"James
Scott:
Complete
Works",
played
by
Guido
Nielsen
(paid
MP3
download
from
Boomkat)
"Scott
Joplin:
Complete
Rags,
Marches
&
Waltzes",
played
by
Guido
Nielsen
(paid
MP3
download
from
Amazon)
"Joseph
Lamb:
Complete
Stark
Rags",
played
by
Guido
Nielsen
(paid
MP3
download
from
Boomkat)
The Piano Society has some recordings of rags by Scott Joplin and James
Scott that you can listen for free.
On each page, right click on a link if you want to download the rag to
your computer.
The Library of Congress' "National Jukebox" has streaming audio of many
historic 78 RPM recordings.
RAGTIME PERFORMERS AND COMPOSERS:
BOOKS ABOUT RAGTIME:
Ragtime: An
Encyclopedia, Discography and Sheetography by David A. Jasen
(ISBN 0415978629)
Rags and Ragtime: A
Musical History
by David A. Jasen and Trebor J. Tichenor (ISBN 0486259226
)
1001 Rags -
1897-1920 - Rags & Ragtime Sheet Music - A Pictorial Price Guide
by Thomas Inglis (ISBN 0978411226)
King of Ragtime: Scott
Joplin and His Era by Edward Berlin (ISBN 0195101081)
They All Played Ragtime
by Rudi Blesh and Harriet Janis (ISBN 082560091X)
Joseph F. Lamb: A
Passion for Ragtime by Carol J. Binkowsky (ISBN 0786468114)
RAGTIME: Its History,
Composers, and Music by John Edward Hasse (ISBN
9780028716503)
Scott Joplin and the
Age of Ragtime by Ray Argyle (ISBN
0786443766)
From
the
Appendix,
here
is
a
tantalizing
list
of
"Known
Lost
Works"
by Scott
Joplin. It
is
tragic
that
these
Joplin
manuscripts
and
unfinished
works
are
probably
lost
forever.
1901:
A
Blizzard
1903: A Guest of Honor (opera)
1905: You Stand Good With Me, Babe
1915-16:
Morning Glories
For the Sake of All
Syncopated Jamboree
Pretty Pansy Rag
Recitative Rag
If (musical comedy)
Symphony No. 1
Piano Concerto
NOVELS ABOUT THE RAGTIME ERA:
"Temptation Rag"
by Elizabeth Hutchison Bernard (granddaughter-in law of ragtime
composer Mike
Bernard)
ARTICLES ABOUT RAGTIME:
Bittersweet
Rag
(Missouri's
contribution
to
the
music
world)
Joplin's
hand-played
piano
roll
of
"Pleasant
Moments"
discovered
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