Russian_Rag_(composition)

Russian Rag (composition)

Russian Rag (composition)

1918 ragtime piano composition

"Russian Rag" is a 1918 ragtime jazz piano composition by George L. Cobb.[1][2] The composition was published by Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd.[1]

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Russian Rag
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The composition is based on the opening chord progression of Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op.3, No.2. The piece was such a hit that Cobb wrote The New Russian Rag in 1923 in an attempt to arrange more of the Rachmaninoff prelude for ragtime piano.[3][4]

Elena Kats-Chernin wrote another later piano composition entitled Russian Rag in 1996.[5][6]

References

  1. [1]
    "Russian Rag by George L. Cobb (1918, Ragtime piano)". YouTube. 15 July 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Russian Rag". National Jukebox. Library of Congress. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  3. [3]
    Jasen, David A.; Trebor Jay Tichenor (1978). Rags and Ragtime: A Musical History. New York, NY: Dover Publications, Inc. p. 174. ISBN 0-486-25922-6.
  4. [4]
    "The New Russian Rag". York Space. Canada: York University. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  5. [5]
    "Russian Rag by Elena Kats-Chernin (original 2011 version)". YouTube. 12 April 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  6. [6]
    "Russian Rag (1996)". Boosey & Hawkes. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
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