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 Pastime Rag No. 3 (1916)
A Slow Drag

Composer:Matthews (1888-1958)   Suppliers: Ditty Box Enterprises
Editor:Geoff Grainger  Sextet:Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
Publisher:Ditty Box Enterprises  Publication:DBE 743
Audio:Listen. Sequencer: Colin McDonaldListen. Artist: Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble Audio file information  

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Look and ListenLength: approx. 3¼ mins. Sounds best with the bass doubled.
Pastime Rag No. 3 is logically the third 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 fantastic rag is noted for and characterised by its long bass runs which will delight bass recorder players. Its form is AABACCDD with a 4-bar introduction and a 4-bar interlude between the A- and C-strains. Here the AB- and CD-strains are written in the major keys of Bb and Eb respectively. This is a great ensemble piece as the action flows through all the voices. As with the other Matthews rags, this is definitely not for the timid.
Pastime Rag No. 3 was published by Stark Music Co, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
A tempo of 84 crotchets/min. is suggested.

"Pastime Rag No. 3 (1916)" has been recorded by:
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. 1" 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 Paul Lingle on "Live at the Jug Club" amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Paul Lingle on "They Tore My Playhouse Down" 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 Various Artists on "Honky Tonk Piano" 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" 
CD tracks/info "Perfessor" Bill Edwards on "A Ragtime Sampler" 
CD tracks/info "Perfessor" Bill Edwards on "The Two Sides of Perfessor Bill" 
CD tracks/info Evergreen Ragtime Trio on "It's a Rouser"