Hi guys and gals, I am responding to this message from Bill: "Hi all. I have been asked by a fan the following, which I've simply never stopped to consider....
... That was the first place I went AFTER I posted. I am certainly in line with Ed that it was a [possible motive, but I would also have doubts that all but a...
The theater near here has plenty space during the season and the police station is nearby - so when you amateurs all coming over to England for a darn good...
There was an article today in the New York Daily News about how the New York Public Library recent found untitled manuscripts with Joplin's name on them in...
1. This is the anniversary of his death, in 1917 2. There is NO sign of this item anywhere on the Daily News web site now. I did a search and it is gone,...
I don't know what is wrong with that link to the story in the Daily News. I wonder if it had anything to do with the fact that my post was done on April Fools...
Hi, I've only heard one of the two so far (Moonstone) but I have to say, I love it. It has a definite Joseph Lamb quality about it, and Lamb is my favorite...
... I'll try to get the score up; if you don't want to wait, you can use programs like "midinotate" or "noteworthy composer" to translate the midi file into a...
Hi, As it happens, I do write, but unlike the other composers on the list, I play very poorly. So poorly that I can't even play my own work. Usually, I compose...
I used to have that problem and there is no shortcut to learning music reading skills or improvisation skills; it takes practice over an extended period. I am...
I used to have that problem and there is no shortcut to learning music reading skills or improvisation skills; it takes practice over an extended period. I am...
In various sources there is mention of a St. Louis white piano player named Bob Carleton. In the late teens he wrote Jada. It was introduced by Cliff Edwards...
Responding to Bill E's statement about Magnetic being more readable because the 4/4 meter spreads things out, I would plug Max Morath's Schirmer folio of the...
One solution to disruptive page turns-- don't have page turns. If the music is public domain, photocopy each page on a separate sheet, then glue them to black...
... Copy at around 73% to 80% size and it's even better, except on the crowded Stark pieces of 1918/1919. ... I have to agree. I take great care when I typeset...
They All Played Ragtime 1950 http://www.archive.org/details/theyallplayedrag009069mbp They All Played Ragtime The True Story Of An American Music (1950) Veda...
... rather than the usual 2/4 of ragtime? Easier to notate and read perhaps? It would also require speeding up the meter quite a bit from the usual ragtime...
Hi, Does anyone know why, when I try to download anything from the Files area on the ES main page, I get an error message from Yahoo saying, "This file cannot...
I have added some collected information to my Julia Lee Niebergall biography, which I've neglected to do over the past year, adding a few tidbits I found this...
... The printed indication of an allegro tempo - but not toooo allegro, would indicate otherwise in this regard. A typical 2/4 tempo in ragtime of around 90...
I have no idea... I signed in and clicked on Files, then had no difficulty downloading one of the midi files that James Pitt-Payne put up re Chaplin a few...
... Hi, I lost a lot of my earlier compositions due to a computer glitch about six months back, but I do have a few pieces online.In the Files area of the...
When you are dealing with 'no cost' stuff like Yahoo.. you run into glitches from time to time.. Even when hitting pay services.. it's just more frequent with...
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