[Joplin Piano Rags; Roy Eaton, piano; Sony SBK 833 (1995)]
The Symphonic Garden offers a wind quintet arrangement of the Fig Leaf rag of Scott Joplin (1868-1917), the African American composer and pianist of Ragtime and Classical Music. Scott Joplin is profiled at AfriClassical.com. The time of the work is just under 4 minutes, at 3:52:
“This is a wind quintet arrangement I made of 'Fig Leaf' rag, originally written for piano by Scott Joplin in 1908. This piece is more complex and intricate than many other rags, and I've woven the melody throughout the various instrument parts so that each player is challenged.
“The sound file in this video is an electronic reproduction of what the piece is supposed to sound like, although I am hoping to obtain a live recording in the future. The instrument parts are represented on the 'piano roll' as follows:
flute - orange
oboe - green
clarinet - blue
French horn - purple
bassoon - pink
“Please visit http://thesymphonicgarden.com to order sheet music and hear additional compositions and arrangements.”
2 comments:
Bill,
It is an honor to be featured on your site. Thank you for highlighting this arrangement.
I'm arranging more ragtime pieces for wind quintet and am working toward a comprehensive "floral" collection.
The extensive research on your site is quite impressive and certainly supplies enough information to keep your readers learning new things for months!
- Carrie (The Symphonic Garden)
PS. From your profile I see you are located in Ann Arbor. I also live in that area and teach (biology) at U of M.
Bill,
It is an honor to be featured on your site. I continue to arrange ragtime pieces for wind quintet and am working toward a comprehensive 'floral' collection.
The amount of research on your site is quite impressive, and the information contained here is enough to keep a person engaged and learning new things for months!
- Carrie (The Symphonic Garden)
PS. I see that you reside in Ann Arbor. I live in that area as well and teach (biology) at U of M.
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