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Reindeer Rag (1915) Rag Time Two-Step

Composer:	Lamb (1887-1960)	Suppliers:
Editor:	Geoff Grainger	Sextet:	Tenor/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
Publisher:	Ditty Box Enterprises	Publication:	DBE 078
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Length: approx. 3¼ mins. Sounds best if the 3rd tenor plays the lower notes of chords only.
Reindeer Rag is another beautiful Lamb ragtime composition in the "classical" form of a 4-bar introduction followed by AABBA (G-major) and then CCDD (C-major). Each of the 4 strains has a distinct character, all "raggy" and complex - a work for the purists!
Although Lamb himself set the tempo of 100 crotchets/min. (unseemly haste for "Not fast"!), 80-90 crotchets/min. is suggested.
Reindeer Rag was published by the Stark Music Co, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
This recorder adaptation is respectfully dedicated to Heike Kroll, doe-eyed nymph, Vegesack's unreachable sweetheart.
There are also tenor solo and trio versions of this item.

"Reindeer Rag (1915)" has been recorded by:
 Chris Barber on "Vol. 1-2 Band Box" 
 Eastern Brass Quintet on "Ragtime" 
 Alan Mandel on "American Piano Vol. 3: Rags and Other Riches" 
 Various Artists on "A Century of Ragtime 1897-1997" 
 Guido Nielsen on "Complete Stark Rags of Joseph F. Lamb" 
 New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra on "Grace and Beauty" 
 Butch Thompson on "Bethlehem After Dark" 
 Paragon Ragtime Orchestra on "The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra (finally) Plays "The Entertainer"" 
 Paragon Ragtime Orchestra on "Round The Christmas Tree" 
 Isaiah White on "Joseph Lamb: A Ragtime Companion" 
 "Perfessor" Bill Edwards on "Rags of Peace and Plenty"