| Home | Recorder Music | Rec. Sextet: | Maple Leaf Rag (1899) |
| Composer: | Joplin (1868-1917) | Suppliers: |  |
| Editor: | Geoff Grainger | Sextet: | Descant+Bass/Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass) |
| Publisher: | Ditty Box Enterprises | Publication: | DBE 024 |
| Audio: |   Audio file information |
Length: approx. 3 mins. Sounds best if 1st tenor is doubled.
Maple Leaf Rag is without doubt the most famous, and certainly the most played, of all Joplin rags. After its first appearance in the Sedalia shops in 1899, 75.000 copies were sold within six months. It was not many years until over a million copies had been sold and it remained in print when nearly all other ragtime compositions were forgotten. This rag is really quite remarkable and perhaps the only one that benefits from fast playing - the arpeggios are a joy!
This adaptation for recorder requires some pretty nifty instrument changing in the 1st voice (descant + bass) - should this prove too demanding then the problem can be solved by employing a 3rd bass.
Maple Leaf Rag was published by Stark Music Co, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, and a piano roll produced.
A tempo of 104 crotchets/min. is suggested.
This recorder adaption is respectfully dedicated to Harmonic Brass Munich.
"Maple Leaf Rag (1899)" has been recorded by:
E. Power Biggs on "Super Hits: Scott Joplin" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) 
Claude Bolling on "Original Ragtime" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Jo Ann Castle on "The Best of Jo Ann Castle" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Jo Ann Castle on "Jo Anne Castle - 22 Greatest Ragtime Hits: Vol. 1" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Alessandra Celletti on "Scott Joplin's Ragtimes" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Richard Dowling on "World's Greatest Piano Rags" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Roy Eaton on "Joplin: Piano Rags" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Scott Joplin on "The Entertainer" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Scott Joplin on "Entertainer: Classic Ragtime from Rare Piano Rolls" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Scott Joplin on "Ragtime Piano Roll" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Scott Joplin on "Ragtime: The Music of Scott Joplin" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Scott Joplin on "Scott Joplin: King of Ragtime Writers" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
James Levine on "Scott Joplin: Greatest Hits" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Lincoln Mayorga on "On Tour" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Various Artists on "American Piano Classics" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Various Artists on "An American Picnic" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Various Artists on "Cakewalks, Rags & Blues - Military Style" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Various Artists on "Classical Treasures: Maple Leaf Rag" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Various Artists on "The Elite Syncopations: Classic Ragtime from Rare Piano Rolls" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Various Artists on "The Greatest Jazz, Blues and Ragtime of the Century" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Various Artists on "The Greatest Ragtime of the Century" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Various Artists on "Pianola Jazz: Early Piano Jazz & Ragtime Played on Pianola Rolls" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Various Artists on "Spaghetti Rag: Rag Music with Mandolins" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Various Artists on "The Very Best of Scott Joplin: King of Ragtime 1868-1917" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Max Morath on "The World of Scott Joplin Vol. 1" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
New England Ragtime Ensemble on "Grierson, New England Ragtime Conservatory Joplin: The Red Back Book / Schuller" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Guido Nielsen on "Complete Scott Joplin" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra on "Creole Belles" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Alexander Peskanov on "Piano Rags" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Ralph Press on "The Great American Ragtime Revival/with Sound Effects" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Joshua Rifkin on "Ragtime: Music of Scott Joplin" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Joshua Rifkin on "Scott Joplin: Piano Rags" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Marcus Roberts on "The Joy of Joplin" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Reginald R. Robinson on "The Strongman" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Royal City Saxophone Quartet on "Ragtime for Rent" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Butch Thompson on "Thompson Plays Scott Joplin" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Brent Watkins on "The Heroes of Parlor Town - Volume 1" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Bryan Wright on "Syncopated Musings: Classic Piano Rags and Ragtime Waltzes" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Richard Zimmerman on "The Roots of Ragtime" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Richard Zimmerman on "Scott Joplin's Greatest Hits" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Richard Zimmerman on "Scott Joplin: The Entertainer" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
James P. Johnson on "James P. Johnson 1945-47" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Scott Joplin on "Original Rags" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
John Arpin on "Best of Scott Joplin"
John Arpin on "Classics in the Park"
John Arpin on "The Complete Piano Music Of Scott Joplin"
Carlos Barbosa-Lima on "Plays the Entertainer and Selected Works by Joplin"
Bell'Arte String Trio on "Joplin: The Entertainer"
Boris Berman on "Ragtimes by the King of Ragtime Writers"
Boris Berman on "Ragtimes by the King of Ragtime Writers"
Paul Bisaccia on "Ragtime Lullabies"
Black Swan Classic Jazz Band on "Ragtime Revelry" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Daniel Blumenthal on "Joplin: Rags and Waltzes"
Claude Bolling on "Original Ragtime/Original Boogie Woogie/Original Piano Blues"
Canadian Brass on "Red Hot Jazz: The Dixieland..."
