The composition starts in the key of A-flat major and changes to D-flat major during the first part of the trio, then modulates back to A-flat major. In addition, the first strain of Joplin's "The Cascades", "Leola", and "Sugar Cane" are modeled on the structure used in the composition.
"Gladiolus Rag", a later composition by Joplin, is a developed variant of the "Maple Leaf Rag" showcasing Joplin's increasing musical sophistication, and is usually played at a somewhat slower tempo.
When it was first published, it was considered significantly more difficult than the average Tin Pan Alley and early ragtime sheet music common at the time. Generally, the piece is considered difficult one must have very good coordination in the left hand to perform the piece successfully, particularly for the trio, which involves leaps of two octaves. It is more carefully constructed than almost all the previous rags, and the syncopations, especially in the transition between the first and second strain, were novel at the time. The piece may be considered the "archetypal rag" due to its influence on the genre its structure was the basis for many other rags, including "Sensation" by Joseph Lamb. Each of the four parts features a recurring theme and a striding bass line with copious seventh chords. "Maple Leaf Rag" is a multi- strain ragtime march with athletic bass lines and offbeat melodies. In 1903, Stark issued a "Maple Leaf Rag Song", an arrangement of Joplin's music with words by Sydney Brown. The rag was reissued in 1900 or 1901 with a new cover showing a green maple leaf and a photograph of Joplin. The "Maple Leaf Rag" was published between August 10 and September 20, 1899, when the United States Copyright Office received two copies of the score. After approaching several publishers, Joplin signed a contract with John Stillwell Stark on Augfor a $0.01 royalty on all sales of the rag, with a minimum sales price of $0.25. The exact circumstances which led to publication of the "Maple Leaf Rag" are unknown, and there are versions of the event which contradict each other. įront cover of the third edition of the "Maple Leaf Rag" sheet music Prior to its publication, Joplin anticipated that the piece would be a success-he told Arthur Marshall that "The Maple Leaf will make me the king of ragtime composers". The "Maple Leaf Rag" was already known in Sedalia prior to its publication in 1899 composer and pianist Brun Campbell claimed to have seen the manuscript of the work in or around 1898. His first published rag was " Original Rags" (March 1899). Īlthough there were hundreds of rags in print by the time of the "Maple Leaf Rag's" publication, Joplin was not far behind. It is possible that the rag was named after the Maple Leaf Club, although there is no direct evidence to prove the link, and there were probably many other possible sources for the name in and around Sedalia at the time. Joplin played as a solo musician at dances and at the major black clubs in Sedalia, among them the "Maple Leaf Club". Joplin arrived in Sedalia in 1894 as a touring musician and stayed with the family of Arthur Marshall, who later became one of Joplin's students and a ragtime composer in his own right.
Reader Insert of Season 9 of Supernatural, where we follow our Empath Reader through her romance with Sam which of course has taken another drastic turn.The "Maple Leaf Rag" is associated with the city of Sedalia, Missouri, although there is no record of Joplin having a permanent residence there before 1904. Old friends resurface as the world faces another crisis. She and the Winchesters now have to face even more problems on their journey. Wonderful, but now, the Angels have Fallen and Hell has gone to, well hell.
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