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Composers of the Week: Sousa and Joplin

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John Philip Sousa (1854-1932), the March King, meets Scott Joplin (1868-
1917), the King of Ragtime, in a series which includes operettas by Sousa
(specially recorded by the BBC Singers and Concert Orchestra, conducted by John Wallace ), and which discovers that ragtime is thriving in the USA.
Presenter Fiona Talkington introduces artists appearing in this year's International Scott Joplin Festival in Sedalia, Missouri, where Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag was written. Each programme features a different version - today's is played by the United States Marine Band
(1909). Andrew Branch reads from Sousa's novel
The Fifth String.
Sousa El Capitan (excerpt) BBC Singers and Concert Orchestra, conductor
John Wallace
Joplin Sarah Dear
Eileen Hulse (soprano) Simon Wright (piano) Sousa Nymphalin
Marcia Crayford (violin) Wallace Collection, conductor John Wallace
Producer Fiona Talkington

Contributors

Unknown:
John Philip Sousa
Unknown:
Scott Joplin
Conducted By:
John Wallace
Introduces:
Fiona Talkington
Unknown:
Andrew Branch
Conductor:
John Wallace
Conductor:
Joplin Sarah Dear
Soprano:
Eileen Hulse
Piano:
Simon Wright
Piano:
Sousa Nymphalin
Violin:
Marcia Crayford
Conductor:
John Wallace
Producer:
Fiona Talkington
Source: Radio Times

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