Giovanni de Chiaro on "Scott Joplin on Guitar"
Eddie Condon on "Eddie Condon 1947-1950"
Lise Daoust on "Rhythm 'n' Flute"
Bob Darch on "Burl Ives Presents "Ragtime" Bob Darch"
Phillip Dyson on "Entertainer: Music of Scott Joplin"
Roy Eaton on "Ragtime Classics Vol.1"
Eastern Brass Quintet on "Ragtime"
Elite Syncopators on "American Sampler Rag"
Richard Glazier on "Collected Piano Works: Vol. 1"
Tom Hazelton on "Ragtime's Greatest Hits"
Dick Hyman on "1899-1904 Scott Joplin: Piano Works"
Jazzou Jones on "Riverboat Ragtime: Then and Now" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Scott Joplin on "The All-Time Ragtimer"
Scott Joplin on "The Best of Scott Joplin: King of Ragtime "The Entertainer""
Scott Joplin on "The Complete Rags of Scott Joplin"
Scott Joplin on "The Complete Works of Scott Joplin Vol. 1"
Scott Joplin on "The Complete Works of Scott Joplin Vol. 1-5"
Scott Joplin on "Entertainer"
Scott Joplin on "The Genius of Scott Joplin"
Scott Joplin on "Gold Collection"
Scott Joplin on "Joplin's Greatest Hits"
Scott Joplin on "The Piano Rags"
Scott Joplin on "Piano Works"
Scott Kirby on "The Complete Rags of Scott Joplin: Vol. 2" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Various Ensembles on "The Greatest Brass Collection"
Various Artists on "American Roots Music: Ragtime"
Various Artists on "Best of Scott Joplin"
Various Artists on "Best of Scott Joplin: 50 Ragtime Favorites"
Various Artists on "Best of the Boston Pops: 20th Century Masters the Millennium Collection"
Various Artists on "Black & Proud"
Various Artists on "A Century of Ragtime 1897-1997"
Various Artists on "Classic Ragtime: Roots and Offshoots"
Various Artists on "The Entertainer"
Various Artists on "The Entertainer: The Ragtime Music of Scott Joplin & George Gershwin"
Various Artists on "Gold Collection"
Various Artists on "Great American Piano II: Vol. 8"
Various Artists on "Honky Tonk Piano"
Various Artists on "The Instrumental History of Jazz"
Various Artists on "The Japan Ragtime Club Vol. 2: The Favorite" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Various Artists on "Joplin: Rags & Ragtime"
Various Artists on "Kings of Ragtime"
Various Artists on "Original Rags"
Various Artists on "Piano Music In America 1900-1945"
Various Artists on "Piano Rags of Scott Joplin"
Various Artists on "Rags to Rhythms"
Various Artists on "Ragtime in Vienna"
Various Artists on "Ragtime's Greatest Hits"
Various Artists on "Ragtime, Vol. 1: 1897-1919"
Various Artists on "Rhapsody in Blue"
Various Artists on "S. Joplin; G. Gershwin; I. Berlin; P. Whiteman"
Various Artists on "Scott Joplin and the Age of Ragtime"
Various Artists on "Scott Joplin's Ragtime"
Various Artists on "Scott Joplin, Elite Syncopations, Classic Ragtime From Rare Piano Rolls"
Various Artists on "Spirit of Ragtime"
Various Artists on "Stomp and Swerve: American Music Gets Hot"
Max Morath on "Living a Ragtime Life"
Max Morath on "Presenting That Celebrated Maestro"
Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble on "Recorder Ragtime: Scott Joplin Vol. 1"
New England Ragtime Ensemble on "The Art of the Rag"
Lisa Otey on "Kitten on the Keys"
Tony Parenti on "Ragtime Jubilee"
Joshua Rifkin on "Joplin: Digital Ragtime"
David Thomas Roberts on "Scott Joplin: The Complete Piano Music: Vol. 1"
Marcus Roberts on "If I Could Be With You"
St. Louis Ragtimers on "The St. Louis Ragtimers: Volume 1"
Robert Strickland on "Piano: The Greatest Hits"
Robert Strickland on "Rags to Riches: The Essential Hits of Scott Joplin"
Butch Thompson on "The Butch Thompson Trio Plays Favorites"
Dave Tucker on "Tickled Ragtime & Novelties" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Lightnin' Wells on "Ragtime Millionaire"
Richard Zimmerman on "The Complete Works of Scott Joplin: Vol. 1"
Richard Zimmerman on "The Complete Works of Scott Joplin: Vol. 1-5"
Richard Zimmerman on "Scott Joplin: His Complete Works"
Mimi Blais on "Taxi!"
