| Home | Recorder Music | Rec. Quintet: | Cleopatra Rag (1915) |
| Composer: | Lamb (1887-1960) | Suppliers: |  |
| Editor: | Geoff Grainger | Quintet: | Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass) |
| Publisher: | Ditty Box Enterprises | Publication: | DBE 073 |
| Audio: |   Audio file information |
Length: approx. 3 mins.
Cleopatra Rag is a fine free-flowing rag as syncopated as it gets. In this adaptation for recorder it is something of a show case for the treble voice. Plenty of puff is needed as here he or she has the melodic line from start to finish with hardly a moment of respite. In fact it is quite a challenge to find appropriate places to breathe adequately enough without interrupting the melodic flow. Its form is AABBACCB with a 4-bar introduction and a 4-bar interlude between the A- and CC-strains.
Cleopatra Rag was published by the Stark Music Co, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Despite Lamb' stipulation that this rag should be played Not fast, he then goes on set a tempo of 100. A little slower is also very effective!
There is also a treble solo version of this item.
"Cleopatra Rag (1915)" has been recorded by:
Guido Nielsen on "Complete Stark Rags of Joseph F. Lamb" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) 
Various Artists on "A Century of Ragtime 1897-1997"
Isaiah White on "Joseph Lamb: A Ragtime Companion" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Paul Hersh on "The Great Ragtime Classics"
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"
"Perfessor" Bill Edwards on "Strenuous Life"