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Uploaded by on Nov 6, 2009

The final performance of the "3 Pianos on Fire" set was perhaps the most famous of all rags, Scott Joplin's second published rag, and the first he had published by John Stark & Son. The publication of this in 1899 also was landmark in that the contract granted Joplin royalties on the sales, when the standard at the time was for composers to sell their tunes outright for a one-time fee.

The rag is traditionally used as a show-off piece, and that's certainly how it's done here, with the pianos definitely "on fire" by the end.

Left to right are Tom Brier, Patrick Aranda, and Frederick Hodges.

http://www.suttercreekragtime.com

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  • awesome.

  • THANK YOU!!! I LOVE IT!!!

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  • is it wrong that i looked at my fingers and started to cry?

  • This is the best thing ever. Anything Tom Brier makes me happy!

  • You should dare these guys to play Circus Gallop.

  • Those people ROCK! ... sorry, i meant: They RAG!! :D

  • i cream myself every time tom plays

  • Okay, now you got me. I want a 3 sheet musics to play with my mates !

  • Bravo, Awesome, fantastic,wonderful,great,magn­ificent!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh yes did i mention that I really liked it!

  • youtube.com/watch?v=ciH2QIslJ7­g

    An intresting version of this song.....with lyrics!

  • @scottjop656 .... suffer is the word ! ! flashy showmanship doesn't touch crisp refinement !

  • speed equals jumble , jumble kills swing , without swing it don't mean a thing..... no matter how good the fingerwork is . ... less is more ! !

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