"Music expresses that which cannot be said
and on which it is impossible to be silent."
AUTHOR: Victor Hugo
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
"Feelings can be communicated through music
in a way that words can never express."
JOPLIN
EASY WINNERS
Cory Hall, Piano
Cory Hall, Piano
EASY WINNERS
Violin Version
Itzhak Perlman, Violin
Andre Previn, Piano
EASY WINNERS
Instrumental Version
From "The Sting"
The Easy Winners (1901), a piece many
commentators believe to be one of Joplin's
greatest rags and one of his most popular, is
something of a celebration of horse racing.
commentators believe to be one of Joplin's
greatest rags and one of his most popular, is
something of a celebration of horse racing.
Unusually for Joplin, he chose to publish it
himself (in October of that year). Why his
usual publisher, John Stark,
didn't publish the rag isn't known for certain; one
guess is that Joplin may have been trying to get
Stark's attention after he had passed on
publishing Joplin's ballet The Ragtime Dance.
Stark eventually purchased the plates and
distributed the piece, but the footer still
credited Joplin as the publisher.
BASIC MUSICAL STRUCTURE
Intro AA BB A Trio-Intro CC DD
The A section follows a well-known folk
pattern that was used in many black-
pattern that was used in many black-
composed pieces throughout the era. It
is followed by his most intricate
syncopated melodic line to date in the
B section. The trio (C section) consists
of a simple pattern that is carried through
to the end, and the last four measures
of it also end the D section, which is
largely a call and response type of phrase.
B section. The trio (C section) consists
of a simple pattern that is carried through
to the end, and the last four measures
of it also end the D section, which is
largely a call and response type of phrase.
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