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American Beauty (1913) A Rag of Class

Composer:	Lamb (1887-1960)	Suppliers:
Editor:	Geoff Grainger	Sextet:	Descant+Tenor/Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
Publisher:	Ditty Box Enterprises	Publication:	DBE 070
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Length: approx. 3 &farc34; mins.
American Beauty is certainly everything that Lamb or perhaps more likely his publisher, John Stark, claimed; it is indeed a rag of class. Its strains are hauntingly beautiful and often seem to hang in the air - an open invitation for the studious application of rubato. This recorder adaptation is intended for advanced recorder ensembles, very precise tonguing is required when playing the syncopated triads to accomplish the composer's intentions.
American Beauty was published by the Stark Music Co, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
A tempo of 80 crotchets/min. is suggested.

"American Beauty (1913)" has been recorded by:
 Ton Van Bergeyk on "Famous Ragtime Guitar Solos" 
 Richard Dowling on "World's Greatest Piano Rags" 
 Virginia Eskin on "Lamb: American Beauties: Rags Of Joseph Lamb" 
 Scott Kirby on "Grace & Beauty: Ragtime Classics" 
 Various Artists on "American Beauties: The Rags of Joseph Lamb" 
 Various Artists on "The Best of Scott Joplin and Other Rag Classics" 
 Various Artists on "A Century of Ragtime 1897-1997" 
 Various Artists on "The Riverside History of Classic Jazz" 
 Max Morath on "The Best of Scott Joplin and Other Rag Classics" 
 Max Morath on "The Ragtime Man" 
 Guido Nielsen on "Complete Stark Rags of Joseph F. Lamb" 
 Ralph Press on "The Great American Ragtime Revival/with Sound Effects" 
  Joshua Rifkin on "Rags & Tangos" 
 James P. Johnson on "The Best of Scott Joplin and Other Rag Classics" 
 Jazzou Jones on "Hilarity" 
 Various Artists on "The Japan Ragtime Club Vol. 2: The Favorite" 
 Fred Sturm on "American Rags, Brazilian Tangos, Afrocuban Dances" 
 Dave Tucker on "Tickled Ragtime & Novelties" 
 Various Artists on "Best Ragtime Album Ever" 
 Various Artists on "Ragtime Hard To Find Classics" 
 Various Artists on "Ragtime Piano Unsung Heroes: The Best Of Joseph Lamb" 
 Isaiah White on "Joseph Lamb: A Ragtime Companion" 
 "Perfessor" Bill Edwards on "Rags of Grace and Beauty" 
 Trebor Jay Tichenor on "Virginia's Favorites"