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 The Bolo Rag (1908)

Composer:Gumble  (1883-1946)   Suppliers: Ditty Box Enterprises
Editor:Geoff Grainger  Sextet:Tenor(Treble)/Tenor/Tenor/Tenor+Bass/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
Publisher:Ditty Box Enterprises  Publication:DBE 644
Audio:Listen. Sequencer: UnknownListen. Artist: Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble Audio file information  


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Look and ListenLength: approx. 3½ mins.
The Bolo Rag is a ragtimer's delight. Gumble respectfully dedicated this rag to a certain Miss Marion Hauver - whoever she may have been is lost in the ragtime history of a century ago. This is an effervescent composition in a sort of sonata form of AABBACCA with a 4-bar introduction and a 4-bar coda written in C-major excepting the C-strain which is in F-major. It would be nice to know how this rag got its title: is it anything to do with Argentine gouchos, the US armed forces or did Gumble actually coin the phrase "Be on the lookout"? Who knows?
A tempo of 76 crotchets/min. is suggested.
The Bolo Rag was published by Jerome H. Remick & Co., New York & Detroit, USA.
There is also a tenor solo version of this item.

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