Monday, April 6, 2015

MONDAY, APRIL 6, 2015

QUOTE:
"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind,
 flight to the imagination, and life to everything."

AUTHOR: Plato
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
"Music can highlight everything you do in life."














COMPOSER
JOPLIN
SUNFLOWER SLOW DRAG
SUNFLOWER SLOW DRAG
SUNFLOWER SLOW DRAG
Piano Tutor


SUNFLOWER SLOW DRAG
Instrumental Arrangement
New England Conservatory
Ragtime Ensemble


Sunflower Slow Drag (1901) was a musical
collaboration between Scott Joplin and
the composer Scott Hayden
Scott Hayden
(Joplin was courting Hayden's widowed
sister-in-law Belle who became his first
wife). John Stillwell Stark, the publisher,
advertised it as "the twin
sister of the Maple Leaf"
maple leaf rag
because the music was nearly as
popular when it first appeared.
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Hayden, besides being a composer, was
known to be as capable a player as his
contemporary James Scott,
James Scott
while Joplin preferred composing and
teaching over performing. They were also
to later collaborate on another piece called
The Felicity Rag.
felicity rag

FELICITY RAG
Scott Joplin and
Scott Hayden, Composers
Cory Hall, Pianist
A "Slow Drag" was a type of popular dance
of the period, which was danced to
ragtime music, in the format:
Intro AABBA Trio Intro CCDD.
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It is thought that Hayden composed the
particularly difficult A and D sections while
Joplin contributed the pleasantly subdued
contrasting trio (and a few other
thematic touches).
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The trio is distinguished by its softer dynamics,
pentatonic emphasis, and broader note range
while still managing to tie in some of the
patterns from the previous passages. At the
end of the piece the final D section is
intentionally slowed as it was traditional to 
do so for the finale of many cakewalks or 
drags of the time. The closing portion is 
remarkably close to that in the famous one 
from The Entertainer (1902).
the entertainer
In fact, the structures of the two pieces
are also similar; both with big, rhythmic
celebratory chords leading off the
second subject in both works.
sunflower slow drag
"This piece came to light during the high temperature of Scott Joplin's
courtship, and while he was touching the ground only in the highest
places, his geese were all swans, and Mississippi water tasted like honey-
dew...If there ever was a song without words this is that article; hold
your ear to the ground while someone plays it and you can hear
 Scott Joplin's heart beat."
Fernando Botero: Sunflowers

SUNFLOWER SLOW DRAG
Piano Duet Arrangement

sunflowers

SUNFLOWER SLOW DRAG
Color Animation Score
Sunflowers on the Banks of the Seine by Gustave Caillebotte
Gustave Caillebotte: Sunflowers on the Banks of the Seine
Gustave Caillebotte:
Sunflowers in the Garden at Petit Gennevilliers

SUNFLOWER SLOW DRAG
Tuba Duet
Peter Opaskar, Arranger
From the Collection Rags for Tuba Duet Vol.1 (Advanced)
Ramón Vilanova: Sunset, Silence, Wave
LINKS

Vincent Van Gogh: Sunflowers
Vincent Van Gogh: Sunflowers
Vincent Van Gogh: Garden with Sunflowers
Hans Thoma (German, 1839–1924) - 'Sonnenblumen' (Sunflowers), 1882
Hans Thoma: Sonnenblumen (Sunflowers), 1882
WHAT IS JAZZ?
WHAT IS RAGTIME?
Jazz Documentary Part1
Henri Matisse:
Sunflowers in a Vase, 1898
Jazz Documentary Part 2
"The Sunflower" in 1906 by Gustav Klimt. Oil on canvas.
Gustav Klimt: The Sunflower, 1906
Piet Mondrian:
Dying sunflower, 1908
A Short History of Ragtime
Marni Maree
Marni Maree
Ragtime Cabaret
Bouquet of Sunflowers - Claude Monet
Claude Monet: Bouquet of Sunflowers
What is Ragtime?
Jazz at Lincoln Center's
Jazz Academy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NRC0SEkt5s&feature=youtu.be

Georgia O'Keeffe: A Sunflower from Maggie
Gabriele Münter: Sonnenblumen
Terri Ford: Sunflower
Edward Sobuta: Sunflower Art
Kate Bedell: Sun Moon and Stars
Egon Schiele: Sonnenblumen
Sofia Perina Miller:
Sunflower

David Burliuk: Bouquet with Sunflowers and Landscape
Paul Gauguin: Still Life with Sunflowers on an Armchair, 1901
Diego Rivera:
Muchacha con Girasoles (Girl with Sunflowers)
George Braque: The Sunflowers, 1943
 Ivan Generalic: Sunflowers, 1970
Yelena Sidorova: Sunflowers
Igor Levashov: Sunflower