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Red Peppers (1907) Two Step

Composer:	Giles  (1877-1964)	Suppliers:
Editor:	Geoff Grainger	Quintet:	Descant+Tenor/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
Publisher:	Ditty Box Enterprises	Publication:	DBE 727
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Length: approx. 3¾ mins. Sounds best if the 1st tenor and bass are doubled.
Red Peppers is described by Trebor Jay Tichenor in his Ragtime Rediscoveries as being a local Midwestern rag of rare sensitivity and musicianship. An opinion which leaves this editor with the heartfelt wish that Imogene Giles had found time to compose more such pieces. The two step itself has an AABBCCDDC form with a 4-bar introduction and a 4-bar interlude between the B- and C-strains whereby the AB- and CD-strains are written in the major keys of C and F respectively. In this transcription for recorder quintet, the descant somewhat unusually has a supporting role and only has the melody for the C-strain and is additionally called upon to alternate to tenor for the D-strain.
Red Peppers was published by Giles Bros., Quincy, Illinois, USA.
A tempo of 80 crotchets/min. is suggested.

"Red Peppers (1907)" has been recorded by:
 Meg Graf on "Eatin' Time -- A Ragtime Feast" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Virginia Eskin on "Fluffy Ruffle Girls: Women in Ragtime" 
 Margot Dilmaghani on "Gardens of the Heart" 
 Nora Hulse on "Ragtime Refreshments"