| Home | Recorder Music | Rec. Sextet: | Pastime Rag No. 1 (1913) |
| Composer: | Matthews (1888-1958) | Suppliers: |  |
| Editor: | Geoff Grainger | Sextet: | Descant+Sopranino/Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass) |
| Publisher: | Ditty Box Enterprises | Publication: | DBE 741 |
| Audio: |   Audio file information |
Length: approx. 2 ¾ mins.
Pastime Rag No. 1 is logically the first of Matthews Pastime Rags of which Rudi Blesh wrote in his Classic Piano Rags as being "virtuosic, wide ranging in concept and a five-chapter synopsis of the St. Louis ragtime scene. This particular rag is noted for and characterised by its barrelhouse "walking" bass. Its form is ABBACC with a 4-bar introduction and a 4 bar interlude between the A- and C-strains whereby the AB- and C-strains are written in the major keys of C and F respectively. Not an easy piece but a delight to master and is just the stuff for the brave hearted!
Pastime Rag No. 1 was published by Stark Music Co, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
A tempo of 74 crotchets/min. is suggested.
"Pastime Rag No. 1 (1913)" has been recorded by:
Claude Bolling on "Ragtime Bolling & Boogie" 
Dave Dallwitz on "Hooked on Ragtime - Vol. II"
Alan Mandel on "American Piano Vol. 3: Rags and Other Riches"
New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra on "Grace and Beauty"
Guido Nielsen on "Kitten on the Keys"
"Perfessor" Bill Edwards on "The Art of the Rag"