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 Pastime Rag No. 2 (1913)
A Slow Drag

Composer:Matthews (1888-1958)   Suppliers: Ditty Box Enterprises
Editor:Geoff Grainger  Quintet:Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
Publisher:Ditty Box Enterprises  Publication:DBE 742
Audio:Listen. Sequencer: Colin McDonaldListen. Artist: Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble Audio file information  

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Look and ListenLength: approx. 3½ mins. Sounds best with the bass doubled.
Pastime Rag No. 2 is logically the second 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 long bass runs and hand clapping in the penultimate strain. Its form is AABBCCDD with a 4-bar introduction whereby the AB- and C-strains are written in the major keys of Bb and Eb respectively. In this transcription for recorder quintet, foot stamping a la Joplin has been substituted for hand clapping. Should the quintet be quadrumanous however, then clapping could of course be retained as was the composers wont. Clearly intended as a fun piece!
Pastime Rag No. 2 was published by Stark Music Co, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
A tempo of 74 crotchets/min. is suggested.

"Pastime Rag No. 2 (1913)" has been recorded by:
CD tracks/info Avatar Brass Quintet on "Magnetic Rags: Ragtime for Brass" amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Claude Bolling on "Ragtime Bolling & Boogie" amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Dave Dallwitz on "Hooked on Ragtime - Vol. II" amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Richard Dowling on "World's Greatest Piano Rags" amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Alan Mandel on "American Piano Vol. 3: Rags and Other Riches" amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Guido Nielsen on "Kitten on the Keys" amazon.de amazon.fr
CD tracks/info "Perfessor" Bill Edwards on "The Art of the Rag"