"After silence, that which comes nearest to
expressing the inexpressible is music."
AUTHOR: Aldous Huxley
"Silence, an element of music, is often a
more powerful expression than words."
COMPOSER
JOPLIN
PEACHERINE RAG
Cory Hall, Pianist
The "Peacherine Rag" is an early piano rag
(his first solo rag released after the benchmark
Maple Leaf Rag
from 18 months prior)
written in 1901 by
written in 1901 by
A peacherine
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is a hybrid between a peach and a nectarine,
making this one of many rags by the
composer with a botanical name.
Although not labelled as such, the Peachine
Rag is a simple ragtime two-step which was
a popular type of dance. A happy rag with a
definitive bounce to it from the start. It begins
in the key of E-flat with an unassuming four-
bar introduction and builds gradually in
intensity, ending in the related key of A-flat.
The smoother trio has some elements in it
that foreshadow blues playing a decade or
more later, including a neat little triplet figure
and near-walking bass line. The bounce
returns in the elegantly simple final section.
PEACHERINE RAG
Clarinet Ensemble
Prestige Clarinet Ensemble
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=57&v=EkcEAOAacVw
PEACHERINE RAG
Orchestra Version
From the Movie: The Legend of 1900
