Composer of the Week - Scott Joplin (1867-1917) - Ragtime's Revival

Scott Joplin (1867-1917) 5/5. Ragtime's Revival Joplin and ragtime were almost forgotten within a few years of the composer's death, but by the 1970s, he was being awarded a posthumous Pulitzer prize and his music was everywhere. Donald Macleod and Morten Gunnar Larsen track the phenomenal revival of Joplin's music. Maple Leaf Rag (Stomp) Morten Gunnar Larsen (piano) Stoptime Rag Benjamin Loeb (piano) Euphonic Sounds Morten Gunnar Larsen (piano) Scott Joplin's New Rag Scott Kirby (piano) Gladiolus Rag; Paragon Rag Joshua Rifkin (piano) Solace (orchestral version, arr. Hamlisch); The Entertainer (orchestral version, arr. Schuller); Pineapple Rag (orchestral version, arr. Schuller) Marvin Hamlisch (piano) Universal Studio musicians (Soundtrack from The Sting) A Real Slow Drag (Treemonisha, Act 3) Treemonisha ...... Carmen Balthrop (soprano) Lucy ...... Cora Johnson (soprano) Chorus and Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera Gunther Schuller (conductor) Magnetic Rag Morten Gunnar Larsen (piano).