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Composer of the Week

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An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Scott Joplin (1867-1917)

Composer of the Week: Scott Joplin (1867-1917): Episode 5: Ragtime's Revival

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Episode 5: Ragtime's Revival

Scott Joplin (1867-1917)

Ragtime's Revival

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Scott Joplin (1867-1917), Ragtime's Revival

Joplin and ragtime were almost forgotten after his death but had a revival in the 1970s.

Donald Macleod and Morten Gunnar Larsen track the phenomenal revival of Joplin's music.

Joplin and ragtime were almost forgotten within a few years of the composer's death, but by the 1970s, he was being awarded a posthumous Pulitzer prize and his music was everywhere. Donald Macleod tracks the phenomenal revival of Joplin's music with the help of Morten Gunnar Larsen.

Maple Leaf Rag - Stomp 
Morten Gunnar Larsen (piano)

Stoptime Rag 
Benjamin Loeb (piano)

Euphonic Sounds 
Morten Gunnar Larsen (piano)

Scott Joplin's New Rag 
Scott Kirby (piano)

Gladiolus Rag & Paragon Rag 
Joshua Rifkin (piano)

Solace (orchestral version - arr Hamlisch) 
The Entertainer (orchestral version - arr Schuller) 
Pineapple Rag (orchestral version - arr Schuller)
Soundtrack from The Sting: Marvin Hamlisch (piano)/ Universal Studio musicians

Treemonisha (Act 3 excerpt)
Finale: A Real Slow Drag 
Treemonisha ..... Carmen Balthrop (soprano)
Lucy ..... Cora Johnson (soprano) 
Chorus and Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera, Gunther Schuller (cond) 

Magnetic Rag 
Morten Gunnar Larsen (piano)

Producer: Megan Jones.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Donald Macleod looks at the African-American composer, a pioneer of the ragtime style

Donald Macleod looks at the African-American composer, a pioneer of the ragtime style. Given free piano lessons by German teacher Julius Weiss, he studied music and became a best-selling composer

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