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raccoon

(31,111 posts) Mon Dec 17, 2012, 05:13 PM Dec 2012

Do you love ragtime? I fell in love with it in the 1970's.

It just sounds so happy and bouncy. Most of it, anyway.

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Do you love ragtime? I fell in love with it in the 1970's. (Original Post) raccoon Dec 2012 OP

I do love it geardaddy Dec 2012 #1

I love it. Aristus Dec 2012 #2

My sister mastered the Maple Leaf Rag in the late sixties Brother Buzz Dec 2012 #3

Some may think it's out of character for me, but I really like it Populist_Prole Dec 2012 #4

geardaddy

(24,931 posts)

1. I do love it

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 05:16 PM

Dec 2012

but only for so long.

Aristus

(66,380 posts)

2. I love it.

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 05:20 PM

Dec 2012

Sometime between the 1970's and now, Scott Joplin was re-categorized as a classical music composer. I have to agree with that assessment. His musical styles run the gamut from waltzes to serenades to sonatas, all done in the ragtime manner. They are superbly composed, and masterful examples of American music.

Brother Buzz

(36,437 posts)

3. My sister mastered the Maple Leaf Rag in the late sixties

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 05:30 PM

Dec 2012

Fond memories of her playing it on the piano; the music filled the entire neighborhood with good vibes.

Populist_Prole

(5,364 posts)

4. Some may think it's out of character for me, but I really like it

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 04:03 PM

Dec 2012

Just like you said: Very happy and bouncy, and intricate.

Listen to some Scott Joplin pieces and you can make the conclusion that that stuff was the "hard rock" of the turn of last century, and he could be regarded as a "shredder" of sorts, using a piano in place of an electric guitar.

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