Jo Ann Castle on "Ragtime Piano Gal"
Ann Charters on "Joplin Bouquet"
Walter Chodack on "Ragtime (The Best of)"
Scott Joplin on "Scott Joplin: Classic Gold"
Various Artists on "The Traditional Jazz Ragtime Collection"
Joshua Rifkin on "Piano Rags by Scott Joplin: Vol. 1"
Ron Weatherburn on "Ragtime Piano and Beyond"
Dick Wellstood on "Ragtime Piano Favorites"
Budapest Ragtime Band on "Trubadur"
Various Artists on "The Entertainer: The Music of Scott Joplin Arranged for Fingerstyle Guitar" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Various Artists on "King of Ragtime"
Various Artists on "Ragtime"
Various Artists on "Ragtime 1900-1930"
Various Artists on "Ragtime Memories"
Paragon Ragtime Orchestra on "The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra (finally) Plays "The Entertainer""
The Skirtlifters on "A Ragtime Episode"
Fred Sturm on "American Rags, Brazilian Tangos, Afrocuban Dances"
Styliani on "Dizzy Fingers"
Janita Baker on "Blues & Ragtime"
Rod Miller on "Rod Miller Ragtime"
Hedi Salanki on "Scott Joplin: 11 Rags on Harpsichord"
Butch Thompson on "At First Light"
Jerry White on "Jerry White's Select Songs / Ragtime Stride Piano Jazz"
Joe "Fingers" Carr on "Honky Tonk Hits of Joe "Fingers" Carr"
Paul Dean on "15 Ragtime Favorites"
Firehouse Stompers on "Leaving Our Mark"
Paul Hersh on "The Great Ragtime Classics"
Scott Joplin on "Joplin - Ragtimes - Svyatkin / Dzhoplin - Regtajmy - Aleksandr Svyatkin"
Scott Joplin on "Lifescapes Ragtime the Music of Scott Joplin"
Scott Kirby on "Scott Joplin's Rag Time"
James Levine on "James Levine Plays Scott Joplin"
Various Artists on "Ragtime Masters Series: Scott Joplin"
Various Artists on "Ragtime: The Entertainer Scott Joplin"
Various Artists on "Ragtime: The World's Greatest Ragtime Album"
New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensembl on "Scott Joplin - The Red Back Book"
Knuckles O'Toole on "Knuckles O'Toole: Plays Honky Tonk Piano"
Terry Waldo on "Ragtime Classics Vol. 2"
Dick Wellstood on "Dick Wellstood Plays Ragtime Music of the Sting"
Richard Zimmerman on "Ragtime Favorites - Richard Zimmerman"
Richard Zimmerman on "Scott Joplin: The Entertainer featuring his Greatest Hits"
Mimi Blais on "Ragtime" "Perfessor" Bill Edwards on "Perfessor Bill Edwards Plays Honky Tonk Piano" "Perfessor" Bill Edwards on "Rags of Grace and Beauty" "Perfessor" Bill Edwards on "A Ragtime Sampler" Scott Kirby on "The Complete Scott Joplin: Vol. 3" John Roache on "Syncopated Odyssey" Trebor Jay Tichenor on "Virginia's Favorites"