Home | Recorder Music | Rec. Sextet:

Ragtime Nightingale (1915)

Composer:	Lamb (1887-1960)	Suppliers:
Editor:	Geoff Grainger	Sextet:	Treble+Sopranino/Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
Publisher:	Ditty Box Enterprises	Publication:	DBE 077
Audio:	Audio file information

Add to Cart:

Purchasing information Notice for leaders/bass players

Length: approx. 3 mins.
In writing this composition, Lamb is said to have been inspired by James Sylvester Scott's Ragtime Oriole (1909 - DBE 117) and the idea of a bird-call rag. Not knowing what a nightingale sounded like, he took a passage from Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin's Revolutionary Etude and another from Nightingale Song by Ethelbert Nevin. Fascinating what!
Ragtime Nightingale is certainly a classic and this recorder adaptation makes heavy demands on its performers. This is a 'black" piece and all voices have plenty to do, the treble will especially enjoy the alternation to sopranino and back. Ragtime Nightingale was published by the Stark Music Co, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
A tempo of 86 crotchets/min. is suggested.

"Ragtime Nightingale (1915)" has been recorded by:
 John Arpin on "Classics in the Park" 
 John Arpin on "Kings of Ragtime" 
 Mimi Blais on "Old Rags New Rags" 
 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" 
 David Laibman on "Ragtime Guitar" 
 Alan Mandel on "American Piano Vol. 3: Rags and Other Riches" 
 Various Artists on "The Best of Scott Joplin and Other Rag Classics" 
 Various Artists on "Fingerpicking Guitar Delights" 
 Various Artists on "Ragtime Guitar: Ten Classic Rags" 
 Various Artists on "Scott Joplin and the Age of Ragtime" 
 Max Morath on "The Best of Scott Joplin and Other Rag Classics" 
 Max Morath on "Presenting That Celebrated Maestro" 
 Max Morath on "The Ragtime Man" 
 Guido Nielsen on "Complete Stark Rags of Joseph F. Lamb" 
  Joshua Rifkin on "Rags & Tangos" 
 Gary Smart on "American Beauty: A Ragtime Bouquet" 
 Brent Watkins on "The Heroes of Parlor Town - Volume 1" 
 Bryan Wright on "Syncopated Musings: Classic Piano Rags and Ragtime Waltzes" 
 James P. Johnson on "The Best of Scott Joplin and Other Rag Classics" 
 Fred Sturm on "American Rags, Brazilian Tangos, Afrocuban Dances" 
 Guido Nielsen on "Kitten on the Keys" 
 Various Artists on "Ragtime Hard To Find Classics" 
 Various Artists on "Ragtime Piano Unsung Heroes: The Best Of Joseph Lamb" 
 Various Artists on "Ragtime: The World's Greatest Ragtime Album" 
 Isaiah White on "Joseph Lamb: A Ragtime Companion" 
 "Perfessor" Bill Edwards on "A Ragtime Sampler" 
 "Perfessor" Bill Edwards on "Rhapsodies in Ragtime" 
 "Perfessor" Bill Edwards on "Strenuous Life" 
 Trebor Jay Tichenor on "Virginia's Favorites"