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Tag: ragtime

Happy Birthday, Jelly Roll Morton!

October 10, 2022
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    Jelly Roll Morton, born Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe in 1885, was one of the most influential composers of the jazz era, bridging an important gap between ragtime, blues, and jazz. In a sense, he was the first great jazz composer. His career began in New Orleans, where he began to experiment with a unique […]

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Brahms: Hungarian Dance #5 ~ Daily Listening Assignments

August 5, 2022
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    Today’s piece is Hungarian Dance #5 by Johannes Brahms.  It’s available in Alfred Premier Piano Course Book 4 and many anthologies of classical music. The Hungarian Dances are a set of 21 lively dance tunes based mostly on Hungarian themes, completed in 1869. They vary from about a minute to five minutes in […]

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Joplin: The Entertainer

July 14, 2022
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  “The Entertainer” is a 1902 classic piano rag written by Scott Joplin. It was sold first as sheet music, and in the 1910s as piano rolls that would play on player pianos. It was used as the theme music for the 1973 Oscar-winning film The Sting by composer and pianist Marvin Hamlisch. The Sting […]

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Beethoven: Für Elise ~ Daily Listening Assignments

July 5, 2022
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  Today’s piece is one of those that piano students often try to learn on their own – or a friend will teach them the first 9 notes.  It’s usually played too fast and, often in the wrong octave, or the first couple notes are repeated too many times. This is one of two pieces […]

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