This is almost certainly a *mechanically cut piano roll*, that is, not played by ANY pianist. Also, "Reflection Rag" came into existence when various strains of unfinished works were combined and published after Joplin's death (the last rag to be published in his lifetime was "Magnetic Rag," in 1914). So what you are hearing says nothing whatsoever about Joplin's attitudes regarding performance.---David Thomas Roberts
@FreeTheJambon sorry to say this, but the piece was published posthumous, meaning it was published after his death. So i don't think he did the roll because his last moments was in a hospital for treatments on a sexually transmitted diseases.
This piece was published posthumously. Joplin never wrote it in "order".
He was in the hospital for syphilus (it is unknown how he got it, but it is likely he was born with it) and suffered from dementia. his friends say that he used to snap awake and scribble down bits and pieces of music before lapsing asleep again. A man byt eh name of John Stark took the "notes" and pieced them together after he died. He did not do the roll, but he wrote the pieces that made it.
I hope to learn this piece in the future, Ive finished learning Magnetic Rag, and Maple Leaf Rag, then want to learn Pineapple Rag and The Chrysanthemum next followed by this piece.
This roll is not "hand-played" by Joplin.
MooPotPie 7 months ago
This is almost certainly a *mechanically cut piano roll*, that is, not played by ANY pianist. Also, "Reflection Rag" came into existence when various strains of unfinished works were combined and published after Joplin's death (the last rag to be published in his lifetime was "Magnetic Rag," in 1914). So what you are hearing says nothing whatsoever about Joplin's attitudes regarding performance.---David Thomas Roberts
PolkRidgeAesthete 1 year ago
I've posted this on a few of the uploads of Joplin music and it still holds true. This is American classical music...pure and simple.
And it never fails to lift my spirits. Thanks for this great piece.
arkady714 1 year ago
haha i like this. its kind of depressing..
albatrosscafe 1 year ago
His last piece before he died...
R.I.P Scott Joplin
danishpride1 1 year ago
@danishpride1 No! I think his last piece gave him syphilis!
onebaud 11 months ago
thanx a lot for posting it, freethejambon!
i find he doesn´t play it sooo well, his own composings. more like a entertainment servant and less like an artist.
(or like the artist he his for me!)
i mean, there is much more in his music, like if you hear interpretations of john arpin, or others
lilataubenei 2 years ago
Yes but this was made on a piano roll, for entertainment purposes as you said it.
Actually we don't even know if he recorded this himslelf ; maybe another man did that task of recording all oh his rags.
FreeTheJambon 2 years ago
@FreeTheJambon sorry to say this, but the piece was published posthumous, meaning it was published after his death. So i don't think he did the roll because his last moments was in a hospital for treatments on a sexually transmitted diseases.
22013 1 year ago
@22013
This piece was published posthumously. Joplin never wrote it in "order".
He was in the hospital for syphilus (it is unknown how he got it, but it is likely he was born with it) and suffered from dementia. his friends say that he used to snap awake and scribble down bits and pieces of music before lapsing asleep again. A man byt eh name of John Stark took the "notes" and pieced them together after he died. He did not do the roll, but he wrote the pieces that made it.
TheYarxia 1 year ago
@FreeTheJambon and even if he was playing and not another person this kind of medium can't give you the right perception of how he played...
halby720 8 months ago
@halby720 At least for the tempo.
Everyone tends to bitch about the tempo but they all seem to forget it's not a funeral march, it's still an entertaining style.
FreeTheJambon 8 months ago
ehmagawdd
so GOOD! D:
scott joplin is a god.
pDdrOxUrSoXoFf 2 years ago
I hope to learn this piece in the future, Ive finished learning Magnetic Rag, and Maple Leaf Rag, then want to learn Pineapple Rag and The Chrysanthemum next followed by this piece.
bhavvv 2 years ago
no comments made yet?
well, guys, its also a good one.
on this ragtime piano music,
i always admire, that you are a one-man-orchester: bassrythm, melodie and harmonic patterns together, that makes it so (f...) complex.
lilataubenei 2 years ago