SKU: A0.1118320

Scott Joplin is celebrated as the United States’ first well-known black composer, making his name as a writer of piano rags. His life was a constant struggle with adversity, and Joplin died relatively young in 1917, at the dawn of the recording age. Few remembered Joplin’s music until a revival in the 1970s brought The Entertainer and others to the world’s attention. Nowadays Scott Joplin has taken his rightful place in the gallery of great American composers.

The Rags included in this collection are, The Entertainer, The Maple Leaf Rag, The Easy Winners, The Elite Syncopations and The Favorite.

They have been arranged as solos for one Trumpet with piano accompaniment, and include all sections of the original compositions. You will download one pdf file that contains both 22 pages of piano score and the 10 page solo part. These pieces are suitable for players at an intermediate and advanced intermediate level. Musicians will find these Ragtime solos ideal for formal and informal performances, light and fun, yet still a serious and vitally important part of the American musical heritage. The overall performance time for all five is around 25 minutes.

Teachers will enjoy using these arrangements as a fun way to help with phrasing, syncopated rhythms and light articulation. 

Click on the YouTube link to see and hear samples from the collection. There are many more top quality arrangements and compositions by David McKeown for you to browse at http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/david-mckeown/6203

SKU: A0.1032607

Three rags for trumpet and piano

1 Bad Girl
2 Tromba Blues
3. Mississippi Zez.

SKU: A0.524447

Scott Joplin's effervescent, rollicking Pineapple Rag is arranged here as a ragtime trio for Bb clarinet, Bb trumpet and piano.  Recommended for concerts, recitals, and other multiple venues; especially popular as an encore!  Featured in the movie THE STING and the TV series WESTWORLD.  15 pages of music (that includes separate two-page parts for clarinet and trumpet).  Concert Key: Bb major / modulates to Eb major.

SKU: A0.1136075

Jingle Rag is a cheerful and humorous ragtime solo for trumpet/euphonium with piano accompaniment over the well-known Christmas song Jingle Bells. Written entirely in the style of Scott Joplin and contemporaries, this piece takes us back to the early 20th century when this style of music was very popular. Originally written and dedicated to euphonium soloist Jorijn van Hese (NL) for the album 'a Christmas wish' vol. 1 by Jorijn van Hese / Henry J. Huisjes released November 2022.

SKU: A0.524361

Arranged as a duet for Bb trumpet and piano, Scott Joplin's effervescent, rollicking Pineapple Rag is recommended for concerts, recitals and other multiple venues; especially popular as an encore piece!  Featured in the movie THE STING and the TV series WESTWORLD.  10 pages of music (that includes a separate two-page trumpet part).  Concert Key (Piano): C major / modulates to F major.  Trumpet Key:  D major / modulates to G major.