18 Rags in Easier Versions: Piano Solo (Piano Collection) [Paperback] Review

I am a ratime lover!I purchased cd's of Scott Joplin's work in the past and it really got me into wanting to play it.I knew that the original music by Joplin was way above my head so I bought this hoping that I could get the same richness as the originals but to be able to play at my own skill level.This book has done it very well!Buy if you are a student who has been taking for a few years or if you are intermediate.This book does the job, believe me!

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"The Entertainer," "Maple Leaf Rag" and other ragtime classics specially arranged for the student or intermediate pianist. With a minimum of musical adjustment we've made them a lot easier to play.

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Complete Piano Rags [Paperback] Review

While it's true that all the piano pieces composed by Scott Joplin alone and which he called rags are contained in this collection, some piano pieces he collaborated on or didn't call rags are not.Following is a list of pieces that are in SCOTT JOPLIN -- Collected Piano Works (published by the New York Public Library) but missing from this volume:

Great Crush Collision
Combination March
Harmony Club Waltz
Augustan Club Waltz
Cleopha
March Majestic
The Chrusanthemum
Bethena - A Concert Waltz
Rosebud
Binks' Waltz
Antoinette
Solace
Pleasant Moments
Lily Queen (composed with Arthur Marshall)
Sensation (written by Joseph Lamb, arranged by Joplin)

However, it does contain the following which are not in the Collected volume:

Searchlight Rag
Roseleaf Rag
Fig Leaf Rag

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This wonderful book brings together in one superbly produced playing edition all 38 of Scott Joplin's piano rags, including his six collaborations, plus Joplin's own primer on how to play ragtime, the "School of Ragtime". Each rag has been reprinted, along with its sheet-music cover, from the original publisher's edition.

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