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Pastime Rag No. 2 (1913) A Slow Drag

Composer:	Matthews (1888-1958)	Suppliers:
Editor:	Geoff Grainger	Quintet:	Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
Publisher:	Ditty Box Enterprises	Publication:	DBE 742
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Length: 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:
 Avatar Brass Quintet on "Magnetic Rags: Ragtime for Brass" 
 Claude Bolling on "Ragtime Bolling & Boogie" 
 Dave Dallwitz on "Hooked on Ragtime - Vol. II" 
 Richard Dowling on "World's Greatest Piano Rags" 
 Alan Mandel on "American Piano Vol. 3: Rags and Other Riches" 
 Guido Nielsen on "Kitten on the Keys" 
 "Perfessor" Bill Edwards on "The Art of the Rag"