounds quite intriguing! I also...
Agreed.. How good are the recordings? (I assume they are rather elderly, being 78's...) Were they electrical recordings, or acoustic / horn flavor? ... From:...
Hi Bryan, When people look back on any musical era they usually only see certain key works which are latterly regarded as being in some way "pivotal" or...
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