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Rag

Composer:Franklin /Lange  (1889-1959)   Suppliers: Ditty Box Enterprises
Editor:Geoff Grainger  Trio:Tenor/Tenor/Bass
Publisher:Ditty Box Enterprises  Publication:DBE 518C
Audio:Listen. Sequencer: Sakae WatanabeListen. Artist: Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble Audio file information  

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Look and ListenLength: approx. 3 mins.
Hot Chocolate Rag could be considered a typical Tin Pan Alley ragtime composition. Bright and cheerful and yet not particularly demanding. Its form is of a 4-bar introduction followed by AABBCCA strains all in the key of G-major . The CC strains show some originality contrasting nicely with the somewhat easier A and B strains.
The cover of the original sheet shows a serious looking Negro baby seated in a highchair, arms outstretched reaching for a large cup of steaming hot chocolate beyond his reach. A pictorial pun of some wit!
Hot Chocolate Rag was published by Jos. W. Stern & Co., New York, USA.
A tempo of 80 crotchets/min. is suggested.
There are also treble solo, tenor solo and quintet versions of this item.